Photo gallery: Redbirds flock to the first week of fall semester

  • Author By Julie Mana-ay Perez, Shea Grehan, and Tyler Mardis
  • August 26, 2024
Students walking all around the Quad.
Students return to classes for the first week of the fall semester.

Redbirds returned to campus for the first week of the fall semester. Whether it’s finding a new study spot, catching up with friends in between classes, or participating in back-to-school events, our Birds didn’t waste any time diving back into campus life following quieter summer months.

Check out some of our best photos of campus life during the first week of school.

A student gives a helmet and bike to another student.
Senior computer science major and Office of Sustainability student worker Zachary Kunzer, right, sets up freshman data science major Ian Hankins, left, with a bike as a part of the ISU Bike Share program.
Two students flipping through posters inside a big tent for a poster sale on the Quad.
Sophomore nursing major Alani Matias and sophomore psychology major Paisley Finley look through posters at the back-to-school poster sale on the Quad.
Two students posing on the Quad outside of the Center for Visual Arts.
Freshman therapeutic recreation major Lyric Foster and sophomore psychology major Daija Gibson.
A student studies on a small desk inside State Farm Hall of Business.
Sophomore finance major Akanji Solomon studies inside State Farm Hall of Business.
A student sits on a hammock on the Quad with their laptop on their lap.
Sophomore zoology major Anthony Thompson hangs out in a hammock on the Quad.
Two students sitting arm-in-arm on the Cook Hall statue.
Junior exercise science major Ian Swets and junior business major Maddie Pogorzelsk
Two students pose together on the Quad.
Freshman business administration major Melanie Salano and freshman Communication, Science, and Disorders major Anna Karmenzind
A student writes on a white board.
Sophomore exercise science major Hannah Otero writes human anatomy and physiology notes on a whiteboard inside Milner Library.
A student sitting on stone on the Quad with their laptop on their lap.
Junior communications major Justice Pierce studies on the Quad near the Old Main Bell.
A student sitting on a bench with a laptop on their lap.
Freshman zoology major Claire Johnson sits on a bench on the Quad.
A student sits on a bench inside the Bone Student Center with their laptop on their lap.
Senior special education major Jaylah Corley studies inside the Bone Student Center.
Two students sitting on stone benches on the Quad with their laptop and notebook out.
Freshman Communications, Sciences, and Disorders major Piper Davis and freshman early childhood education major Bella Evans sit on the horesehoe benches on the Quad for a quick study break.
A student sitting under a tree with their computer sitting on the ground, studying.
Freshman zoology major Maddie Olsen studies under a tree on the Quad.
A person speaks to two students.
First-year graduate student and Campus Recreation’s Alexia Bryant talks to students inside the Student Fitness Center.
Three students perform with their instruments in a cirlce together in a classroom.
Junior music education major Chelsea Davis, sophomore music education and flute performance major Alexandra Adrowski, and graduate student flute performance major Gina Russell perform together inside a Cook Hall classroom.
Two students sitting on a bench on the Quad.
Junior elementary education majors Maddie Payne and Hannah Kershner sit together on a bench on the Quad.

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