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Spring 2024
Official Publication of the College of Applied Science and Technology
Featured Stories
A CAST hands-on how-to video series
Follow along with some of our CAST faculty and staff members as they share their expertise to help you try something new or take your skills to the next level.
The 2024 CAST dean’s message
Here is a message from College of Applied Science and Technology Dean Dr. Chad McEvoy.
A Healthy Start
The research of Dr. Samantha McDonald, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation, is big news for little ones: McDonald studies the effects of exercise during pregnancy, focusing on the metabolism.
Sophie Remmert: CAST Hero
In the College of Applied Science and Technology, all of our alumni are superheroes, but only some of them actually wear capes. Sophie Remmert ’20, a Gamma Phi Circus alum, is one of the few.
Fingerprints. Footprints. Fibers.
Students studying criminal investigations and criminalistics (crime lab techniques) now have a space where they can see the full investigation process of a crime from start to finish in the new Forensics Lab.
Technology for seniors by juniors
Lauren Buggar, a senior cybersecurity major at Illinois State University, became the president of the Technology Assistance Community Outreach Service (TACOS) soon after volunteering for the group as part of an assignment for a communication class.
