Category: Student Affairs

In brief, here are some news notes out of some of the Colleges and other university divisions. Division of Student Affairs Officially there hasn’t been a “Dean of Students” on campus for many years, but a recent restructuring of the Student Affairs division has revived that position and its central office for student services, including

How many of you lived in Tri-Towers and dreaded the cold winter walk all the way across campus for an 8 a.m. class in Stevenson Hall? That suffering may be a thing of the past for West campus students. Beginning with the first day of classes on August 23rd, the Office of Transportation and Parking

Illinois State University remained strong in the recently-released U.S. News and World Report rankings, increasing in several subcategories while retaining the third tier ranking it advanced to in 2002. According to figures released in August, Illinois State improved in the U.S. News subcategories of freshmen retention rate, six-year graduation rate, class size greater than 50

In February, Illinois State University’s Board of Trustees named Al Bowman as the 17th president of the University effective March 1. Bowman, 50, served as interim president since July 2003. He previously served as interim provost. For a photo and additional details, please see the Media Relations Web page of the announcement. We hope all

Beginning September 1, Illinois State University and the Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System began offering Universal Access to riders showing an Illinois State student or faculty-staff ID. In addition, bus service times and routes have been expanded specifically to meet student needs. According to Marabeth Clapp, assistant vice president of Business Services, “Our goal in establishing

(Story by ISU Media Relations) At their May 9 meeting, the Board of Trustees voted to freeze academic year 2003-2004 tuition and fees for students who attended the University this year. The freeze will be accompanied by a 9.9 percent tuition and fee increase for new Illinois State students. Under the plan, tuition and fees

Illinois State was pleased to welcome to campus our new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. John W. Presley, on March 3rd. Dr. Presley (no relation to Elvis, though for fun President Boschini tried to claim it was so. . .) comes to us from Oswego, New York, where he served as Provost

(Information provided by Illinois State University Media Relations) It sent quite a ripple of pride through the campus a couple weeks ago when the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of higher education institutions were published. Why? Because Illinois State University has moved up in the world! This year’s rankings found ISU taking the

What were those dates again? (Check your calendar. . . . you wrote them down last time, right?) That’s right: OCTOBER 4-5, 2002. This year’s theme is “Catch the Redbird Spirit.” Check out the Homecoming web page at www.IllinoisState.edu/homecoming and keep checking back … the closer we get to October, the more and more detailed