Special education majors are invited to attend interest sessions on the Washington, D.C., policy immersion trip scheduled for Wednesday, February 3, from 6-7 p.m. and Thursday, February 4, from 11 a.m.-noon in 551 DeGarmo Hall.
Topic: Civic Engagement
ISU grad student helps others find affordable housing
Following in the footsteps of Applied Community and Economic Development Fellow in political science Nay Petrucelli, Ryan Hebert is working with Housing Action Illinois, a statewide housing coalition, to help protect and expand the availability of quality, affordable housing.
Language teacher program honored for global engagement
Illinois State University’s language teacher education program is one of the few language programs across the country recognized for global engagement by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
ISU’s aspiring teachers help give Chicago students a voice
Illinois State teacher candidates raised funds for an extracurricular slam poetry mentorship between Simeon Career Academy and John G. Cook Elementary throughout the fall semester. Their service learning culminated in a trip to Chicago to meet and learn from the students.
ISU/YouthBuild partnership empowers young adults, develops educators
School of Teaching and Learning Associate Professor Erin Mikulec has established a partnership with YouthBuild that provides Illinois State’s aspiring teachers with a unique experience.
Dr. King, the students, the flag: An alumnus’ 48-year-old journal entry
This 47-year-old journal entry from ISNU alum Richard Shult recounts April 5, 1968, the day following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. His students demanded their school fly the American flag at half staff.
Illinois State to serve as national hub for 2016 State of the Union event
Illinois State has been designated as the collegiate hub for coverage of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
ISU Stevenson Center welcomes AmeriCorps alumni
The transition from AmeriCorps to the Stevenson Center’s ACED Fellows Program to a job proved seamless for Ramya Kumaran. With a master’s degree in political science, Ramya now has a full-time position with her internship host organization.
Matthew Tomlin: From Senegal to ceremony
Peace Corps Master’s International student Matthew Tomlin will travel a long way to walk across the stage and receive his master’s degree in political science this December. Tomlin has been working as an Urban Agriculture Extension Agent in Senegal since November 2014.
Student research to help formerly incarcerated women re-enter society
Through a sociology class project, Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development graduate students will assist previously incarcerated women in Bloomington-Normal in regaining their independence and attaining a consistent income.