The wintry weather at Saturday’s commencement made for some memorable photos before and after the ceremonies, as shared all over social media.
Commencement recap: Your best tweets, photos, and posts
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Cancer nurse builds bonds with her patients, alma mater
Sarah Lindsey is one of Mennonite College of Nursing’s all-star alums. She’s taught the next generation of nurses as a part-time clinical instructor, and served for the last 11 years on the Mennonite Nurses Alumni Organization board.
Video and photos: Students travel to Washington for tornado cleanup
It’s Finals Week at Illinois State, but at least 50 students are making time to travel to hard-hit Washington, Illinois, to help the community with tornado damage cleanup.
Hard for students, but what’s Finals Week like for the professors?
Erin Mikulec, an assistant professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, looks for ways to ease stress at the end of the semester. So her African Pygmy hedgehog was a surprise to students on their final day of class last week.
Minimum wage protests: What sparked them, and can they work?
STATEside asked Distinguished Professor of Management and Quantitative Methods Victor Devinatz to shed some light on why the workers are taking to the streets.
Bass fishing team catches on at Illinois State
Even though most of the original members have graduated, the 3-year-old Illinois State bass fishing team’s membership is at an all-time high with more than 30 members.
Best campus photos: November 2013
Every month on the STATEside campus blog, we use Storify to give our readers a “best of” photo gallery, powered by tweets, Instagram photos, and Facebook posts from the previous month.
Costa Rica photo gallery: Monkeys, snakes, students, and more
This is the final story in a five-part series on the School of Biological Sciences’ trip to a Costa Rican rain forest. STATEside is along for the adventure as the students and professors of the Rain Forest Ecology class spend 10 days over the Thanksgiving break at La Selva Biological Station.
Costa Rica trip: Professors offer 7 deep thoughts on the rain forest
This is the fourth story in a five-part series on the School of Biological Sciences’ trip to a Costa Rican rain forest. STATEside is along for the adventure as the students and professors of the Rain Forest Ecology class spend 10 days over the Thanksgiving break at La Selva Biological Station.
Illinois State Redbirds holiday shopping guide
Welcome to the second annual STATEside holiday shopping guide! There are lots of new Illinois State products to choose from this year, including those from our new Redbird Vintage line.
