Illinois State Magazine – Page 2

Alum teams with college basketball legend Dick Vitale and his ‘young heroes’ to take on pediatric cancer with new book

Scott Gleeson ’11 and basketball icon Dick Vitale co-authored a book about cancer survivors. All proceeds benefit cancer research.

The housing shortfall and skyrocketing home price Central Illinois is largely representative of what’s happening across the country.

Jazz wunderkind Thaddeus Tukes is playing for a new audience as a student in Illinois State’s music therapy master’s program.

Special Education faculty member Natalie L. Shaheen is conducting National Science Foundation-funded research to make classrooms “born accessible.”

Matt Kase served as the lead student designer on an app to train laypeople to deliver the life-saving drug Narcan.

Thomas Wicke ’71 established the Thomas Wicke Presidential Scholarship in 2020.

The face of Preview for 30 years, Mary Jo Fabich was one of the first staff members to greet new students when they arrived on campus.

Illinois State University’s new strategic plan, Excellence by Design: 2024-2029, aims to build on past successes while seizing new opportunities.

Try your luck at our winter 2025 edition of Redbird trivia.

Former diver Caroline Lecouer ’21 served as deputy manager for diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.