In February, 2016, Amy Hathaway, National Register and Survey Specialist for the  Illinois Historic Preservation Agency visited Dr. Devin Hunter’s Graduate Public History course, HIS: 505. Hathaway provided practical and technical knowledge for students to apply in their final projects for their Historic Environmental Preservation class and in their future historical careers. The final project will require the graduate students to either draft a National Register nomination of a property of their choice, or on behalf of the IHPA they will revise an old nomination of a well-known Springfield historic property