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Department Of English Newsletter, Winter 2024-2025, Illinois State University, Department Of English

Department of English Newsletter

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of English

Enhancing Climate Change Awareness In Children Through Augmented Reality: A Study On Educational Engagement., Jubair Islam

Theses and Dissertations

As the need to address climate change becomes more urgent, introducing children to environmental conservation has become increasingly important. This thesis explores how augmented reality (AR) technology can turn traditional storytelling into an exciting and educational experience to help children learn about climate change. Sam and Mia’s Earth-Saving Adventure, a 10-page graphic storybook enhanced with AR, allows children aged 3-10 to interact with the story through animations and sound effects that respond to their choices. Developed using Adobe Aero, the book creates an immersive and fun way for children to engage with environmental topics.

The study uses a combination of …

Promoting A Pedagogy Of Critical Engagement: Teaching English Grammar And Usage Through A Socio-Historical, Investigative Approach, Robin E. Cross Halsey

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation introduces and explicates a novel pedagogical approach to a university course that focuses on the application of English grammar and usage for writers. This approach to the teaching of English grammar and usage is grounded in several related disciplines and fields of study, including linguistics (specifically historical linguistics and sociolinguistics), language ideologies, and inquiry-based education.

The course curriculum combines examinations of historical ideologies and attitudes that have influenced debates about language usage and the value of teaching grammar with explicit instruction of specific grammar terms and concepts. The initial phase of the course introduces rhetorical grammar, usage and …

Barriers To Mental Health Among International Students: Identifying Challenges And Developing Support Strategies For Depressive Symptoms, Esi Tb Afful

Theses and Dissertations

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine barriers to mental health service utilization among international students, with a specific focus on challenges related to depressive symptoms and their coping mechanisms. The study also sought to identify factors that influence international students’ engagement with mental health resources.

Method: A total of 30 international students enrolled at a midwestern university participated in this mixed-methods study. Data were collected through an online survey, which included both closed- and open-ended questions. The quantitative portion of the survey assessed demographics, cultural and immigration challenges, mental health service utilization, and social support. Hierarchical multiple …

Research And Graduate Studies Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2025, Office Of Research And Graduate Studies, Illinois State University

Research and Graduate Studies Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Guía Para Padres Y Familias, 2025-2026, Illinois State University, Dean Of Students Office, Parent And Family Services

Parent and Family Guide

Campus guide prepared by the Illinois State University Dean of Students Office's Parent and Family Services Department

Music For The Holidays: December 7, 2024, M. Christopher Shepard, John Koch, Julia Stowell

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

December 7, 2024

Saturday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Fifth Annual Commencement, December 2024, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University

One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth Annual Commencement

December 2024

University Band: November 20, 2024, Mack Wood, Christopher Bulding, Colby Powers, Jospeh Buczko, Ben Haushalter

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

November 20, 2024

Wednesday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Civic Chorale Fall Concert: November 17, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall

November 17, 2024

Sunday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Treble Choir With Guests In Concert: October 13, 2024, Lara Reem, Cristian Larios, Daniel Provis

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

October 13, 2024

Sunday Afternoon

6:00 p.m.

Mozart's Requiem: October 13, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

October 13, 2024

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Symphonic Band And Symphonic Winds: October 3, 2024, Tj Mack, Colby Powers, Dr. Mack Wood, Dr. Useon Choi

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

Thursday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Milner Monitor, October 2024, Milner Library

Newsletters – Milner Library

Internal newsletter produced by Milner Library staff between 2018 and present.

