While the University Archives at Milner Library works toward preserving Illinois State University’s past, the Milner Library University Archives’ internship program aims to change the future of students’ lives by providing them with opportunities to learn and discover new skills and careers.
No one has ever boarded three flights and traveled 1,500 miles from another country to be part of Illinois State’s Human Library, but Amanda Coleman has been through more. The soft-spoken woman from Nova Scotia, Canada, wanted to tell her story, which was hard to listen to. At 18 months old, she was blinded in
During the Human Library pilot program, around 50 different “books” (real people who have experienced prejudices or discrimination in their life) met with 500 first-year Illinois State students.
