BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Nine Illinois Wesleyan University students will join Teach For America, the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teaching low-income students in urban and rural public schools for the next two years. This is the highest number of students from Illinois Wesleyan accepted into the program in one year.

“So many students and corps members have told me this is a life changing experience,” said Bix Gabriel, regional communications director of Teach for America. “The students have the opportunity to make a real impact every day.”

The students will be sent across the United States this fall to assist in classrooms.

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