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• Ed Psych alumna selected as NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow

  May 5, 2016 2:45 pm93 views

  Tzu-Jung Lin, Ph.D. ’12 Ed.Psych., has been selected as a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.

• Free Movie and Conversation: Keep On Keepin' On

  May 6, 2016 12:00 pm115 views

  Come see a film depicting a student-teacher relationship that will move and inspire you!

  Sunday, May 22 | 5:00 PM | The Art Theater, 126 W Church Street, Champaign | FREE

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  Looking for a Study Tour MOOC?

  May 8, 2016 4:30 pm59 views

  JOIN US ON OUR VIRTUAL STUDY OF CHILE THIS SUMMER!

  This 4-credit course will examine the current educational system in Chile in relation to its history, economy, media environment and political movements. 

• Alumnus named executive director at Society for Vascular Surgery

  May 11, 2016 2:45 pm91 views

  Kenneth M. Slaw, Ph.D. '87 Ed.Psych., has been named executive director at the Society for Vascular Surgery, a nonprofit medical society made up of specialty-trained vascular surgeons.

• GRASP project featured in 2016 NSF Video Showcase

  May 16, 2016 2:30 pm55 views

  The research project GRASP (GestuRe Augmented Simulations for supporting exPlanations) was selected as part of the 2016 NSF Video Showcase “Advancing STEM for All,” which will run from May 17-23. GRASP is an NSF-funded collaboration between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Concord Consortium. Its team members include Curriculum & Instruction professors Robb Lindgren and David Brown.

• EPS 590: Climate Justice and Human Rights Education

  May 17, 2016 12:00 pm6 views

  New course this fall 2016: EPS 590 climate Justice and Human Rights Education

  Pradeep Dhillon- instructor

  Tuesdays 1-3:50pm

  166 Education

• Art-based research exhibition on view: DRAWING IN/DRAWING OUT: Ethnicity and Culture in Perspective

  May 18, 2016 10:45 am6 views

  Exhibition on display May 2nd – June 22nd for viewing between 9am-5pm Monday-Friday

  Women’s Resources Center703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor, Champaign, IL 61820 (next to Cocomero)

  Closing ReceptionWed. June 15th 4PM-5:30PM | Curator’s Talk at 5PMWomen’s Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. 2nd Fl. Champaign, 61820)Refreshments will be provided.  Free and open to the public.

  This exhibition features an art-based research study conducted by (Elka) Elzbieta Kazmierczak, MFA, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership. Participants of the study–students and C-U community members–expressed how they feel about their ethnic and cultural identities through drawings titled, Inside Me-Outside Me. About 50 colorful drawings and narratives are featured in the show, along with visualizations of the study results.

  Note: Many of the study/exhibition participants were recruited from the College of Education.

• EPOL graduate student selected as NEH Summer Scholar

  May 19, 2016 9:00 am87 views

  Katherine Jo, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, has been selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar and will attend one of 23 seminars and institutes supported by NEH.

• EPOL Ph.D. candidate chosen as Spencer Dissertation Fellow

  May 19, 2016 2:45 pm223 views

  Alisha Johnson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, was chosen as a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellow. Johnson was one of 35 fellows selected among nearly 400 student applications from more than 100 graduate institutions.

• Summer 2016 EPS 420 & SOC420 "Sociology of Education" Social Foundations Course---Many Seats Still Available

  May 20, 2016 10:45 am49 views

  2016 Summer Term 2A, 1st 4 Weeks, June 13-July 8th

  Course Title: EPS 420-BRB "Sociology of Education" crn # 35166

  & SOC 420-BRB "Sociology of Education"  crn# 35167

  Course Credit: 2  to 4 Hours Credit

  Days, Time, Location: M, T, W, Thr, 10:00-11:50am, Room 323 Education Building

  Maximum Enrollment Spaces: 36 students

  Course Description:

