The Stevenson Center attracts bright and accomplished graduate students to its Fellows programs and undergraduate students to Peace Corps Prep. This academic year brought recognition of students’ success, on campus and off campus.
As a second-year graduate student at Illinois State University, I can confidently say that the end of our college career has been nothing like what we were expecting it to be.
Robert Maske’s ’59, ’60 life was nothing short of charming. Maske tells the Graduate School about his time at Illinois State Normal University. He graduated with his master’s in Industrial Education in June 1960.
The online symposium is an opportunity to showcase university-wide research, scholarship, and creative activity. The online display will remain open for two weeks starting April 27.
Peace Corps Fellow Ryan Arnold has always had a penchant for making things happen, even before joining the Stevenson Center. Prior to starting his master’s degree, Arnold served with the Peace Corps in Cameroon from 2011 to 2013 as a youth development coordinator. He went on to work at CARE for AIDS for four years as the African Operations Director. In 2018, Arnold joined the Stevenson Center to pursue a master’s degree in political science.
The winner of the 2020 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award is Dr. Chereka Dickerson, Ph.D. ’18.
Stevenson Center graduate students have assisted communities all over the globe, through Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and other organizations. But direct service is not their only contribution: their research can have a significant impact as well.
The Office for Student Research announced the winners of the first-ever Image of Research juried competition.
For the second half of the two-year graduate program, Stevenson Center Fellows are in the field, gaining professional experience, applying classroom knowledge, and serving organizations across the U.S. The MCRPC is a local organization hosting its first Fellow.
Virtual tool allows Redbirds to get assistance with their career development and professional readiness while off-campus
