Whitney Cross, the Chicago Community Engagement Fellow for the U.S. Fund for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will talk about the impact of armed conflict on the children.
UNICEF and Syrian children, October 11
Unit: Politics and Government
Riaz on foreign policy challenges of next president
Dr. Ali Riaz, University Professor and Chair of Politics and Government, presented “Foreign Policy: What Challenges Will the New President Face?” at the Fall 2016 International Studies Seminar Series, September 28.
Successful launch event for new Peace Corps Prep Program
Current and prospective students, faculty, and staff, as well as 20 returned Peace Corps Volunteers came together on Tuesday, September 20, to celebrate the start of Illinois State University’s new Peace Corps Prep Program.
Students and professors address global water problems in Sweden
Noha Shawki and Julian Westerhout and a group of 12 political science students attended World Water Week
Professor Milita on why candidates sometimes say nothing at all
Dr. Kerri Milita, Assistant Professor of Department of Politics and Government, presented “When you Say Nothing at All: How Candidates Win Elections by Shunning Issues” at the Main Street College Lecture event
Grad student Fahmida Zaman publishes on Bangladeshi social movements
Politics and Government graduate student Fahmida Zaman has published an article titled “Agencies of Social Movements: Experiences of Bangladesh’s Shahbag Movement and Hefazat-e-Islam.”
Candidates shunning issues focus of Main Street College
Kerri Milita will present the Main Street College talk with “When You Say Nothing At All: How Candidates Win Elections by Shunning Issues” on September 27.
Lane Crothers shares Fulbright experience at Politics and Government brownbag
Professor Lane Crothers presented the Department of Politics and Government’s first brownbag of Fall 2016.
Ali Riaz’s book on Bangladesh released in Washington, DC
Professor Ali Riaz’s book, Bangladesh: A Political History Since Independence, was launched at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., on September 20.
Illinois State University’s first Peace Corps campus recruiter: Vanessa Soto
For Vanessa Soto, the first Peace Corps campus recruiter for the Stevenson Center at Illinois State University, the path to Peace Corps began far from home, in the cold reaches of Mongolia.
