Mentors and research foster Honors student’s mindset

Becerra with his University Scholars faculty mentor

What do you get when you combine one motivated Illinois State University student with dedicated mentors, academic research, and the “Honors Mindset?” Some pretty innovative learning experiences, as Basheer Becerra can attest.

Q&A with Nursing Professor Teresa Valerio: Secrets of sleep

Teresa Valerio is an assistant professor in the Mennonite College of Nursing, a family nurse practitioner, and a sleep specialist. She has a clinical practice in sleep disorders at Illinois State University’s Student Health Services, and in 2012, she became the first nurse practitioner to be board certified in behavioral sleep medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine.