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  What Would Have to Happen for All 28 State Prisons to Offer Academic College-level Programming?

  Sep 8, 2020 1:30 pm64 views

  The News-Gazette asked seven local advocates, including Rebecca Ginsburg, professor of EPOL and director of the Education Justice Project, to offer solutions for criminal justice system reform.

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  Williams Wins Award from Division for Early Childhood

  Oct 30, 2023 2:00 pm38 views

  Crystal Williams, a doctoral student in Special Education, was awarded the J. David Sexton Doctoral Student award.

• William T. Grant Foundation Virtual Discussion: From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality

  Oct 21, 2021 11:45 am25 views

  How does a discipline move from investigating a problem to investigating responses? U of I Foundation Relations invites faculty to attend "From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality," a virtual forum co-sponsored by the William T. Grant Foundation on the potential of research to help build and strengthen efforts to address inequality and delineate pathways through which research may lead to large-scale social change.

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  Wilson Honored by Critical Race Studies in Education Association

  Nov 7, 2023 2:15 pm47 views

  Asif Wilson, assistant professor, Curriculum & Instruction, was given the Early Career Scholar award from CRSEA at their annual conference in Chicago on October 26.

• Win a trip to present your research in Hong Kong

  Jan 4, 2016 8:45 am257 views

  The Graduate Student Conference is partnering with the University of Hong Kong to present the second annual Graduate Student Conference Exchange Program.

• Winners of 15th annual MLK contest announced

  Jan 23, 2017 3:45 pm10 views

  Victor Perez, coordinator of operations at the Center for Education in Small Urban Communities, said this year’s MLK Creative Expressions Competition drew 109 entries from children in area K-12 schools, with the majority of submissions being essays and poems.

• Winston Thompson: Lecture & Discussion

  May 4, 2017 9:00 am11 views

  Winston Thompson   LECTURE AND DISCUSSION  

  Monday, May 8

  LECTURE (9:30-11 AM, 192 Education) "Reconsidering the Concept of Educational Justice: Asking New Questions of Race,Politics, & More"

  BROWNBAG DISCUSSION (12:15-1:15 PM, 333 Education) "Expanding the reach of academic programs through online learning and social media"

  Winston C. Thompson is a Fellow in Residence at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Assistant Professor (Education, Philosophy) at the University of New Hampshire. Professor Thompson's scholarship explores the ethical and political dimensions of educational policy and practice, including higher education access, affirmative action, and multiculturalism. His work on the nature of justice and the role of education in a pluralistic, democratic society has appeared in Educational Theory, Philosophy of Education, Teachers College Record, The Journal of Philosophy of Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, and Studies in Philosophy and Education. He is working on a monograph entitled "Justice in the Balance: Revitalizing Politics and Education." He has also written on social media and is the creator of PIPEline (http://www.pipeline.fm/), a short-form interview podcast on contemporary research in philosophy of education.

• Winter break Library hours

  Dec 5, 2016 11:00 am31 views

  The Library will have significantly reduced hours during winter break. All libraries on campus will be closed December 23-January 2.

  The Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) will be open regular Fall semester hours through the end of finals, closing on Friday December 16 at 6:00pm. We will be closed December 23 through January 2.  On December 19-22, January 3-6, and January 9-12, SSHEL will be open 8:30am-5pm.  On Friday, January 13, the Library opens at 1pm.  The Library is closed on weekends during winter break. Spring semester hours resume on Tuesday, January 17. 

  If you need Library materials or services for your research or studies, please plan ahead.

  For a complete list of library hours during winter break, see: http://www.library.illinois.edu/#hoursloc

  Enjoy the winter break!

• 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. 

• Women's Resource Center Summer Walk-In Hours

  Jun 4, 2021 11:30 am9 views

  This summer, the Women's Resource Center is offering walk-in confidential advising services on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

• Work With the Education Justice Project

  Sep 14, 2022 2:30 pm30 views

  The Education Justice Project is accepting applications until Monday, October 3, 2022 from graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in working in its college-in-prison program at Danville Correctional Center for Spring 2023. 

   

• YESPlus Retreat: Discover meditation, breath, and the mind

  Mar 3, 2017 3:30 pm11 views

  YESplus (Your Enlightened Side) is a retreat focused on energizing and calming both body and mind. Participants learn a variety of powerful breathing and meditation techniques including scientifically validated SKY Meditation. The retreat provides tools to free the mind of stress, worry & anxiety and improves focus & productivity. It is being offered FREE to all UIUC students, faculty and staff.

  To apply and for more information please visit goo.gl/MctdQ4

• 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.

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  Yoon Pak, EPOL Department Head, Appointed to ISBE State Assessment Review Committee

  Mar 1, 2021 2:45 pm65 views

  Yoon Pak, professor and department head of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, has been appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education's State Assessment Review Committee.

• You're Invited: 2023 Campus-Community Compact to Accelerate Social Justice Convening

  Jun 12, 2023 11:00 am43 views

  The campus' Office of Public Engagement cordially invites the College of Education community to participate in the Campus-Community Compact to Accelerate Social Justice (Compact) Convening on Wednesday, June 21 from 2 to 7:30 p.m.

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  Your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Can Fund Programs in the College of Education

  Oct 15, 2019 10:00 am144 views

  You can make a tax-free distribution from your IRA directly to the University of Illinois Foundation and support scholarships, fellowships, or programming in the College of Education.

• Youth Literature Festival Booth: "Everyone Can Be Part of the Story: Accessing the Literacy Tree" - (Adapted Activities and Resources for Children With and Without Disabilities, Parents, & Professions)

  Oct 14, 2016 4:30 pm21 views

  Please plan to attend the Youth Literature Festival on October 22.  You are welcome to visit the booth created by Dr. Cheryl Light Shriner of the  Department of Special Education and several college students.  They will offer adapted story materials, props, and a hands-on interactive activity area for children with and without disabilities and a resource table for educators and parents.  Teachers, parents, and children are all encouraged to come and try out the materials and activities.  This booth area provides college students the opportunity to expand their skills in adapting literature and literacy materials for a wide range of abilities that children have and also the opportunity to interact with children, parents, and professionals.  Children enjoy the activities. Parents and teachers have mentioned in the past that the resources provided give them new ideas and materials that can be implemented in their homes or classrooms immediately.

• Youth Literature Festival Presents: Barnes & Noble Bookfair

  Feb 26, 2016 3:00 pm62 views

  The Youth Literature Festival presents the Barnes and Noble Bookfair! 

• Zamani-Gallaher first person of color to receive CSCC Senior Scholar honor

  Apr 11, 2017 10:30 am5 views

  Professor Eboni Zamani-Gallaher of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership was recognized April 10 with the Senior Scholar Award, given by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). She is the first person of color to receive the honor.

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  Zamani-Gallaher Named Dean of Pitt School of Education

  May 7, 2024 9:15 am23 views

  Eboni Zamani-Gallaher has been at the University of Pittsburgh since 2022, after seven years at the University of Illinois.

• Zan-Zendegi-Azadi: A Play on Contagious Courage in Iran

  Nov 30, 2022 4:30 pm80 views

  This performance and Q&A, December 3 at 6 p.m., aims to shed light on the current woman-centered revolutionary movement in Iran and the contagious courage of women and men whose voices against oppression need to be heard worldwide