Overhead view of Illinois State's campus

Presidential finalist open forum dates are scheduled for February 19, 22, 26, and 29. Each open forum will be held from 1:30-2:45 p.m. in the Old Main Room, Bone Student Center.

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Illinois State University is ranked among the top 100 “Best Value Schools – National Universities” in the U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Colleges rankings.   

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Illinois State University will honor its founding on February 15 with a bell ringing ceremony. The event will be followed by an appreciation luncheon for faculty and staff members only that includes an awards ceremony.

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Dr. Barbara Fields, professor of history at Columbia University in New York, will deliver the lecture “Is Race Identity?” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 28, 2024, in Prairie Room III, Bone Student Center, as part of events for Black History Month at Illinois State University.

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Volunteers needed to help manage and execute Homecoming 2024 parade.

From left to right, Dr. Ashlihan D. Spaulding, Dr. Mahua Biswas, Dr. Elahe Javadi, Dr. Dawn McBride, Dr. Chang Su-Russell, and Dr. Rachel Bowden with a photo of hands in the background inserting a needle into a test tube

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Illinois State University asked women scholars to share what or who has inspired them to get where they are today and how they feel about teaching the next generation of researchers.

Conceptual image of Jerry Wirth over a map of Ukraine, Latvia.

Alum’s idea saves lives in Ukraine, Latvia.