“In my job, I wear two hats,” said Mboka Mwilambwe.  “A discipline hat and a culture hat.”  As the assistant director for student development in University Housing Services, Mwilambwe’s day-to-day work takes him along two seemingly divergent paths.  However, a desire to help students stay on the right track and a keen interest in cultural diversity helps him to balance the extremes in his job.

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Beverly Nance, a 25-year employee at Illinois State University, has been named the recipient of the 2011 David Strand Diversity Achievement Award. Nance is the 18th recipient of the award, which was established and endowed by President Emeritus David Strand to honor a faculty or staff member whose efforts result in heightened sensitivity to diversity on campus.

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As the Alternative Spring Break program approaches its 11th year on campus, a new vision and mission have sharpened its focus on diversity and social justice. The Alternative Break program started in 2000 with only stateside Spring Break trips.

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The Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development embodies the mission of public service and global understanding of its namesake, Adlai E. Stevenson II. Graduate students in the Stevenson Center use their education and training to help communities and organizations in Illinois, across the nation and around the globe.

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