  This 400-level social foundations course is a combined Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate level (Juniors and Seniors) sociological examination of education and schooling in society. Concentration is on introducing, surveying, synthesizing, and evaluating theories, research, and issues in the sociology of education. Course topics include: sociological theories, research methods, and concepts in education; different eras of change and reforms in U.S. education/schooling within changing social-historical-political contexts; the expansion of education in U.S. and the world (especially to diverse groups, including poor/working classes, girls/women, racial/ethnic minorities, language minorities, disabled/special needs, immigrants); schools as social organizations; education as an institution interconnected to other societal institutions (esp., family, economy, politics, religion, etc); un/equal education opportunity and achievement; family background and school achievement; sexual harassment in schooling; school bullying/cyber bullying; school cheating scandals; college costs and student debt; education and stratification; cultural vs. structural approaches to explaining unequal educational attainment; the impact of race, gender, class (RGC), ethnicity, language, accent, residence, citizenship, immigrant status, disability and other stratifying relations in education and schooling from pre-K, elementary, middle, and high schools to community colleges, public and private 4 year colleges, and research universities, including teaching-learning, schooling experiences, opportunities/barriers, achievement; teacher training, professionalization, and expectations; student tracking, ability grouping; student & teacher activism; school funding; contest vs sponsored mobility; comparisons of U.S. to other countries’ education systems, access by RGC+, T-scores; higher education administration; debates about NCLB, Race to the Top, Common Core, Dream Act, charter schools, at-risk schools, faith based schools, Afrocentric schools, and for profit schools.

  Spotlight on The 1960s: We also examine the impact and legacies of diverse social movements on education, especially movements of the 1960s when many students, Hippies, women, disabled, special needs, White European Americans, Black African Americans, Latinos/as, Asian Americans, Native/American Indians, LGBTQ, welfare recipients, language minorities, immigrants/migrants, and others protested in/outside of classrooms, schools, colleges/universities. For questions, contact Prof. Barnett bmbarnet@illinois.edu)

• Summer Hours - Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs Office

  May 23, 2016 1:45 pm32 views

  Through Friday, July 29, summer hours for the Student Academic Affairs Office for undergraduates (Room 142) are:

  8:30am-Noon and
  1-5pm 

  Contact: SAAO (217) 333-2800 or saao@education.illinois.edu.

• EPOL professor discusses financing postsecondary education with wallethub.com

  May 26, 2016 9:15 am6 views

  With tuition rates and other college costs rising every year, many parents struggle to finance their children’s college education. As a result, many students take on debt or forgo post-secondary education altogether. Professor Linda Herrera in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership discussed with wallethub.com the most common mistakes people make when financing their postsecondary education.   

• Wireless Network Update Coming in June in Education Buildings

  May 27, 2016 2:45 pm130 views

  On the week of June 6, Technology Services will be replacing, one by one, each wireless access point (AP) in the Education Building and at Col Wolfe.

  Please expect to see Technology Services technicians in these locations.

  Impact is expected to be nominal, but a brief outage of each AP will occur as it is replaced. 

• Summer hours for User Services - Technology Services at Education

  Jun 7, 2016 9:30 am5 views

  User Services - Technology Services at Education will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the Summer Term.

• CoE Course Project Allows Students to Exlpore Campus and Community Connections

  Jun 9, 2016 6:45 pm0 views

  During the 2016 spring semester, 13 UIUC students, enrolled in EPS 199: Community Engagement, participated in a university-community engagement initiative that resulted in the production of a dynamic website. The website shares their experiences volunteering in our local communities and how those experiences are shaping their growing identities as future educators and practitioners. In addition to chronicling their own journeys, the students also hoped that the website could serve an additional purpose, namely as a resource for university students interested in volunteering with local community organizations and/or learning more about trends and topics impacting the nation's public schools. 

  The students enrolled in EPS 199 worked very hard to construct this website. The process began with brainstorming website pages. It then turned to determining data sources and collecting all of the information presented on the website (which included interviewing CoE faculty and current educators in the field). Finally, it concluded with rounds of editing. With the guiding hand of their course instructor, they produced a resource that will hopefully be of value to collectives outside of this class.

