The Department of Psychology presents Alumnus of the Year: Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Dr. Shona Vas, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago.
The Redbird community has come together to celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Dr. James Skibo—a respected educator, scholar, and visionary whose influence runs deep.
The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS) is hosting a Welcome Party on Thursday, August 31, at 5 p.m. for incoming students interested in learning more about the WGSS minor.
Dr. Aimee Miller-Ott once sat in the classrooms of Fell Hall as an undergraduate communication major. But as of August 16, 2023, she’ll now sit in the most important office on the building’s fourth floor—and assume the role of interim director in the top-ranked School of Communication at Illinois State University.
The School of Communication welcomed the Black Communication Association (BCA) in 2021. With the goal of exploring the Black experience in multimedia, BCA offers movie nights, literature discussions, and intentional conversations led by a group of invested students. BCA leadership aims to better help students understand Black culture and its representation in the media.
On August 15, 2023, Dr. Stephen Hunt will step down from his longtime leadership role and regain his faculty status. It’s the end of an era, but Hunt leaves an indelible legacy.
After four decades of the longstanding COM Week tradition, the time has come to reimage professional development in the School of Communication at Illinois State University. Beginning this fall, the Career COM-petency program will replace the former model and mark the start of a new era.
Here in the School of Communication, we know how to make Fell Hall fun. At least, that’s the promise that starts every episode of COM-versations, the new podcast documenting the personality and culture of the school.
As a child, Michelle Maslanka ’14 regularly assumed the role of a giant monster, destroying buildings, eating people, and wreaking havoc—at least until the clock expired. A classic arcade game enthusiast, Rampage won the heart of Maslanka at an early age.
There’s not a day Todd Kober ‘97, M.S. ‘99 can recall where football was not a part of his life. In fact, Kober has never missed viewing an NFL Draft on TV—not once—until 2023. He traded that standing, annual TV date with the draft for a life-changing professional experience.
