From pronouncing Schroeder Hall to finding Club Milner, #BirdofMouth student blogger Tim Young shares some important ISU lingo with our new students.
Category: STATESide
Stargazing teacher alum picked for NASA assignment
Rebecca Vieyra has been selected as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator, a fellowship that pairs K-12 STEM educators with federal agencies or a U.S. congressional office for an 11-month assignment.
Welcome to the new STATEside campus blog
As we prepare to start another academic year here at Illinois State University, we wanted to share some exciting news about STATEside, your daily campus blog.
New class gives students rare view of Florence, Italy
When Ethan Witting visited Florence this summer, he already knew a lot more than other American tourists exploring the historic Italian city for the first time. Florence still blew him away.
Video: Teamwork fuels Illinois State solar car
The students on Illinois State University’s Solar Car Team spent the past year planning, building, and testing their new car.
5 ways to pack smart for Illinois State move-in
Illinois State’s move-in is fast approaching. Packing smart will help you smoothly move into your Redbird life, writes #BirdofMouth blogger Greg Nordstrom.
Photos: Best Illinois State shots from summer 2014
The STATEside campus blog uses Storify to give readers “best of” photo galleries, powered by tweets, Instagram photos, and Facebook posts from the previous month or months.
Love story returns to Braden with surprise engagement
Ten minutes before he was going to propose to his girlfriend, Ben Stone was standing alone in the middle of a stage in a darkened auditorium. And then it got quiet. She was in the building.
Video: ISU math robots help cancer clinic kids
Ph.D. student Megan Nickels wants to know how children with cancer and other chronic illness can learn math through educational robotics.
Video: Governor Quinn visits ISU to tout broadband network
Governor Pat Quinn visited Illinois State University to announce the completion of a nearly $100 million project to improve broadband Internet access around the state.