Reality hit hard one night for Illinois State student Antonio Lenow Jr. He was in a dorm playing one of his favorite video games—NBA 2K—with a few friends. As he looked around the room, he took notice at how the size of the gatherings had diminished.
Staff in Student Access and Accommodation Services have remained vigilant with the creation of closed caption files for eLearning videos, with the Text Conversion Lab transcribing 2,750 minutes of video in a month.
School of Social Work’s Jerey McKinney shares her journey to emphasize the mental fortitude students will need for their chosen profession.
The Framework for Inclusive Teaching Excellence is the result of a nearly year-long effort from campus-wide collaborators to create professional development tailored to Illinois State faculty.
An inability to access health care can be dangerous-both physically and mentally. For those who identify as transgender, even the idea of seeking care can be stifled by fear of prejudice.
In the face of unprecedented events, graduate recognition ceremonies are finding new ways to celebrate.
New freshmen and new transfer students nominated the following Illinois State faculty, staff, and students for a 2020 Impact Award.
Peace Corps Fellow Ryan Arnold has always had a penchant for making things happen, even before joining the Stevenson Center. Prior to starting his master’s degree, Arnold served with the Peace Corps in Cameroon from 2011 to 2013 as a youth development coordinator. He went on to work at CARE for AIDS for four years as the African Operations Director. In 2018, Arnold joined the Stevenson Center to pursue a master’s degree in political science.
The winner of the 2020 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award is Dr. Chereka Dickerson, Ph.D. ’18.
The annual Umoja recognition ceremony will be moving online, and organizers are asking students what they want to see and hear from the ceremony.
