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Incorporating Brain-Based Learning Into Virtual Career Support And Delivery, Angela Evans, Hannah Nicolaisen, Mildred Wallace

Together We RISE (Making Excellence Inclusive)

Career development is a life-long, continuous process with many complex factors and interplay. This is also reflected in what makes up the learner of today and the demands of the current pandemic on flexible learning styles and modes of delivery to prepare for success. An eclectic toolbox is needed to meet and adapt to one’s unique strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences via different modes of communication. A purposeful and enhanced focus on experiential learning strategies may be achieved by using pseudo-flipped career training and brain-based learning. Some tenets include emotional intelligence, cognitive behavior therapy, and stages of readiness which may …

The Psychological Trauma Of Black Students And Black Professionals On Campus After The Murder Of George Floyd, Katherine Helm, Kristi Kelly, Tenille Allen

Together We RISE (Making Excellence Inclusive)

In this time of great racial unrest in American society, many Black students and professionals on campus are experiencing significant psychological trauma which can include feelings of: sadness, anger, irritability, emotional disconnection, problems concentrating, and diminished motivation triggered by the murder of George Floyd. Subsequent national racialized events and tensions have only increased these reactions. Black students and black professionals may be reporting emotional and physical exhaustion, feelings of not feeling safe (physically and emotionally), and a lingering anger and hopelessness, which has significant consequences for academic and career success. This is one of the most important social justice issues …

Daily Eastern News: October 15, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 15, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 14, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 14, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 13, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 13, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 12, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 12, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 08, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 08, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 07, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 07, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 06, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 06, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 02, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 02, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Issue 49, Beth Heldebrandt

NoteBooth

Harjo book focus of Big Read, COVID impacts, Library wins Bud May award, Post Amerikan project completed, Faculty Spotlight: Nan (Tina) Wang, Faculty Interview: Brad Tolppanen

Fall 2020 Program Guide, Academy Of Lifelong Learning

Program Catalogs

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2020 Celebration Of Scholarship, Creativity, And Engagement, Todd Bruns, Beth Heldebrandt

Programs

The 2020-2021 academic year is truly extraordinary and higher education’s new, hopefully temporary, normal began on rather short notice in Spring 2020. While our environment has changed, we, as a shared community, are pleased that the important work of faculty continues and evolves as faculty broaden and redefine the boundaries of scholarship, creativity, and innovation in accelerating hybrid and remote environments. And, as new forms and strategies for scholarship and creativity emerge, the core principles of faculty life and student learning remain central to the mission of Eastern Illinois University.

For that reason, our faculty, department chairs, college deans, the …

Daily Eastern News: October 01, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 01, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Partisanship And Special Interest Influence On Environmental Policy As Illustrated Through Statewide Plastic Bag Policies, Jennifer Coryell

Graduate Student Capstone Projects

Prior to its advent in 1869, the world had zero plastic. In 1907, when a fully synthetic version of the polymer we now call plastic was invented, humans reveled in the idea that they were no longer constrained by the limits of what natural resources could provide. Through World War II, the uses for plastic grew exponentially, continuing post-war as a seemingly endless number of plastic products became available to the public (Science History Institute).

Demand for this material has not subsided since, and it is now estimated that 300 million tons of plastic are created annually (Paco, 2017). Much …

Daily Eastern News: September 29, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 28, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 24, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 23, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 22, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 21, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

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