Category: Colleges

A May 5 afternoon fire only days before the start of finals week created havoc for students living in Dillon Stables, a 30-unit apartment building at 102 W. Phoenix in Normal. Though some students were home at the time, none were injured in the blaze that grew quickly and caused major damage throughout the building.

Dr. Susan Kern, vice president for University Advancement, announced in March that she will retire on July 15, 2005. President Al Bowman has begun the search process for the next vice president of University Advancement, who will oversee the areas of Alumni Association, Development, Advancement & Administrative Services, University Events, Printing Services, and University Marketing

December saw 1,366 new degrees completed by 1,179 undergraduates and 187 graduates. To all of you who are brand-new Illinois State alumni and receiving your first issue of the Illinois State E-lumni News, congratulations from your Alumni Association family! Your 156,000+ cohorts around the world welcome you! New grads: Check out services of interest to

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

In brief, here are some news notes out of some of the Colleges and other university divisions. Division of Student Affairs Officially there hasn’t been a “Dean of Students” on campus for many years, but a recent restructuring of the Student Affairs division has revived that position and its central office for student services, including

Illinois State University remained strong in the recently-released U.S. News and World Report rankings, increasing in several subcategories while retaining the third tier ranking it advanced to in 2002. According to figures released in August, Illinois State improved in the U.S. News subcategories of freshmen retention rate, six-year graduation rate, class size greater than 50

Creating the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS): An Illinois State University researcher’s story Each year, professors are evaluated across the three major areas of their work – teaching, service, and research. A professor’s productivity in these same three areas is assessed across multiple years when tenure and promotion decisions are made. It has been my experience that most people outside of the University, whether they are

And while we’re talking about the photo albums….. The initial historical photo albums of campus life 25 and 50 years ago were built using yearbooks and University photo archives. Alumni are invited to scan photos from their personal scrapbooks and submit them to us for possible use on the Web. If you have or can