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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Dahlen’s ECCE Speaker Series event scheduled for tonight (9/10/2025) has been cancelled.
We apologize for the late notice and the inconvenience.
Thank you,
Kimberly Craig
Director of Academic Initiatives
ECCE Speaker Series Coordinator
University of Illinois Springfield
Office Phone: 217.206.6245
The Office of Undergraduate Education is pleased to announce the Fall 2025 Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) Speaker Series event schedule.
Water-Energy Sustainability Across Scales: Systems, Society, Self
Ashlynn Stillwell, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will discuss her work on sustainable water and energy systems. Water and energy are closely linked resources with clean water and sanitation services dependent on energy, and fuels production and electric power generation dependent on water. This water-energy nexus spreads across scales to include large-scale infrastructure systems, societal trends and patterns, and individual behaviors.
The Office of Undergraduate Education is accepting ECCE Speaker Series proposals for events that will take place during the Fall 2025 semester.
The deadline for Fall 2025 event proposals is Monday, April 14 at 5 PM.
The proposal form and instructions are included below
The Office of Undergraduate Education is pleased to announce the Spring 2025 Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) Speaker Series event schedule. All scheduled events below are free and open to the public.
The deadline for ECCE Speaker Series proposals for events that will take place during the Spring 2025 semester has been extended to Friday, November 8 at 5 p.m.
The proposal form, instructions and additional information about the proposal process can be found on the ECCE Speaker Series website.
Student Reflection of UNI 301
The ECCE Speaker Series provides students with the opportunity to explore and study relevant topics that introduce students to the concept of engaged citizenship by expanding students’ awareness of diverse social and cultural experiences. This recent ECCE Speaker Series for the Spring 2023 semester included an in-person discussion, which allowed students to process their experience at the event collectively, in a classroom environment.
The Office of Undergraduate Education is pleased to announce the Spring 2023 ECCE Speaker Series Event schedule. All events are free and open to the public.
The events listed on the schedule here will soon be listed on our ECCE Speaker Series website at https://www.uis.edu/speaker-series.
Events
Fall 2025 ECCE Speaker Series Event Schedule
All events are free and open to the public!
The Fall 2025 ECCE Speaker Series events are listed below. See the full ECCE Speaker Series schedule.
Staff
Program Director
Kimberly Craig
ECCE Speaker Series & UNI 301 Coordinator
Email: craig.kimberly@uis.edu
Office: PAC 525
Phone: (217) 206-6245
Part-Time Staff
Alexis Harms
Graduate Assistant
Email: ouega@uis.edu