Amanda Rickenberg enrolled at Illinois State for its education program, and her decision to become a special education major was an easy one, motivated in part by personal experience.
Alum leads team to Special Olympics Summer Games
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Most delicious Avanti’s memories from our alumni
Illinois State magazine this month asked Illinois State alumni to share their favorite memory from Avanti’s–and wow, did you deliver.
Two alums finally cross paths-1,200 miles away from ISU
Russ Diamond and Steve Kluever grew up on the same street, in the same small Central Illinois city, went to the same schools, then went to the same University, and even ended up in similar careers.
Touched by tornado’s impact, students trek to Oklahoma
Illinois State seniors Calvin Lynch and Nick Streicher couldn’t sleep.
At Preview, new freshmen aren’t the only ones learning
It’s summertime at Illinois State, and that means more than 3,000 incoming freshmen and their families are flocking to campus for the rite of passage that is Preview.
Married professors behind Lincoln discovery share more than math
The intersection of mathematics education and history is a special place for Ken Clements and Nerida Ellerton. That’s where they found new insight into a teenage Abraham Lincoln’s arithmetic skills, and it’s where they found each other.
Illinois State art professor moonlights as major league baseball scout
Michael Wille looked like the half dozen other scouts who were gathered in the stands behind home plate on a cold and wet Thursday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field for the Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament.
Photos: Best campus shots from May
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.
From ISU’s theater program to casting Arrested Development
Deborah Barylski, an Illinois State grad from 1973, was the casting director on the first season (including the pilot episode) of TV’s Arrested Development.
Touched by tornado’s impact, students trek to Oklahoma
From debris removal to boarding up homes to cheering up a child who lost his best friend, the two seniors say their two days in Moore were life-changing.
