Showing posts with label volunteer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label volunteer. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Leadership lived: Student helps Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria as part of Alternative Spring Break

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Senior business administration major Matthew Traxler was one of 14 University of Illinois Springfield students who spent their spring b...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Good as Gold awards at UIS honor more than 40 Sangamon County volunteers and businesses

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The University of Illinois Springfield, Junior League of Springfield and the United Way of Central Illinois honored more than 40 local vol...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Leadership lived: UIS sophomore gives back by mentoring the next generation of leaders

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  Aaron Boyd came to the University of Illinois Springfield knowing he wanted to give back to his community. The sophomore is majoring ...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Leadership lived: Student helps plan Alternative Spring Break trip

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For the past three years, University of Illinois Springfield psychology major Hailey Hawkins has spent her spring break volunteering wi...
Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Leadership lived: Students help build a community garden at UIS

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When Erica Peak-Nordstrom and Rachel Wilham were assigned a group project in their Introduction to Sustainability class they came up wi...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Mark Dochterman wins the 2016 CAPE Award

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Mark Dochterman , director of the University of Illinois Springfield Volunteer & Civic Engagement Center , is the winner of the 13th a...
Friday, April 03, 2015

Leadership lived: Student leads Alternative Spring Break trip

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Before attending the University of Illinois Springfield , Brittani Provost says she didn’t know what being a leader meant. The Sociology...
Thursday, November 06, 2014

Clarissa Fisher honored with Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Illinois

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University of Illinois Springfield senior Clarissa Fisher  has been honored with the Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Ill...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Leadership lived: Student-athlete spends time off the field volunteering

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As an outfielder on the University of Illinois Springfield baseball team, Adam Unes knows being a NCAA student-athlete means more tha...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Leadership lived: Student organizes zoo cleanup effort

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Nate Hoyle , a junior environmental studies major at the University of Illinois Springfield , loves nature and working outdoors. It’s t...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

UIS welcomes new Volunteer & Civic Engagement and Disabilities Services directors

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The University of Illinois Springfield is proud to introduce two new leaders on campus. Dr. Mark Dochterman is the new director of the Vo...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

UIS students & alumni take over 200 dresses to Africa during summer trip

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A group of University of Illinois Springfield students and alumni helped take over 200 handmade dresses to children in Africa this summer. ...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Public Affairs Reporting graduate student honored for mentoring program

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University of Illinois Springfield Chancellor Harry Berman honored Public Affairs Reporting graduate student Tametria Conner for her work...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

UIS Legacy Dance Team teaches elementary students some moves

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The Legacy Dance Team from the University of Illinois Springfield paid a visit Monday, April 26, to students at the St. Patrick’s Freedom S...
Monday, January 25, 2010

UIS women's basketball player volunteers in West African hospital

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Susan Coryell has known ever since she was a little girl she wanted to be a doctor, now she’s getting her chance to help others. The UIS ju...
Monday, December 14, 2009

UIS students build positive relationships while mentoring at Harvard Park Elementary

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A group of UIS students pulled out board games of all kinds in the Harvard Park Elementary School gymnasium on Friday morning and quickly p...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Student Volunteers Create 9/11 Video

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Students from the University of Illinois Springfield’s Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center have put together a video in remembrance of th...
Monday, March 09, 2009

UIS students utilize spring break to help hurricane victims

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The University of Illinois at Springfield’s Alternative Spring Break student organization will be taking a trip to Mandeville, Louisiana du...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Kirkendall acknowledged for support of autism fundraiser

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Karen Kirkendall , interim director of the Capital Scholars Honors Program and associate professor of Liberal & Integrative Studies, was...
Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Wing in LRH promotes leadership and service

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By Courtney Westlake Even before school started, students in the Leadership for Life Service Wing in Lincoln Residence Hall were lend...