Get to know our James Scholars – Roya Lippe

My name is Roya Lippe and I am a junior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pursuing a degree in elementary education. In my year participating in the Sustainable World Collaborative, I feel that I have grown as a researcher and future educator. I have learned how to find and evaluate resources for sustainable […]

Get to know our James Scholars – Heather Howard

Hello everyone! My name is Heather Howard and I am a junior studying Elementary Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  This year, I have had the pleasure to work with a fantastic group of people to compile resources for Sustainable World Collaborative. Additionally I also had the chance to present alongside the lead researchers […]

Get to know our James Scholars – Erin Molay

I am Erin Molay, a graduating senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I am pursuing educational career goals and passion for science. Over the past two years, I have been actively involved in the Sustainable World Collaborative, a project that has afforded me the opportunity to engage in meaningful research and collaboration […]

Get to know our James Scholars – Elissa Chou

Hi, my name is Elissa Chou! During this semester at Sustainable World Collaborative, I worked on researching resources for teachers specifically from North America and even locally around the Champaign-Urbana area. This semester in particular has been incredibly helpful to my path to becoming a good elementary teacher due to a combination of SWC research […]

Collaboration with iGlobal Teachers – Update!

Our team had a wonderful time meeting with the iGlobal teachers once again in April. The iGlobal team has a goal of providing collaborative professional development to teachers in 20 different countries around the world.  For our second session with the iGlobal teachers, they came prepared to discuss the Sustainable World unit plans and resources […]

Don’t miss our next collaboration with iGlobal!

Earlier this month, the team had the opportunity to collaborate with iGlobal. IGlobal is another organization based at the University of Illinois with the goal of providing professional development to and facilitating collaboration between teachers and students from 20 countries around the world. During each of our meetings with the teachers, we discussed our commitment […]