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.
Unit: Center for Civic Engagement
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.
Attend a free screening of ACTIVIZED, February 25
Join the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning for a free screening of ACTIVIZED on February 25 at the Normal Theater.
CESL seeks feedback on new strategic plan
The Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning is currently seeking campus and community input on a draft of the center’s new strategic plan.
ACED Fellow’s AmeriCorps experience leads her to School of Kinesiology and Recreation
Fellows arrive at the Stevenson Center with incredible service experiences.
Grants available for civic engagement projects
Senior Professionals and the American Democracy Project at Illinois State University are once again co-sponsoring civic engagement service learning grants and are looking to award funds to be used for local, student-led civic engagement projects.