  VIEW THE SITE

• EPS 508-Fall 2016

  Jun 20, 2016 11:00 am6 views

  EPS 508 • Fall 2016

  Uses and Abuses of Educational Research

  W 4-6:50 • 389 Education

  Professor Chris Higgins (crh4@illinois.edu)

   

  All graduate students in education (if not all citizens) need to be able to engage intelligently with the full spectrum of educational research and with the policies said to be backed by research. This course aims at comprehensive and critical research literacy through discussion of the philosophy of inquiry, the sociology of knowledge, the history of educational research, and the politics of data. It seeks to correct the mystification that there is a recipe for research (question + lit review + method + limitations + theoretical framework + data = new knowledge), reopening some of the thorny questions around writing and interpretation, history and language, power and politics, knowledge and ignorance. It features a comparative case study of public education as refracted by four approaches: historical, philosophical, quantitative, and qualitative.

• A special ambassador

  Jun 29, 2016 2:30 pm9 views

  The dedication and commitment of Champaign resident Phyllis Robeson, Ed.M. '58 Ed., as an ambassador of the Youth Literature Festival has helped make the event exceptional.

• College of Education Convocation 2017

  Jun 30, 2016 4:45 pm22 views

  Education Convocation 2017 will be held Saturday, May 13, 1:30 p.m., in Huff Hall.

• A special opportunity for teachers

  Jul 1, 2016 8:15 am41 views

  Teachers: Don't miss this special opportunity to earn professional development hours by attending a workshop with Youth Literature Festival authors Sharon Flake and Matt de la Pena.

• Children discover science, programming in IDEALL space

  Jul 5, 2016 8:30 am37 views

  What if the atmosphere was thinner? What if the moon didn’t exist? These scenarios were presented to children ages 10 and up during the June 27-July 1 Science Simulation with Minecraft camp in the IDEALL space of the Education building.

• Group from Taiwan visits College of Education

  Jul 7, 2016 10:00 am27 views

  On July 5 a delegation from National Tsing Hua University in Taipei, Taiwan, traveled to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. The visit included an afternoon stop at the Education building, where the group met with Dean Mary Kalantzis and received a tour of the Illinois Digital Ecologies and Learning Laboratory with Robb Lindgren, an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. The Taiwanese contingent included President Hong Hocheng and Senior Vice President of Operations Hwai-Pwu Chou.

• C&I alumna receives Fulbright Scholarship

  Jul 7, 2016 4:15 pm58 views

  Fulbright Scholarship recipient Avanti Chajed ’13 C&I will travel to Finland in August to pursue a master’s degree in education, according to a July 7 article in The News-Gazette.

• YLF Community Day Celebration: Fun for the entire family

  Jul 12, 2016 2:15 pm16 views

  As part of the 2016 Youth Literature Festival, Champaign-Urbana residents and everyone from the surrounding area are invited to celebrate youth literature at the Oct. 22 Community Day Celebration.

• Incoming 9th and 10th graders needed for research study

  Jul 13, 2016 9:30 am51 views

  Incoming 9th and 10th graders are needed for a research study on gestures and computer simulations. Participants will discuss math and science concepts and interact with a computer simulation that uses the Kinect (Xbox) during a one-hour interview. Each student will receive $10 in appreciation. For more information, contact Polly Kroha (pkroha@illinois.edu).

• CI 590: Metaphors, Models, and Analogies and the Development of Understandings

  Jul 18, 2016 3:45 pm7 views

  CI 590 MMA, Fall 2016
  Professor: David Brown
  When: Wednesdays, 5:00 to 7:50 pm
  Where: 4F Education Building
  CRN: 66094

  Traditional views of metaphor and analogy see them simply as linguistic figures of speech, such as “He was a wolf” or “The car was like a battering ram,” used to spice up otherwise literal discourse.  More recent views see metaphorical and analogical thought as central in both discourse and cognition.  Constructivism is currently the dominant paradigm on learning in the content areas, drawing on the idea that students construct new understandings based on existing understandings. If this is the case, then a primary engine of such construction must be analogical and metaphorical reasoning – drawing on existing understandings of ideas and extending those to other ideas perceived as similar. This course will explore recent perspectives on metaphorical, model-based, and analogical thought and discourse, how these views apply to the development of understandings in content areas, and how instruction can take advantage of these new perspectives to better help students develop understandings of new ideas.

