Category: Colleges

Imagine… • The preschool classroom teacher instructing the college class • The university professor teaching the preschool class • The speech pathologist doing therapy with children in the morning and teaching a speech methods class to the college students in the evening • All the collaborators making videotapes and video guides for Illinois State University

Did you know that you don’t even have to get a person to help you check out a book from Milner Library anymore? Sure enough, Milner has installed its first “self check machine.” For a quick explanation and a photo, see the Media Relations news story.

In October, the University was proud to be named one of the 100 best values among public colleges in the country, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Illinois State ranked 73rd in colleges “where students can get an excellent education for a reasonable price.” The rankings include four-year public schools with broad-based curriculums. For details, see

Students, faculty, staff members, and alumni are being asked to help update Illinois State University’s strategic plan, “Educating Illinois.” Created by the University community in 2000, Educating Illinois is the University’s action plan for distinctiveness and excellence. The plan, based on five core values and containing 15 goals with 79 action items, has been receiving

In response to our call for your “words of wisdom” to give some good starting-your-life advice to our newest graduates, more than 40 of you wrote in to share your thoughts. Here is just a sampling: “What I wish someone had told me was: It is VITALLY important to contribute to your 401K, 403b, and/or

Interest rates are at some all-time lows! To help alumni take advantage of the falling interest rates for their student loans, the Illinois State University Alumni Association has teamed with Nelnet to offer student loan consolidation. Borrowers who choose to consolidate can lock in this year’s unprecedented low rate for the entire life of the

Beginning September 1, Illinois State University and the Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System began offering Universal Access to riders showing an Illinois State student or faculty-staff ID. In addition, bus service times and routes have been expanded specifically to meet student needs. According to Marabeth Clapp, assistant vice president of Business Services, “Our goal in establishing

Illinois State will be making some news in Chicago next week. President Bowman will join Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., City Collges of Chicago Chancellor Wayne Watson and Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan to announce an exciting new plan to recruit and train teachers for inner-city schools. It’s called the Chicago Teachers Pipeline, and as