Reprinted form Media Relations at Illinois State University. The Speaker Series of Illinois State University seeks to bring innovative and enlightening speakers to the campus with the aim providing the community a platform to foster dialog, cultivate enriching ideas, and continue an appreciation of learning as an active and lifelong process. Fall 2012 Speaker Name Speaking
Reprinted form Media Relations at Illinois State University. Illinois State University is taking its place as a lead institution in a national initiative on civic learning and democratic engagement. The University has been named one of only two dozen colleges in the nation as a Civic Learning Leadership Institution by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA),
Reprinted form Media Relations at Illinois State University. Illinois State University’s Susana J. Calderon has been chosen to receive the 2012-2013 Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future – American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship. The new diversity coordinator for the University’s Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN), Calderon was one of
The Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) at Illinois State University is the recipient of a grant of more than $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support developing diversity in the nursing workforce. The three-year Nursing Workforce Diversity grant, distributed through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), will allow
Turning sunlight into life lessons is the aim of the Solar Car Challenge. Illinois State’s own Team Mercury entered a brand new solar-powered vehicle in hopes of running the American Solar Challenge, a 1,650-mile race that made a pit stop in Normal Wednesday, July 18, beginning in the afternoon at the parking lot of Locust
A project, headed by Illinois State University staff and laboratory school teachers, is working to make SMART Boards accessible to visually impaired children.
Two-time alumnus Perry Schoon returns to the Illinois State University community next month as the new leader for the COE.
This summer’s Concerts on the Quad at Illinois State University will begin on Monday, July 2, with the fiery bluegrass mandolin and impassioned vocals of the Ashley Lewis Band. The concerts, which are free and open to the public, begin at 7 p.m. on five consecutive Mondays in front of Cook Hall on the northwest
Distinguished Professor James Skibo and a team of students will be the first to unearth a new archaeological site in Michigan, which may offer insights into more than 4,000 years of human history. Skibo will lead the annual Grand Island Archaeological Research Project, a cooperative effort between Illinois State University and the Hiawatha National Forest
Participants in the third annual Good To Go Commuter Challenge tallied 34,000 sustainable travel miles during the weeklong event, May 12 through May 18. More than 700 people took part in the challenge, part of Good To Go, a year-round community project from WGLT public radio and ISU Sustainability focusing on healthy living and alternative
