Peace Corps Master’s International student Matthew Tomlin will travel a long way to walk across the stage and receive his master’s degree in political science this December. Tomlin has been working as an Urban Agriculture Extension Agent in Senegal since November 2014.
Unit: Economics
Student research to help formerly incarcerated women re-enter society
Through a sociology class project, Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development graduate students will assist previously incarcerated women in Bloomington-Normal in regaining their independence and attaining a consistent income.
Where will the Stevenson Center take you?
With an expansive global influence, the Stevenson Center’s graduate programs place students in communities in need in the U.S. and abroad.
Video: Being a renewable energy major at Illinois State
Illinois State University is growing the next generation of renewable energy leaders. One of them is Kadi Ilves, a senior renewable energy major at Illinois State.
Video: Changing lives together through Illinois State’s Peace Corps program
Once they finished their Peace Corps service, Ambuj Neupane and Katie Saunders were both hired as program analysts at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.
Reactions: Chinese currency and the global markets
We’ve seen stock markets around the globe fall dramatically. Though some look to the Chinese currency, Professor of Economics Kevin Zhang says the fall in global markets is not caused by China’s yuan.
Illinois State chosen to help boost women in economics
Illinois State University has been chosen to take part in a national initiative from Harvard University to boost the number of women in economics majors across the country.
How we met: Sarah Frakes and Daniel Chavez
The odds of Sarah Frakes ’10 meeting Daniel Chavez ’07 were not great.
Where are they now: Virginia Owen
While an undergraduate studying mathematics and economics at Illinois State, Virginia Owen ’62 never envisioned she would return as faculty and make the University her home for more than three decades.
Cleeton selected for European Union Studies posts
Professor David Cleeton from the Department of Economics has been elected co-chair of the Economic Interest Section of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) through March 2019.