Wind Symphony: September 29, 2024, Anthony C. Marinello Iii, Christopher Bulding

School of Music Programs

Center for Performing Arts

September 29, 2024

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Elements, Andres L. Sanchez

Theses and Dissertations

Elements is a dissertation that presents my work as an out-of-the-Academy conceptual writer that loves teaching even though I won’t ever teach again. The dissertation includes a critical introduction, “Do You Actually Want to See This?” that seeks to examine conceptual poetry in the light of Sianne Ngai’s stuplimity and Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht’s performance theories so that we may rethink conceptual poetry’s effect on the audience when it is performed. The creative manuscript, “Elements,” is the result of a process stolen from Raymond Queneau to be used on David Hilbert’s The Foundations of Geometry but is instead redirected …

School Of Music Collage Concert: September 15, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

September 15, 2024

Sunday Afternoon

5:00 p.m.

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Cora Swenson Lee, Cello; Soo Yeon Kim, Violin; September 10, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

September 10, 2024

Tuesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

“Beautiful Chaos”: Clinicians’ Learning Experience In Collaborative Theater Programming, Hannah Huff, Karen Whisenhunt Saar

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

This study provides insights into speech-language pathology graduate student learning experiences during a community-based clinical rotation that targets skill development within an interdisciplinary theater program. Theater-based programming has shown some utility toward promoting pragmatic language skill development for children and teens outside of traditional clinical practice. In addition, the interdisciplinary nature of the program provides opportunities for student clinicians to engage in interprofessional collaboration with arts professionals.

The purpose of this study was to explore SLP graduate students’ experiences within a collaborative inclusion theater program. Semi-structured interviews collected from three graduate student clinicians were transcribed and analyzed according to Interpretive …

2024 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

2024 Season. The Professional Theatre at Illinois State University, Ewing Theatre. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Sense and Sensibility by Quetta Carpenter based on the Jane Austen novel.

Impact Of Covid-19 On Disaggregate Consumption And Online Retail Sales: Evidence From The Usa, Gulzar Ahmed, Olcay Akman

Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics

This study applies the difference-in-difference technique to analyze the consumption pattern during COVID-19 against pre-COVID-19 years. We analyze the online retail sales before and after COVID-19 using time series and linear regression models. Time series intervention analysis results suggest that COVID-19 has caused a statistically significant change in the mean level of online retail sales share in e-commerce. Using a difference-in-difference approach, we find a 4% decrease in aggregate consumption from March to December 2020 compared to the benchmark period although statistically insignificant. Further, using a fixed effects model with time dummies, we find a nearly 8% significant decrease in …

Understanding Policy On The Move: The Workings Of School Policy And Teachers’ Emergent Positioning Through Narrative, Ryan Kerr

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the ways that school policies are understood and taken up by teachers. A review of the relevant literature suggests that much school policy, even that which is explicitly designed to ameliorate inequities that exist within schools and school systems, often have an inverse effect. It is also established that teachers, for many reasons, often subvert school policies in their daily practice. Using a transliteracies framework, this study seeks to explore the intimacies of these disconnects for teachers through a close look at their narratives surrounding school policy and the ways that certain policies affect their identities. This …

Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2024-2025, Illinois State University

Course Catalogs

Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2024-2025. Effective May 20, 2024.

Illinois State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, 2024-2025, Illinois State University

Course Catalogs

Illinois State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, 2024-2025. Effective May 20, 2024.

Milner Monitor, May 2024, Milner Library

Newsletters – Milner Library

Internal newsletter produced by Milner Library staff between 2018 and present.

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Fifth Annual Commencement, May 2024, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University
One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth Annual Commencement
May 2024

Spring Choral Concert: Concert Choir, April 28, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 28, 2024
Sunday Evening
6:00 p.m.

Spring Choral Concert: Treble Choir, University Glee And Belle Voix; April 28, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 28, 2024
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Ensemble Concerts: Illinois State University Philharmonia Orchestra And String Project Sinfonia Orchestra, April 22, 2024, Glenn Block, Katherine Lewis, Useon Choi, Igor Kalnin, Jillian Kouzel

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 22, 2024
Monday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Junior Recital: Milo Johnson, Trumpet; Joseph Johnson, Trumpet; Lu Witzig, Piano; April 21, 2024, Milo Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 21, 2024
Sunday Evening
7:00 p.m.