#BirdofMouth blogger Christine Choute shares her three tips for freshmen who want to make a smooth transition to ISU.
Tips for making a smooth transition to ISU
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For Illinois State’s RAs, move-in week is just the start
For Illinois State’s 107 RAs and 12 community assistants, move-in is just the start of a challenging but highly rewarding student leader position that is, by all accounts, life-changing.
9-hole tour of Illinois State’s new golf training center
Illinois State University’s golf teams will get a big boost later this week with the opening of the Jim and Carole Mounier Golf Training Center.
Photos: Decorating your room at college, then and now
Many of the 6,000 students moving into Illinois State’s residence halls and Cardinal Court apartments this week will find some creative ways to make their new rooms look a little homier.
Alum safeguards treasures from national historic sites
Bob Sonderman, a two-time Illinois State grad, is the steward of treasures from Civil War battlefields, historic homes and other sites administered by the National Park Service in the Washington area.
Photos: Best campus shots from July
Every month on STATEside, we use Storify to give our readers a “best of” photo gallery, powered by tweets, Instagram photos, and Facebook posts from the previous month.
Photos and video from President Bowman’s farewell dinner
The Illinois State and Bloomington-Normal communities said thanks and farewell to President Emeritus Al Bowman and first lady Linda Bowman at a dinner in Uptown Normal.
Your school supply shopping list
#BirdofMouth blogger Cassidy Obis shares four suggestions for your school supply shopping list this summer.
Move-in tips: 5 things you shouldn’t forget to bring
#BirdofMouth blogger Cassidy Obis shares some packing tips, including five unexpectedly great things to bring with you to your residence hall room.
Alum builds business around wipes for dudes
Sean Riley learned how to build things at Illinois State. Now, he’s building his own company. It’s called Dude Products Inc., and it all began with a bunch of dudes who shared an apartment in Chicago after college.
