Dr. David Kopsell knows his horticulture students learn best when they engage with the class content and get their hands dirty.
Planting seeds of civic engagement: Horticulture students gain valuable skills through service learning
Unit: Center for Civic Engagement
ISU community celebrates the opening of the Multicultural Center
In a moving ceremony, the Illinois State campus community celebrated on October 15 the new Multicultural Center, a recently renovated space dedicated to providing support for students and strengthening the University’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Confronting evil: Social justice trip at Holocaust sites inspires Redbirds to speak out and make a difference
Dr. Jacqueline Schneider and Dr. Susan Woollen’s partnership has given Illinois State students the opportunity to see just how important it is to look out for others.
‘Grab the wheel and take control’: Student’s message for survivors
Nastasha Powers ’19 has a passion for the work she does on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse and trauma.
Campus hero: Dr. Becky Beucher
In each issue Redbird Impact highlights an Illinois State faculty or staff member who exemplifies the University’s core value of civic engagement. The fall 2021 Campus Hero is Dr. Becky Beucher, an assistant professor of secondary literacy education in the College of Education.
CCE launches new Exploring Wicked Problems series
The Center for Civic Engagement is hosting its Exploring Wicked Problems series in October, focusing on health inequities and the social determinants of health.
Out of seclusion: Special Education faculty teach schools how to avoid the use of isolation rooms and restraints
Nikki Michalak and Dr. Stacy Jones-Bock look to alternatives to the practice of seclusion in classrooms.
ISU Expungement Clinic is giving people with criminal records a second chance
Last academic year, Kelly Larkin received a crash course in the moral complexities of being a lawyer through Illinois State University’s new Expungement Clinic.
Applications are now being accepted for Civic Engagement Fellowships
The Center for Civic Engagement is excited to announce its new Civic Engagement Fellowship program. Two faculty/staff fellows will be selected: an Electoral Engagement Fellow and a Civic & Digital Literacy Fellow. Current undergraduate students can also apply for the Student Civic Engagement Fellowship.
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike to speak on health equity, October 19
Dr. Ngoze Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, will discuss health equity in Illinois on October 19. Registration is required for this free, virtual presentation.
