Illini Service Dogs The Illini Service Dogs was founded in 2010 by Bridget Evans. ISD is the first organization of its kind, giving students the opportunity to train mobility service dogs from puppyhood to placement. Volunteers also become advocates, striving to bring awareness of disability culture and laws. Upon completion of the program, the dogs master over 40 commands, including picking up objects, turning on lights, and helping someone who has fallen. Each of the dogs is then placed with a person who has a physical disability free of charge. Eye to Eye Members of Eye to Eye meet weekly at a Champaign Middle school to mentor students with LD and/or ADHD like ourselves. Members connect and form bonds with each other while having fun listening to music, creating art projects, eating snacks, and playing games.
Interdisciplinary Health Educators And Leaders I-HEAL connects students in the College of Applied Health Sciences who share an interest in exploring ways to expand the understanding of health and healing. Members seek to find ways in which pre- professional students interested in various health care careers can enrich and grow from each other. I-HEAL is an opportunity for health care students to explore different medical methods and learn how they can benefit patients’ health treatment plans. I-HEAL provides students the opportunity to connect with like-minded peers and explore our their education and well-being with guidance from upperclassmen and the executive board. New Student Mentoring Program The New Student Mentoring Program includes current Beckwith supported residents or recent BRSS alums who transitioned to other living accommodations mentoring new first-year residents. Initially, it is more structured to address transitional issues/questions that the new student might be pondering at that specific time. The mentors initiate contact with the new student mentees in mid-late May and continue throughout the summer. The mentors have specific topics that they address, but if the mentees have specific questions they are encouraged to ask them as they arise.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club The club informs students about the
profession & prepares members for grad school. Also, it provides students with an environment to network with other Pre-PT students, physical therapists, and grad school representatives.
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