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Two years after graduating, Health Sciences alumna protects her community from coronavirus

Katie McConnell on the job at the Adams County Health Department in Quincy.

Less than two years after graduating, an Illinois State Health Sciences alumna has found herself on the frontlines of the response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

FCS professor aims for student success through unprecedented times

At the beginning of the spring semester, Dr. Chang Su-Russell completed a Design, Align, Refine, and Teach Online (DART) training conducted by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT) at Illinois State University. This training was useful as she transformed her traditional classes into an online format after President Dietz’s announcement.

Therapeutic recreation students make an impact

Residents at Alden Poplar Creek show their activity packets created by Illinois State therapeutic recreation students.

Moving classes online for the spring semester due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation meant that many professors had to act quickly and be creative. Rachel Smith, instructional assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation, rose to the challenge.

ISU Health Sciences alum puts degree to work in fight against coronavirus

Taylor Lehman '19 works in the emergency operations center as part of her job at the Caldwell County Health Department.

In her epidemiology class, Taylor Lehman ’19 watched Contagion. The 2011 film tells the story of how a deadly virus transmitted by respiratory droplets brings society to its knees while scientists rush to create a vaccine.
Lehman wasn’t worried.

Scholarship enables criminal justice student Jessica Irwin to succeed

Criminal justice major and scholarship recipient Jessica Irwin

Jessica Irwin is also balancing a lot: a full-time job as a patient care liaison at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, mom to 15-year-old Matthew and 13-year-old Ava, and Illinois State student who commutes to classes. She doesn’t let the busyness of her life get her down; instead, it’s a motivating force for reaching her career goals.