Try to guess the right answer for the Spring 2022 edition of Redbird Trivia.
Redbird Trivia: Spring 2022
Publication: Illinois State Magazine
Chemistry Professor Dr. Shawn Hitchcock shines in national spotlight
Illinois State University Chemistry Professor Dr. Shawn Hitchcock receives national recognition.
Redbirds advance to NCAA Tournament
The women’s basketball team extended its season and played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference championship in March. The NCAA appearance was the sixth overall for the women’s basketball program, with the most recent occurring in 2008.
Rewriting the script: Alumna Elisabeth Good puts people with disabilities in spotlight
William Shakespeare wrote that the world is a stage, and all humans are actors on it. Elisabeth Good ’15 became convinced at an early age that some have only been invited as spectators, specifically individuals with a disability.
Amazon Prime Video to feature Illinois State students in The College Tour series
A television production crew with experience working on Emmy award-winning reality shows was on campus for a weeklong shoot with 10 Illinois State University students who shared their experiences as Redbirds for a 30-minute episode of The College Tour, scheduled to stream on Amazon Prime Video this fall.
Scholarship memorializes anthropologist and ISU Faculty Emeritus Edward B. Jelks
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology lost one of its most talented and influential members in 2021 with Professor Edward B. Jelks’ passing on the evening of December 22. In his fifteen years as a Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University, Jelks made enormous contributions to the University and to many of the graduates of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, which Jelks started in 1968.
Ian Freeman named Goldwater Scholar in physics
Ian Freeman, a junior at Illinois State University, has been named a 2022-2023 Barry Goldwater Scholar. The award is one of the most prestigious national scholarships in the fields of STEM.
Illinois State graduate programs advance in U.S. News & World Report rankings
Graduate programs in the College of Business and the College of Education were elevated in the national ranking, while a new program in the Mennonite College of Nursing debuted in the top 100.
Illinois State awarded $403,900 NSF grant for state-of-the-art electron microscope
Known as a field emission scanning electron microscope, the instrument can take images of nano-sized objects. The instrument will aid in research across campus and institutions across the area.
Illinois State University announces $4.5 million Faculty Diversity Enhancement Program
Provost Aondover Tarhule announced the launching of the Faculty Diversity Enhancement Program to support the recruitment, retention, and success of faculty members who promote equity, diversity, and inclusion.
