The Department of Criminal Justice Sciences conducted its India Study Abroad program from June 10-27. The student group consisted of seven criminal justice students, one special education student, one international student, and one sociology student, all from Illinois State University, and one student from a community college in Chicago.
Please take a moment to welcome our new IT client support specialist, Jason Ross. “I am excited about this job because it brings new challenges, new co-workers, and new opportunities to work in new technologies that I have never had the chance to work in before,” Ross said. “I enjoy learning and growing. That is what is great about ISU; a place to discover and learn new technologies and ideas.”
Fine arts at Illinois State University continued throughout the summer, highlighted by the Concerts on the Quad series and the Shakespeare Festival. Below is a sampling of photographs from these events and other College of Fine Arts and Friends of the Arts events held since the beginning of May.
A Friends of the Arts grant helped acting and theatre education senior Abby Vombrack unlock opportunities for herself and Illinois State University’s theatre program.
Illinois State University trumpeter Stephanie Beatty credited a Friends of the Arts grant for allowing her to take a “life-changing” trip to Italy in late June for the Orvieto Musica TrumpetFest.
Family and Consumer Sciences students kicked off their summer with a trip to Europe to explore four prominent cities.
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival got off to a roaring start this summer with three main stage shows opening in three days in beautiful weather.
The Department of English has started electronically publishing a newsletter to keep in touch with alumni, retirees, and other friends of the department.
The Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) Simulation Lab has hosted many visitors; however, when U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s staff called to schedule a visit July 2, it was clearly a special honor for the college and Illinois State University.
The ribbon was cut in a ceremony formally naming the William T. Kemper Foundation-Commerce Bank, Trustee Team Room at the State Farm Hall of Business.
