For students and alumni, accreditation may sound a bit dry. Yet there are many reasons all Redbirds should be paying attention to April’s big visit. Here are just a few.
Why ISU’s reaccreditation matters to alumni and students
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Gates Scholar from Chicago finds the right fit at Illinois State
Dyrell Ashley is a poet, a scholar, a Sunday school teacher, a tutor, and a future neurosurgeon. But the Chicago native’s latest accomplishment is maybe his most impressive yet.
Video: My transfer student experience at Illinois State
As a transfer student at Illinois State University, you won’t miss out on anything. Just ask Ryan Downing, a senior psychology major who transferred to Illinois State himself.
Big Red Marching Machine drums up Redbird pride in Frisco
Nearly 200 Big Red members spent 17+ hours in a bus to make the trip to Frisco, Texas, for the FCS national championship game.
Your Holy Grail guide to backpacks
As you prepare for your transition from high school into college there is probably something I should share with you. There are no, I repeat, no lockers in college.
Students bring new life to the ISU herd through Calf Watch
It was 4 a.m. when Ryan Barfield, senior animal science major, noticed the heifer he had been watching was ready to give birth. He just hung around the pen and observed. Finally, it was time.
Q&A with big LGBT conference’s student leader
Senior social work major Robert Alberts is leading 20 of his peers in planning and executing the 2015 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference from February 13–15.
Video: New University Galleries inspires student artist
Stoney Sasser’s floor-to-ceiling installation, featuring patterned fabric-wrapped tendrils, is in one of the most visible parts of Illinois State’s new University Galleries in Uptown Normal.
Meet the student artist who created Pop Can Reggie
It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a roll of chicken wire, hundreds of aluminum cans, some PVC pipe, and 10 straight hours of hard work by a bunch of Honors students.
Alum chases dream all the way to Gatorade research hub
Illinois State alum Ryan Nuccio continues to chase his passion (sports nutrition) as a research and development scientist at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute.
