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Illinois State University alumna Christie Gilson ’98 has received a Fulbright grant to Hong Kong. Gilson, a social work undergraduate, is continuing her education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Her Fulbright will allow her to study in Hong Kong for 10 months in the area of special needs students, services provided and obstacles.

Illinois State University students have become accustomed to using the fall, spring and summer editions of the class registration directories to view course offerings and other necessary information to register for classes. Starting in March, the daily updated course offerings will only be available on-line through the iCampus portal.  The University is exploring various methods

Ruth Sowers ’79 may have officially ended her formal education at Illinois State in 1982, but she has visited campus annually to play in the Homecoming Alumni Band.  Indeed, she is the only Marching Band Alumni Club member who has performed in every Homecoming for 10 years, and calls herself a “true band geek” who

Alumnus Robert Petkoff, who starred on Broadway last year in “Fiddler on the Roof” with Alfred Molina and who recently opened in a Los Angeles revival of “The Importance of Being Earnest” with Lynn Redgrave, could thank the U.S. military for his career. His father’s Air Force career kept the family moving around the country

Curtis Thomas ’91 wanted to give Illinois State University Technology students the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art robotic equipment to help them gain real world experiences and more career opportunities.  So Thomas arranged through his company, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), to supply on consignment a full-size industrial robot in the Technology lab. Curtis Thomas ’91

Illinois State University’s College of Education moved up in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of the top graduate schools in America. The 2007 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools” lists the College of Education (COE) at 77th, up from 93rd in last year’s rankings. “An important part of Illinois State’s heritage is its internationally respected

Illinois State University was listed in seven areas of the newly released American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) list of top producers of teachers in the nation among the 780 member AACTE institutions. Illinois State was the top producer in the Elementary Teacher Education (551 teachers) and Special Education (178 teachers) categories, ranked

The Illinois State University Student Foundation is setting up a scholarship in Olamide Adeyooye’s name to commemorate her legacy and influence at Illinois State.  Adeyooye, a senior laboratory science major from Berkeley, was the victim of a violent crime and died in October.  After being born in Nigeria, she came to the United States when