Several Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development students are receiving academic awards and honors for their work in and out of the classroom.
Stevenson Center students recognized for academic success

Several Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development students are receiving academic awards and honors for their work in and out of the classroom.
From serving in Kazakhstan as a Peace Corps volunteer, to being a key decision-maker at a nonprofit in Colorado, Daniel Wienecke has seen the full spectrum of opportunity that comes from being an alum of the Stevenson Center.
Twenty-six graduate and undergraduate students from the Department of Politics and Government presented their research at the 2016 annual University Research Symposium on April 8.
Founded in 1966, with its first class of just 10 students graduating in 1968, the Department of Politics and Government celebrates 50 years of accomplishments and achievements.
The recipient of this year’s Student Employee Award was junior operations student manager and security manager Cole Hasselbring.
The Department of Politics and Government of Illinois State University held the 24th annual Conference for Students of Political Science on April 22, 2016.
Attorney Carl E. Kasten ’66, one of the founders of the Illinois State University Attorneys Advisory Board (AAB), delivered the keynote address April 23 at the 16th annual Prelaw Awards Banquet at the Bone Student Center.
Kelley Becker, associate minister at First Christian Church in Bloomington, is the 2016 recipient of the Grabill-Homan Community Peace Prize from the Illinois State University Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies Program.
Senior political science major Hannah Mathes came to Illinois State University as a transfer student. She decided on Illinois State because of the bond she felt with the University, and she joined the Honors Program for the tailor-made opportunities that it presented for her.
Department of Politics and Government alum Adam Ghrist was featured in The Pantagraph for his work as McLean County’s first assistant state’s attorney.