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Victoria Valentine always knew she wanted to be a teacher, but it wasn’t until she volunteered at a summer camp during sixth grade that she realized she wanted to pursue special education.

While this case study is ongoing, it certainly looks promising—and there are many more where it came from. In the six years since its launch, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s is proving to be a valuable and versatile resource for hundreds of students in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. The goal is not only to graduate those students, but also to provide them with a holistic preparation for their post-graduation lives, whether that’s in industry, government agency or academia.

If you ask Michael Angelo Batio about achieving success, he’ll tell you it boils down to one thing: choosing to finish. And he would know.

Dr. Jon Hageman, Associate Professor in Anthropology, has been appointed Research Associate at the Chicago Field Museum, in recognition of his work with the museum's Searle Herbarium. Dr. Hageman also received a National Science Foundation grant from the area of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (Archeaology-Senior Research Program) to complete an online Mesoamerican ethnobotanical database. 

Food psychology isn’t all about fad diets and eating disorders. In fact, that’s a very small part of it. It’s really about the relationship between humans and food, which can be fascinating. Just ask ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø senior Sharon Wentz. She’ll tell you all about it.

John Gomez does not settle and will not settle—even after he earns his bachelor’s degree from ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø.

Andrea Evans is the brand new director of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, yet she already has one small regret.

When you ask College of Business and Management Dean Michael Bedell what he loves most about ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, his answer is simple: “It’s the people."

The human body has always fascinated Christy Theodore Behnam.

Following a charge from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to improve the city’s neighborhood public schools, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø quickly became a resource for nearby Amundsen High School. As the new principal of Amundsen, Ana Pavichevich brainstormed ideas to help turn her school around. She quickly recalled the quality faculty and graduates of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s College of Education and approached the University for assistance.