Alum Donald McHenry, a former U.S. diplomat who was the top envoy to the UN during the Iranian hostage crisis, has made a $3 million gift to the university to fund a visiting professor of diplomacy and international affairs.
The town of Normal recently approved the installation of new red and white street signs to replace the current green and white signs.
Normal residents, nonprofit organizations, and business owners looking for assistance with indoor and outdoor tasks may apply to be part of Bring It Back to Normal.
Fourteen students at Illinois State University have been chosen Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2013-14 school year. The Bone Scholarship is the highest universitywide honor given to undergraduate students.
Illinois State University Associate Professor of History Andrew Hartman has been named the 2013–2014 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. The appointment will begin in August and Hartman will remain in Odense until June 2014.
Illinois State University announced the launch of a new application called Bird Watch, which gives security tips and updates on mobile devices.
Numerous academic, cultural and scholarship programs at Illinois State University are beneficiaries of nearly $1.9 million in support from the State Farm Companies Foundation.
Illinois State’s Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (CeMaST) will partner with Macy’s in Bloomington for the eighth annual Shop For A Cause, a national shopping event for charity.
Professors Nerida Ellerton and Ken Clements have determined that a fragment in the archives in Houghton Library at Harvard University is in fact an 11th leaf from the oldest surviving manuscript written by the future president.
Summer camps bring to mind images of canoeing and bonfires. Yet the high school students taking part in the Mennonite College of Nursing’s (MCN) first PROUD summer camp will have a chance to do something quite different – be introduced to nursing as a career.
