The Stevenson Center’s newest Peace Corps Fellows are arriving on campus. These students will pursue master’s degrees in anthropology, applied economics, kinesiology and recreation, political science, or sociology, with an emphasis on community and economic development. Two of the incoming Peace Corps Fellows bring unique experiences to Illinois State.
Peace Corps volunteers serve communities worldwide in six different sectors, or kinds of jobs. The largest sector is education, which has given Illinois State graduates Max Plonczynski and Alejandra Villalobos the perfect setting to put their teaching skills to the test.
Studying abroad is an experience brimming with opportunities. Perhaps the biggest opportunity of all is the chance to look into another culture and learn the way people in another part of the world live. It is fascinating to see all the differences life in another country brings, as well as inspiring to see all the
In September 2018, Dockery gave a three-day workshop to 33 P-20 educators at the School for the Blind in Cape Cove, Ghana. It was a trip she never expected to take.
Stevenson Center alum and returned Peace Corps Volunteer Michael Hotard has used his applied economics master’s degree to serve the U.S. Department of Labor, the nonprofit Civic Pulse, and Stanford University since graduating from Illinois State ten years ago.
This spring, the Department of Health Sciences took 36 students to Italy and Greece for the study abroad program course HSC 270: Global Contexts.
CSD undergraduate and graduate students received hands-on training with various high-tech communication devices and applications at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Interested students can apply for Spring 2020 programs in our brand new My Study Abroad portal.
Braden McCarty, a graduate student in the Speech Pathology program, recounts her study abroad in Edinburgh and London.
Department of Technology alumna Akzer Yeshmukhanetova, M.S. ’16, returned to Illinois State University February 22 as the keynote speaker for the International Students Career Series luncheon.
