Community Engagement Specialist

As the Community Engagement Specialist, Paige coordinates Illinois Science Explorers (I-Sci Explorers) program. In this role, she assists faculty and staff in developing, administering, and evaluating interactive educational science modules for children, as well as their families, at the Champaign Park District’s Martens Center and the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club, an after-school program serving children in kindergarten through fifth grade at the Martens Center. The I-Sci Explorers mission is to bring educational science programming to K through 12 children in the C-U community using evidence based social and behavioral science principles.

Paige’s educational background includes a MS in Biological Sciences with a focus in Conservation Biology and a BS in Biology with a minor in Environmental Studies from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.

Contact Paige to find out how she can assist you in planning and creating innovative interactive education science modules to be administered through the I-Sci Explorers program.

Office: 1205 W Clark St, Urbana, IL 61801| Office #3114

Email: paigef2@illinois.edu