BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:As part of our series\, Careers in Education\, we aim to explor e diverse career opportunities available to our students and alumni.The pa nelists will discuss their current positions and how their studies at the College of Education at Illinois impacted their professional pursuits. The second half of the session will enable participants to pose career-specif ic questions to the panelists and learn about how others might advance int o their fields. You could join us for the entire session or the second hal f focused on career-specific questions. This event aims to inform current and prospective students about career possibilities.Careers in Education: Online Student &\; Alumni PanelPanelists: \;Dr. Marlee Bunch and St acey HietikkoTopic: \;Online Programs Student &\; Alumni Panel high lighting Student Experiences and Career InsightsDate &\; Time: \;Th ursday\, October 19th\, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. CTLocation: \;Online via Zo omSponsor: \;The Office of Online ProgramsRegistration is required.&nb sp\;Register Now! \;Dr. Marlee Bunch is an interdisciplinary educator\ , researcher\, advocate for students\, seeker of social justice and equity \, and lifelong learner. She obtained her Ed.D. from the University of Ill inois in Education Policy\, Organization\, and Leadership with an emphasis on Diversity and Equity (2022). With over sixteen years of teaching exper ience at the secondary and post-secondary levels\, she has continuously wo rked in diverse classrooms and sought to ensure that students receive equi table and rigorous instruction and mentorship. \;Dr. Bunch advocates f or students and uses writing\, poetry\, art\, and history to encourage dia logue and self-reflection. Her research focuses on Black female educators in Mississippi pre/post \;Brown v. Board \;and the impact history has had on the current lack of representation of BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/P ersons of Color) teachers in K-12 public classrooms.Stacey \;Hietikko is a seasoned professional with a 16-year tenure as Director of IT and Tra ining\, where she honed her expertise in technology and education. She has earned both an Instructional Design MasterTrack® Certificate and a Gradua te Certificate in Instructional System Design Management and Leadership an d is currently a student in the Ed.M. program in Education Policy\, Organi zation\, and Leadership. \;Currently\, she serves as a Sr. Instruction al Design Specialist and Program Manager for Yahoo in their Global Trainin g and Content Organization\, where her strategic vision and leadership ski lls are instrumental in shaping the company's training initiatives. With a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence\, \;Stacey  \;contributes significantly to the ever-evolving landscape of instructiona l design and technology\, driving growth and success at Yahoo and beyond.A ll are welcome. Please register if you plan to attend! \;Click here to register. \;You will receive the Zoom link upon registration. Please& nbsp\;download the free Zoom \;software and set up an account to parti cipate.Click here to see all upcoming events. \;All event times are in Central Time. \; \; DTEND:20231019T233000Z DTSTAMP:20261014T073915Z DTSTART:20231019T220000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Careers in Education: Online Student & Alumni Panel - Education at Illinois\, Online Programs UID:RFCALITEM639275423555263855 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

As part of our series\, Careers in Education\, we aim to explore diverse career opportunities available to our students a nd alumni.

The panelists will discuss thei r current positions and how their studies at the College of Education at I llinois impacted their professional pursuits. The second half of the sessi on will enable participants to pose career-specific questions to the panel ists and learn about how others might advance into their fields. You could join us for the entire session or the second half focused on career-speci fic questions. This event aims to inform current and prospective students about career possibilities.

Careers in Education: Online Student &\; Alum ni Panel
Panelists: \;Dr. Marlee Bunch and Stacey Hietikko
Topic: \;Online Programs Student &\; Alumni P anel highlighting Student Experiences and Career InsightsDate &\; Time: \;Thursday\, October 1 9th\, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: \;Online via Zoom
S ponsor: \;The Office of Online Programs
Registration is require d. \;Regist er Now!

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Dr. Marlee Bunch is an interdisciplinary educ ator\, researcher\, advocate for students\, seeker of social justice and e quity\, and lifelong learner. She obtained her Ed.D. from the University of Illinois in Education Policy\, Organization\, and Leadershi p with an emphasis on Diversity and Equity (2022). With over sixteen years of teaching experience at the secondary and post-secondary l evels\, she has continuously worked in diverse classrooms and sought to en sure that students receive equitable and rigorous instruction and mentorsh ip. \;Dr. Bunch advocates for students and u ses writing\, poetry\, art\, and history to encourage dialogue and self-re flection. Her research focuses on Black female educators in Mississippi pr e/post \;Brown v. Board \;and the impact history has had on the current lack of representati on of BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/Persons of Color) teachers in K-12 public cl assrooms.

Stacey&nbs p\;Hietikko is a seasoned professional with a 16-year tenu re as Director of IT and Training\, where she honed her expertise in techn ology and education. She has earned both an Instructional Design MasterTra ck® Certificate and a Graduate Certificate in In structional System Design Management and Leadership and is currently a stu dent in the Ed.M. program in Education Policy\, Organization\, and Leadership. \;Currently\, she serves as a Sr. Instructional Desi gn Specialist and Program Manager for Yahoo in their Global Training and C ontent Organization\, where her strategic vision and leadership skills are instrumental in shaping the company's training initiatives. With a passio n for innovation and a commitment to excellence\, \;Stacey \;contribu tes significantly to the ever-evolving landscape of instructional design a nd technology\, driving growth and success at Yahoo and beyond.


All are welcome. Please register if you plan to attend! \;Click here to regi ster. \;You will receive the Zoom link upon registration. Please \;download the free Zoom \;softwar e and set up an account to participate.

Click here to see all upcoming events. \;All event times are in Central Time.

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