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Charlene Wexler was inducted into the Arts, Entertainment, and Sports Division in February.

Abria Smith, a shot putter and graduate student in Special Education, was given the award that goes to the best performing male and female non-freshman student-athlete in his or her first year of competition at Illinois.

Yu Wang was awarded the Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for the 2025 academic year.

Yoon Pak was featured in an episode of the WILL series "What We Brought"

Giselle Martinez Negrette of Curriculum & Instruction and EPOL graduate Marlee Bunch are among the 25 awardees this year.

Najah Terrell-Walker was one of 42 students to receive the prestigious scholarship.

The pair received a Center for Social & Behavioral Science Grant for their project.

Jon Hale and Linda Herrera, professors Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, have been elected to the University Senates Conference. The organization consists of members from the Urbana-Champaign, Springfield, and Chicago campuses of the University of Illinois system.

The Senates Conference is a statutory body that provides the major link between the faculties of the U. of I. system campuses and works for the greater good of the University of Illinois System and all of its universities. The Senates Conference acts as an advisory group to the Board of Trustees through the President, to other administrative officers, and to the senates themselves on matters of university-wide concerns.

Hale and Herrera will serve for the 2025-26 school year.

Watson will rise to the principal position from her district role as director of school improvement in Unit 4.

EPSY Chair Kyle Christiansen's piece Support Higher Ed Because Higher Ed Supports You, was published in the May 20th edition of the News-Gazette.

Paige Sawatzky and Colleen Yopp were both selected as this year's awardees by the Student Alumni Ambassadors.

Paapa Nkrumah-Ababio and Chris Getowicz have been selected for the summer 2025 cohort.

Bunch was recognized for her book, The Magnitude of Us.

Shirley Moreland and William Villaflor were honored for their work in the classroom.

The session will provide info on Illinois' new partnership with Universitas 21

Lee Ragsdale is the Reentry Resource Program Director for the Education Justice Project.

Lee presented her research at the annual competition on April 8.

Anderson is an adjunct professor at George Mason University and CEO of Onyx Equity Education Consulting.

Y. Barry Chung is Dean of the College of Education at San Diego State University.

He will receive the award on Thursday, April 17 at the Ebony Excellence Awards Ceremony.