When the pandemic began, students’ lives were turned upside down, and their education experiences were immediately moved to virtual learning.
The EdBird E-tutoring experience
Unit: College of Education
Top 10 takeaways from teaching in a pandemic
We sat down with two faculty associates at Metcalf School who are no strangers to navigating the journey of educational technology and remote learning.
College of Education donor recognition
Private support from the Owen Foundation and joyce gillie gossom ’78 accelerates opportunity across the College of Education.
Dr. S. Gavin Weiser named Campus Compact Emerging Scholar
As part of the highly competitive Campus Compact program, Dr. S. Gavin Weiser will work to lead equity-focused change.
Career Services’ innovative platform brings students and alumni together
New engagement tool connects students with alumni for career mentoring.
Dual alum and staff member Mboka Mwilambwe leads as Bloomington’s first Black mayor
Mboka Mwilambwe ’94, M.S. ’96, assistant director at ISU’s Office of Equal Access and Opportunity, aims to bring people together during his mayoral term.
Scholarship student advocates for Deaf community
Tony Nicolalde has to pause a Zoom meeting to help his mom make an appointment. That’s because he is hearing and his parents, both immigrants from Ecuador, are Deaf. Nicolalde is a pro at straddling dual identities. He is hearing and Child of a Deaf Adult (CODA). A first-generation American of Latino heritage, he is fluent in Spanish, English, and American Sign Language (ASL).
Scholarship fuels app development
Kirsten Hany ’03, M.S. ’14, is like many Illinois State students as she juggles work, family, and courses in the midst of a pandemic. Hany is a full-time teacher at University High School in the Social Science Department, a part-time professor for the College of Education, and mom to Grace (age 14) and Phillip (age 12). Hany’s desire to create a welcoming and inclusive classroom for her students pushed her to pursue a doctoral degree focused on trauma informed practices in secondary classrooms. She employs an intersectional framework, meaning she seeks to understand how the intersection of students’ most salient identities influences how they experience and process trauma.
EAF legacies: Drs. Clayton and Bonnie Thomas
How an instance of age discrimination led to Drs. Clayton and Bonnie Thomas laying down their roots in Redbird Country.
College of Education announces Teach Chicago Tomorrow Pathways Partnership program scholarship
The College of Education announced a $3,000 renewable scholarship for students in Chicago Public Schools who join the Teach Chicago Tomorrow Pathway program and enroll at Illinois State University.
