Illinois State University students Benicia Colon, Kylie Ashton Maurer, and Sydney Velez received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2018-2019 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Peace Corps Prep students Max Plonczynski and Brad Christin were accepted into the Peace Corps and will begin their service later this year. Peace Corps Prep is an undergraduate program offered by the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development that helps students develop and document core competencies valued by Peace Corps and other employers.
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures announces the retirement of two esteemed German faculty members. Professors van der Laan and Weeks will both begin retirement after the end of this 2017-2018 academic year.
Allison Madura talks about her choice to study Latin, and her work on an illustrated manuscript form Milner Library.
Professor Alejandro Enriquez has been part of the Latin American and Latino studies program since he began his teaching career at Illinois State University, offering courses in Spanish on Latin American literary and cultural history.
Although her mother kept insisting her son had a learning disability, teachers didn’t believe her, feeling the boy was just struggling because English wasn’t his first language.
A retirement reception for Dean Gregory Simpson will be from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center.
The Spanish Club of Illinois State University will host the annual Fiesta Latina celebration from 7-11 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center.
Winners for the 30th annual Commitment to Diversity Awards were announced at a ceremony in the Bone Student Center.
Professor Aimee Miller-Ott will present “So Close, Yet so Far: Staying connected when your cell phone pulls you away,” on Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in Room 118 at the ISU Alumni Center.
