Insights Happenings – Faculty and Staff Holly Nikels, CNED, along with Sterling Saddler, Dean of COEHS, accepted a contribution from AT&T in Rock Island, IL November 29 on behalf of Western Illinois University. The $70,000 contribution from the AT&T Foundation supports PACERS, which stands for Positive Achievement and Creativity Equals Righteous...

Insights Happenings – Faculty and Staff Brad Carnduff, ’98 B.S. LEJA, who is currently the Director of the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center (STIC) in Springfield, IL, will be on campus Monday, October 22. Carnduff will give an overview of the STIC, intelligence-gathering methodologies and privacy issues. The presentation will be held in...

Insights Happenings – Faculty and Staff The College of Education and Human Services recently held a Scholarship and Distinguished Alumni Gala, on September 15 in Naperville, IL. One of our own COEHS celebrities, Miss Illinois Megan Ervin, KIN student, hosted the evening of fun with a purpose! The focus of the inaugural Gala was to begin a scholarship fund to...

Insights Happenings – Faculty and Staff  Joanna Graham, HS, presented The iPad and the Low Vision Student at the National Organization of Albinism and Hypopigmentation’s (NOAH) National Conference in St. Louis. The Department of Social Work hosted the 3rd Annual Social Work Fair on September 6th.  Approximately 110 social work students met with...

Insights Happenings – Faculty and Staff  Dan Walter, KIN, has been selected to receive the 2012 National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Outstanding Service Award. The award will be presented to Walter in November in Las Vegas, NV, at the DEMA ’12 Trade Exhibition.  Students from SPED 420 led by Dr. Darlos Mummert, C&I, have been...

Departmental News Katherine Perone, Social Work, presented, Fraternity in Field Education: The Use of an In-Service Project and Poster Presentation in the Agency Setting in San Diego, CA. Josh Butcher, IDS, recently received the Student Supervisor of the Year award. He was nominated by Amanda Richards who works in the IMM Lab. The Social Work Student Association held...