As spring approaches, many students begin thinking about employment after graduation, and many alumni may be considering a career change. To help Redbirds with their careers, the Career Center is hosting its Spring Career Fair and Education Career Fair.
Unit: Special Education
Teaching Initiative Awards announced
Jennifer Barnes, Stephanie Gardiner-Walsh, Daniel Lannin, Sandra Osorio, and Livia Stone will receive Teaching Initiative Awards, along with graduate student teaching awards.
Women’s soccer senior Kiley Czerwinski prepares to take lessons from field to classroom
Senior Kiley Czerwinski is in the process of putting a bow on a Redbird women’s soccer career full of success and adversity. The next challenge is taking lessons learned as a student-athlete into her career as a special educator.
Experiencing Taiwanese education and culture: Edward’s experience in Taiwan
Over the summer, I studied abroad in Taipei, Taiwan, which is 100 miles off the coast of China.
Illinois State University awards two doctoral degrees
Illinois State University has awarded two individuals with doctoral degrees.
First-year student looks to integrate sign language into school curriculums
Tony Nicolalde, a first-year student majoring in special education, has been working his whole life to integrate American Sign Language (ASL) into school curriculums.
Embracing Ethiopia
How Redbird Alex Wazny followed her dream all the way to Africa.
Project READ inspires future educators
When Dominique’s son came home from school complaining that he was not allowed to go to swimming lessons with the rest of his class, Dominique wondered what had gone wrong.
A Presidential Scholar in Peru
Mary Doro has enjoyed her well-rounded experience at Illinois State, both on campus and beyond. Doro, a senior Presidential Scholar and special education major, has studied abroad three times, and Honors Travel to Peru over winter break was her first study abroad experience.
Video: Crystal Rodriguez, scholarship recipient
Crystal Rodriguez was inspired to study deaf education because of her two older siblings who both have special needs. Earning the Evelyn J. Rex Scholarship in the College of Education helped her financially and also motivated Rodriguez. “Knowing that someone chose to give me this money coming into ISU has made me want to be