November 4, 2022

To: Deans, Directors, and Department Heads

In accordance with Illinois Public Act 102-0697, the University of Illinois System offers COVID-19 Restored Sick Leave and Retroactive Paid Administrative Leave to eligible employees. See COVID-19 Restored/Retroactive Leave for details. Individuals in your area with HR responsibilities will receive more detailed information. 

WHAT: The University of Illinois System’s Discovery Partners Institute Center for Urban Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (CURES) will hold its second Community Project Lab at the University of Illinois Springfield.

I earned my general MPH degree in May 2012, and although I did not focus on environmental health, I think my education and experiences still suited me well for the sanatarian position at Peoria City/County Health Department. I was a GPSI while completing my MPH and that helped a great deal with understanding the role of a local health department and my current role as a bureaucrat.

I completed my undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences – Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign in 2008.  After graduation I worked for two years at a community mental health center in Springfield, I was very fortunate to be accepted and began my MPH degree in Fall 2010, with an internship at the Illinois Department of Public Health in Newborn Hearing Screening.

Shane Stephens earned her MPH degree in the fall of 2012. She is now the Assistant Director of Wellness Programming and Assessment for East Carolina University-Campus Recreation in Greenville, North Carolina.  Some of her job duties include leading the development, implementation and evaluation of all health education programs; recruiting, training and supervising undergraduate students hired as campus wellness leaders; and representing the ECU campus community on local and regional health related organizations.  Congratulations, Shane!