• Educational Psychology scholar awarded IES grant

  Jul 19, 2016 11:30 am17 views

  Jennifer Cromley, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been awarded a three-year grant worth $756,527 from the Institute of Education Sciences for her research project “Inference-Making and Reasoning: Refinement of an Assessment for Use in Gateway Biology Courses.”

• Recognizing Spring 2016 Education at Illinois Dean’s List and Bronze Tablet Honorees

  Jul 26, 2016 3:30 pm580 views

  Congratulations to the 140 Education at Illinois students who made the Spring 2016 Dean’s List. Congratulations also to the five Education at Illinois students who were recognized as Bronze Tablet honorees.

• Emeritus professor discusses school systems with WalletHub

  Aug 1, 2016 4:30 pm40 views

  With school set to start later this month, numerous parents may be wondering whether or not the school district they live in will prepare their children for academic success. In light of the coming back-to-school season, WalletHub’s analysts compared the quality of education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia to shine the spotlight on top-performing school systems. Professor Emeritus Walter Feinberg lent his thoughts to the matter in a brief question-and-answer session.

• CI 507 SF: Schools and Families

  Aug 3, 2016 1:15 pm33 views

  This course explores the many disconnects between family engagement strategies and families themselves in prekindergarten through secondary school. We will consider impacts of poverty, immigration, racial differences, culture, and school policies. This course is targeted to those students interested in working with professionals (teachers, social workers, counselors, interventionists, etc.) who work in schools with students and families.

• Orphans Treasure Box Presents 'Stuff the Bag' Event for Teachers

  Aug 4, 2016 8:45 am28 views

  Orphans Treasure Box, a Champaign organization that sells books to support orphans, foster children, and families is hosting a "Stuff the Bag" event for teachers on Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Buy a tote for $5 and stuff it with chapter books, easy readers, guided reading books, teaching resource books, and other book-reading genres for the classroom.

• Educational Theory Summer Institute

  Aug 5, 2016 11:15 am9 views

  Educational Theory Summer Institute (ETSI) 2016

  Ecologizing Education: Philosophy, Place, and Possibility

  Tuesday, August 16th 

  9:15 am – 5:15 pm

  College of Education, Room 22

  Free conference. Breakfast & lunch will be provided.

  All those interested in the environmental & ecological elements of learning should attend!

  Please plan to join us for the 7th Annual Educational Theory Summer Institute (ETSI). This year’s theme is Ecologizing Education: Philosophy, Place, and Possibility. Educational Theory has commissioned a team of leading international scholars to share fresh and substantive contributions on the theme. 

  This year's participants will be:

  Deborah Bird Rose (University of New South Wales)

  Sean Blenkinsop (Simon Fraser University)

  Ruth Irwin (University of Fiji)

  Clarence Joldersma (Calvin College)

  Huey-Li Li (University of Akron)

  Gregory Lowan-Trudeau (University of Calgary)

  Suzanne Rice (University of Kansas)

  Andrew Stables (University of Roehampton)

  For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Jessica Harless at jharles2@illinois.edu. 

• Students expand educational, personal insights studying in Chile

  Aug 9, 2016 8:30 am23 views

  Professor Cameron McCarthy of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership led a group of students studying in the Global Studies in Education (GSE) program on a July 17-30 study abroad excursion to Chile.

• Special Education head, student receive DEC awards

  Aug 9, 2016 10:45 am23 views

  Micki Ostrosky, head of the Department of Special Education, received the Division for Early Childhood Award for Mentoring. Jenna Weglarz-Ward, a Special Education doctoral student, joined Ostrosky as a DEC honoree, earning the J. David Sexton Student Award.

• COE/EPSY Subject Pool

  Aug 12, 2016 3:30 pm0 views

  The Bureau of Educational Research is no longer overseeing the College of Education Subject Pool. Educational Psychology was asked to assume oversight of the subject pool.  We have developed a website in order to provide students in the COE with a centralized location for finding studies in which to participate for course credit/extra credit. In addition, we have reached a reciprocal agreement with Linguistics, whereby students in several of their classes can receive credit for participating in COE studies and COE students can receive credit for participating in LING studies. 

