With an expansive global influence, the Stevenson Center’s graduate programs place students in communities in need in the U.S. and abroad.
Where will the Stevenson Center take you?
Unit: Graduate School
Technology graduate student places third in Startup Showcase
Bastian Hauk-Jegen, a graduate student in the Department of Technology, placed third in the Illinois State University’s Means Center for Entrepreneureal Studies Start Up Showcase competition.
ACED Fellow Jordan Backstrom serves in Montana
AmeriCorps alum and Applied Community and Economic Development (ACED) Fellow Jordan Backstrom is helping individuals in Missoula, Montana, to strengthen community prosperity.
AmeriCorps alum Emily Rego: Serving locally, thinking globally
For Applied Community and Economic Development (ACED) Fellow Emily Rego, improving the Bloomington-Normal community is a top priority.
Nancy Esarey Ouedraogo: Reset to recover
The Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development welcomed back illustrious alumna Nancy Esarey Ouedraogo, who spoke over her days in the Peace Corps, and blazing trails.
CJS graduate student receives honorable mention at MCJA conference
Clayton Cottle ’15, a graduate student in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences, received an honorable mention at the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association conference in Chicago.
Letter from AVP: Introducing Redbird Scholar
This inaugural issue of Redbird Scholar is our first step in revealing the secrets that are research and graduate studies at Illinois State.
Peace Corps volunteer Calvin LeSueur: There is no hurry
Calvin LeSueur, a Master’s International graduate student in applied economics with the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development, has been serving in Paraguay with the Peace Corps for more than a year.
Latino Studies Brown Bag Series Talk #1, October 2
Illinois State graduate student Ana Roncero-Bellido’s lecture, “Latinas Anónimas: Articulating a Transnational Feminist Rhetorics of Solidarity Through Testimonio,” will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, October 2, in 314 Williams Hall.
Peace Corps “Peace Car” visits Illinois State
The one-of-a-kind Peace Corps “Peace Car” visited campus September 14 to promote the service-driven organization and the strong partnership it shares with the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development.
