Announcements

Four Curriculum & Instruction students have been named Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellows by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Congratulations to Miche’le Johnson, Melanie Marshall, Kendra Nalubega, and Autumn West!

Thirteen students in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership have been named Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellows by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

Congratulations to Chequita Brown, Nancy Cardenas Gonzalez, Tiffany Harris, Marisol Jimenez, Bianca Lopez, Susan Ogwal, Marielisbet Perez, Amari Simpson, Nathaniel Stewart, Anthony B. Sullers, Jr., Ronald Threadgill, Angel Velez, and Larry Washington.

Adrienne Dixson, professor in EPOL, has been selected as a new scholar in the Diversity Scholars Network at the University of Michigan.

Professors Stacy Dymond (Special Education) and David Strauser (College of AHS: Community Health Program) will create a state-wide training and technical assistance center that specifically focuses on transition from school to work for students with significant disabilities (e.g., intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, autism).

The College of Education engages with international students in various ways to facilitate a view of the full range of the University of Illinois experience. This new series is aimed at helping international students build an understanding of the U.S. by engaging in conversations and activities about current events.