  The website for the COE subject pool, with information for both students and faculty is: http://education.illinois.edu/edpsy/subject-pool

  If you require study participation or offer extra credit for participation, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the website and include the URL in your syllabi. A mechanism for students to document their participation to instructors is provided on the website, but of course, you can ask your students to document their participation to you in any way you prefer.

  If you are PI on a study that requires participants, please send Julie Kellogg the information described on the website.

  If you have any questions, please contact Kiel Christianson <kiel@illinois.edu>.

• Tap In Leadership Academy Hosting Aug. 19 Job Fair

  Aug 15, 2016 10:30 am45 views

  The Tap In Leadership Academy is hosting a job fair on Aug. 19 in Champaign. Bring your résumé and be prepared for on-the-spot interviews.

• College hosting book drive to support bookstore

  Aug 16, 2016 8:45 am13 views

  The College of Education is hosting a book drive to support a local non-profit bookstore, Orphan’s Treasure Box. Orphans Treasure Box collects donated used books and sell them online and in their retail outlet to support orphans and vulnerable kids both locally and internationally.

• Library services and support

  Aug 16, 2016 1:30 pm4 views

  The Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) offers many services and resources to assist you with your class work, research and other projects.

  Our web site http://www.library.illinois.edu/sshel/ has links to subject-specific resources and to services, such as chat reference service, and forms for making an appointment with a librarian for one-on-one assistance or recommending items to purchase.

  Education-related information may be found at http://www.library.illinois.edu/sshel/education/index.html

  Please contact Nancy O’Brien by email (npobrien@illinois.edu) or phone (217-333-2408) if you would like to schedule library orientation and instruction sessions for classes.  Each session is structured to fit the needs of your particular class.  Individual meetings to discuss library services and collections to support your research needs can also be scheduled.

  Library hours for SSHEL and the Main Library for the fall semester are:

  Monday-Thursday:        8:30 am-10 pm

  Friday:                         8:30 am-6 pm

  Saturday:                     1-5 pm

  Sunday                         1-10 pm

  Thank you for your continued support and use of SSHEL.   I look forward to working with you all during the coming year!

  Nancy O’Brien

• College’s CPP program ranked No. 1 by College Choice

  Aug 17, 2016 1:30 pm24 views

  The Counseling Psychology Program (CPP) in the Department of Educational Psychology was ranked No. 1 on the “Best Master’s in Counseling Psychology, 2016” list by College Choice.

• Ed Psych researchers receive NSF and IES grants

  Aug 18, 2016 3:15 pm14 views

  Kiel Christianson and Jennifer Cromley, both scholars in the Department of Educational Psychology, received grants from the National Science Foundation and Institute of Education Sciences, respectively.

• The Savvy Researcher

  Aug 22, 2016 10:30 am25 views

  Join us for 50 minute, hands-on workshops that will help you improve your research and information management skills. Upcoming sessions include: 

  Revamping Your Research Plan: Citation Chasing, Keyword Searching, and More

  Research in Conversation: Demystifying the Literature Review

  Digital Publishing with Scalar

  Smart and Simple Data Management

  GIS for Research I: Introduction to GIS Concepts, Software, and Data

  Advanced Text Mining Techniques with Python and HathiTrust Data

  And much more! For more details and registration:   http://go.library.illinois.edu/savvyresearcher

  All sessions held in the Main Library, Room 314 unless otherwise noted.

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  Pathways to Results Grant Announcement

  Aug 23, 2016 10:45 am33 views

  Pathways to Results, Partnership and Planning for Student Success Grant - FY2017

  We are excited to share that the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) has released the FY2017 Pathways to Results: Partnership and Planning for Student Success Grant. The Pathways to Results (PTR) year one project, facilitated by the Office of Community College Research and Leadership, aims to assemble a meaningful plan for implementing an evidence-based improvement that addresses documented gaps in students’ equitable outcomes. Teams will participate in an intensive institute requiring both pre-work and follow-up conference calls to prepare for the final deliverable—an intervention plan that is eligible to be considered for a Year Two PTR grant to support implementation and scaling of the project intervention.

