Illinois State University’s Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) welcomed several Russian visitors from Vladimir Medical College for a two-week visit in October. Vladimir Medical College faculty members Olga Antropova, Natalia Ushakova, and Nina Bedova and students Grigorii Antropov and Vera Rybina arrived Saturday, October 19, in the United States. They were able to relax on Sunday before arriving on campus Monday morning.
The Adkisson-Bourne Endowed Scholarship was recently established at Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University by Bill Adkisson ’78 and his wife, Ellen Bourne ’71, M.S.E. ’73, who are both proud graduates of Illinois State University and have enjoyed long and successful careers as consultants to the health care industry.
Plans are underway for MCN Nurses Week, and the Mennonite College of Nursing will also be celebrating 95 years of nursing and 15 years at Illinois State University in 2014.
Panama’s most celebrated classical music composer found a home at Illinois State University. The pairing was so well-matched that Roque Cordero spent the last 28 years of his career teaching music to Illinois State students.
The latest recipient of the Roque Cordero Excellence in Music Award is an arranger and singer for an international touring group who returned home for graduate school.
As a veteran educator with low vision, Bruce Franson, ’77, M.S.E. ’90, Ed.D. ’96, possesses extensive knowledge and insight into the value of assistive technology. The former high school teacher serves as a computer specialist in the College of Education, and uses an array of these technologies for work and play on a daily basis.
Ashley Koenig, a junior studying art history and photography, participated in an archaeological excavation last summer in Italy’s Umbria region. Excavating medieval and Roman period artifacts, including skeletons, Koenig gained valuable experience in the recovery of ancient art.
Family and Consumer Science (FCS) students presented at the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Fall Conference on October 29.
Juan Ortiz captivated 200 students and community professionals September 27 with a frank and open discussion about the impact of family violence, poverty, drugs, and gangs on his family.
Illinois State’s student-run television station, TV-10, broadcast its first live newscast March 4, 1974. From that historic moment to today, TV-10 has helped launch the careers of broadcasters, producers, and journalists across the country.
