The Larry and Barbara Efaw Center for Educator Excellence supports education students and alums in their development as excellent educators across the educator lifespan. The Efaw Center provides individualized attention, focused learning communities, and event programming for all education students. The Efaw Center acknowledges that barriers to academic success can be addressed by proactively offering a holistic approach to support services. Further, the Efaw Center embraces ISU values related to equity, diversity, access and belonging (EDAB) and is involved with promoting these campus and college initiatives in the center and through our collaborations. Efaw staff work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students across campus who interact with education students.
Larry and Barbara Efaw Center for Educator Excellence
Undergraduate Student Support
Efaw Peer Mentor
Connect with a mentor to access campus resources, engage with a thought partner, address areas for professional learning outlined in a disposition concerns assessment, to get support around organization, time management, punctuality and attendance, conflict resolution, communication, and/or constructive criticism. Fill out the connection form to get matched with a peer mentor.
Workshops
The Efaw Center offers professional learning workshops for undergraduate education students on a variety of topics including content test preparation, stress management, and educator professionalism and leadership skill building. RSVP for workshops on RedBird Life.
Educator Alumni Mentor Program
Designed for first-generation first year, second year and transfer education students seeking leadership development, this mentorship program matches education students with educators working in the field. This program is open to all education students and all education program areas.
Upcoming Events
Hours
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Open Hours Monday: 9 am-3pm Tuesday: 9 am - 6pm Wednesday: 9am - 5pm Thursday: 9 am - 6pm |
Study Hours Monday: 11 am - 1 pm Tuesday: 12 pm- 1 pm Wednesday: 11am- 1pm Thursday: 10 am- 12 pm |
Events
The Efaw Center, in partnership with the Lauby Teacher Education Center, is currently running a drive to collect items for the School Street Food Pantry. Boxes are on each floor of DeGarmo Hall.
Items needed can be found below.
Canned soup (not creamed soups)
Canned fruits
Canned veggies (no green beans please)
Peanut butter
Ramen noodle packs
Pasta sauces
Pasta
Oatmeal packages
Pancake mix (no eggs required)
Shampoo
Conditioner
Deodorant
Toothpaste
Shower gel
Cleaning supplies
Dish soap
Laundry pods or detergent sheets
If you would like to make a monetary donation please go to the link schoolstreetfoodpantry.org and select the red button that says, “Donate via Paypal”.
This link goes to the Food Pantry’s Amazon Wishlist.
If you need an accommodation to fully participate in a program/event, please contact Dr. Becky Beucher, Director of the Efaw Center. Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.
Campus Partners and Student Resources
The Efaw Family
Barbara ’59 and Larry Efaw ’56, M.S. ’59 supported Redbird educators for many years. In 2021, Barbara and her family generously gifted the College of Education $500,000 to establish the Larry and Barbara Efaw Center for Educator Excellence.
Barbara and Larry met at ISU and were both active students while on campus. Passionate about literacy, education, and family, Barbara became an elementary educator, mother, and grandmother and Larry, a father and grandfather, served as the Executive Director for the Library Book Selection Service in Bloomington, Illinois. The Efaws credit their experiences at Illinois State for their success in education.