   

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  Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher featured as an expert in WalletHub's "2016's Best & Worst Community Colleges" article

  Aug 23, 2016 11:00 am0 views

  Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher answers questions about improving the cost and quality of education and training at community colleges:

  Do you think President Barack Obama’s proposal to make community-college tuition free will increase enrollment and graduation rates?

  What can policymakers do to improve the quality of education and training at community colleges and the career prospects of graduates?

  Should community colleges focus more on preparing graduates for the workforce through career and technical education or on preparing graduates to move to a four-year college?

  In evaluating the best and worst community college systems, what are the top five indicators?

• EPOL professor to discuss humanities at Sept. 8-9 festival

  Aug 29, 2016 8:45 am8 views

  Dr. Chris Higgins of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership is one of four presenters of a roundtable webinar at the Sept. 8-9 Wiley Humanities Festival. The two-day online festival covers why the humanities matter and features research topics and thought leadership pieces from leading academics. Live listeners will be able to ask questions and enter to win prizes. Seating is limited, so register soon.

• Open slots still available in advanced HRD courses

  Aug 31, 2016 8:45 am20 views

  Open slots are still available for a few advanced courses in the Division of Human Resource Development.

• Still Too Slow: The Advancement of Women

  Aug 31, 2016 2:15 pm0 views

  A brown-bag session, “Still Too Slow: The Advancement of Women,” will be held Wednesday, Sept. 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, Room 314A. The event features Virginia Valian, a professor of psychology at Hunter College, who researches the reasons behind women’s slow advancement in the professions and proposes remedies for individuals and institutions.

• Special Education scholar receives NSF funding

  Sep 2, 2016 8:45 am17 views

  Maya Israel, an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education, is the principal investigator of a research project funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation for $599,829. Cinda Heeren, a senior lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, and George Reese, director of the Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, will be co-principal investigators on the project.

• Small College with a Big Heart

  Sep 6, 2016 8:30 am13 views

  Education at Illinois faculty, staff, and students welcomed the Class of 2020 to the family in enthusiastic orange and blue style in the courtyard of the Education building on August 19. Our newest “great minds” were buzzing with excitement (and possibly a little sugar) as they met their fellow classmates, checked out student groups and volunteer opportunities like SOAR, and heard from Interim Dean James Anderson and Associate Dean for Academic Programs Chris Span.

• Wanted: Student Volunteers for Community Day Celebration

  Sep 6, 2016 10:00 am10 views

  The College of Education at Illinois is seeking student volunteers for the Oct. 22 Community Day Celebration, which caps off the 2016 Youth Literature Festival.

• "It's your World, So Change It:" Reflections on Youth Civic Engagement and Life Abroad in Tanzania

  Sep 6, 2016 3:15 pm6 views

  ­Department of Educational Psychology Brownbag Seminar Series
  Taking Educational Psychology Abroad

  "It's your World, So Change It:" Reflections on Youth Civic Engagement and Life Abroad in Tanzania

  Monday, September 19, 2016
  12:00 – 12:50
  22 Education Building

  In this presentation Helen Neville of the Department of Educational Psychology will discuss the process of conducting research and teaching abroad, with a focus on Tanzania. I will summarize research findings from the #PowerUp: Youth Civic Engagement Project. Tanzanian secondary school youth in this project identified pressing social concerns needing attention that are consistent with the literature in other countries, but they also articulated intersecting concerns of larger social and political structures which remain largely unexplored in the research on civic engagement. Youth expressed clear ideas about what types of changes are needed to promote democracy in their environment and how they see themselves becoming active to make a difference in the communities in which they belong.

• Global Cafe - Chile

  Sep 8, 2016 3:00 pm6 views

  The Office of International Programs will host the first Global Cafe of the year on Friday, September 9, from 1-2 p.m. in Room 42. This Global Cafe will focus on studying abroad in Chile. Interested students will gain knowledge and insight from students that have visited Chile previously as well as UIUC international students.