Therapeutic recreation alumni found love at Illinois State

Mia Leyba ’17 and Jordan Ross ’17 wearing wedding attire standing in a church

Mia Leyba ’17 and Jordan Ross ’17, both therapeutic recreation alumni, married on October 29. Lebya and Ross were just classmates until falling in love at the very end of their last semester. Lebya shared that the pair actually met off-campus at a conference.

Department of Psychology Alumni Day Colloquium

DeGarmo Hall

The Department of Psychology presents Alumnus of the Year: Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Dr. Paula Williams, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Psychology at The University of Utah.

The Redbird behind the 2021 Fear the Bird Shirt

Olivia Meitz '21, wearing the 2021 Bird Shirt

The Bird Shirt is celebrating its 15th anniversary, and Olivia Meitz, a recent 2021 Illinois State University graphic design graduate is the talented artist behind this year’s design. Event Management, Dining, and Hospitality worked with ten graphic design students from the Design Streak Studio under the leadership of their creative director and faculty, Archana Shekara,