The Stevenson Center provides its Fellows with the unique opportunity to spend the second half of their two-year graduate program gaining professional experience while applying what they learned in the classroom the prior year.
Joel McReynolds, an applied community and economic development student in the Department of Politics and Government, published an article titled “The Journey of a Spiritual Migrant: An Autoethnography on Leaving American Evangelicalism” in The Journal of Faith, Education, and Community.
Thanks to the Hunt Family Fund, nine Stevenson Center Fellows were among the more than 250 participants who attended the Housing Action Illinois Housing Matters! conference in Bloomington. The conference’s welcome letter set the intention to create “an Illinois where ALL residents, regardless of income, have a good place to call home.”
Like most Stevenson Center students, Jerome Sader ’19 was drawn to using his education for the public good.
The Friends for Peace RSO allows potential Peace Corps volunteers to meet their prep program requirements while making an impact on Illinois State’s campus.
Illinois State alumna Alana McGinty ’10 was the type of student to fully immerse herself in everything she did.
Michael Hendricks receives community engagement award.
This fall, the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development celebrates 25 years at Illinois State University.
This year, the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development not only celebrates its 25th anniversary but also the return of the very first Peace Corps Fellow recruited, Randy Gibson ’96.
A series of talks, performances, and lectures will help celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, highlighted with a keynote lecture on “Latinx: Queer Brown Voices” on October 30, and the Hispanic Heritage Fair on October 10.
