Each year, the American Democracy Project (ADP) and the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CESL) honor individuals across campus and in the community for their efforts in civic engagement.
Unit: Center for Civic Engagement
University supports students, alumni with career interest and passion for common good
Redbirds interested in careers in nonprofit, social services, and government gain assistance with new career advisor.
America Reads: ISU students are gladly tutoring the community
Illinois State students are tutoring the Bloomington-Normal community through the America Reads/America Counts program.
Bike repair workshop offered, March 3
Get your bike in shape for the spring by joining Dijon Duncan and Dr. Ela Przybylo at this women and nonbinary event!
Alumni issue civic engagement donation challenge for Birds Give Back
When 100 donations are made to the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning during Birds Give Back on February 27, alumni Scott and Ali Preston will donate $5,000 to fund civic education programs and initiatives.
Survivors: Telling the stories of domestic violence victims
Criminal Justice Sciences Professor Shelly Clevenger and her victimology students created the art performance “Survivors: Local Stories of Domestic Violence.”
Give Back at Illinois State
Check out the following community engagement opportunities open to Illinois State students, faculty, and staff.
Make a #RedbirdImpact this June
Cancelled: #RedbirdImpact Alumni Weekend has been cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Office of Alumni Engagement is gathering and will be sharing photographs of alumni being civically engaged at home during #RedbirdImpact Month.
Illinois State University earns Carnegie Foundation’s national community engagement designation
Illinois State University has received the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s Elective Classification for Community Engagement.
#RedbirdImpact Spotlight: Jacqueline Lanier
In the following Q-and-A, Associate Professor Jacqueline Lanier talks about her plans for the American Democracy Project and her careerlong involvement in community engagement and health promotion.