Category: Athletics

Four months of planning, design, and implementation culminated with the relaunch of the Internet site GoRedbirds.com during the fall of 2010. The site is the No. 1 source for all things regarding Illinois State Athletics, and now boasts a sleeker, more compact look. Fans will find expanded offerings in video streaming and audio podcasts. The

Illinois State Athletics and Alumni Relations will host a pair of send-off parties for both the Redbird men’s and women’s basketball teams prior to their first games in the 2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The men’s event will be held in the lobby at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis prior to the

Find out how to cheer your Redbirds during the Missouri Valley Conference For the first two weekends of March, alumni and fans from the 10 members of the Missouri Valley Conference invade St. Louis with the hope of watching their team punch the ticket to “The Big Dance.” Join fellow Illinois State alumni and fans

Connect with fellow Redbirds in Peoria at the IMEA All-State Conference Alumni of the School of Music are invited to attend a reception held in conjunction with the annual Illinois Music Educator’s Association All-State Conference. The reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Hotel Pere Marquette Club Rewards Room in Peoria. Cash bar

Student Fitness Center and McCormick Hall opened in January After years of waiting and planning, the campus community now has a new fitness and recreation facility for students. The Student Fitness Center and McCormick Hall opened at the start of the spring semester. Located where Dunn-Barton and Walker residence halls once stood, the $50 million

Experienced staffer honored to lead the unit through the transition Larry Lyons ’86 has been named the interim director of Athletics at Illinois State University following the resignation of Sheahon Zenger, who accepted a similar position at Kansas earlier this year. Lyons, who is in his 24th year at Illinois State, had been serving as

Evening planned to raise breast cancer awareness and recognize cancer survivors As a 15-year assistant coach under Kay Yow at North Carolina State, Illinois State head women’s basketball coach Stephanie Glance is personally aware of the fight against breast cancer. Yow lost her courageous battle in 2009, but Glance and Illinois State Athletics will continue

Free admission vouchers available at local vendors and Redbird sporting events The annual Illinois State women’s basketball Pack the Arena event has been scheduled for Saturday, February 5. The Redbirds will host Indiana State on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena at 4:05 p.m. Getting tickets for this game couldn’t be easier. Coupons for free

Don’t miss this free event prior to the Illinois State—Missouri State basketball game Illinois State Athletics will host the Taste of Redbirds event in Horton Field House from 4:30-6:30 p.m., Saturday, February 12. The event will run following the Redbird women’s basketball game against Missouri State, which tips off at 1:05 p.m. It will continue