The mood at Illinois State this fall as students complete the academic routine of another semester is far more serene than what the University community experienced a century ago.
Lest we forget: Campus ties to WWI preserved, celebrated
Publication: Features
Hacked! ISU intensifies fight against cyber theft
Months before graduation, Ben Bradley ’17 already had a cybersecurity job lined up as an analyst searching for threats to his employer’s computer network.
Different playing field: Alumna executive team member of Broncos
Nancy Svoboda is a coach’s kid from Joliet. Working in sports would consequently seem like a good fit, which it definitely is, yet it was never her career goal. It’s just sort of the way the ball bounced. In her case, that ball was a football.
Meet me at the Bird: Redbird Plaza is ISU’s new gathering place
There’s a new gathering place on campus: Redbird Plaza. Ten years in the making, the landmark has quickly become a popular space for conversation and events.
Inside look: Prop shop
In a place like the prop shop, located on the lower level of Centennial East, things aren’t always as they appear.
Days of May: Inside the infamous flagpole standoff that put ISU on the brink
On May 19, 1970, the Illinois State University campus reached a boiling point leading to what has become known as the “flagpole incident.”
Birthing dreams: Alumna achieves family, career success through surrogacy
Illinois State alumna Zara Griswold is in the business of creating families. The agency Griswold created with Staci Swiderski helps couples who cannot physically reproduce their own child navigate the expensive and legally complicated process of using gestational surrogacy with egg and sperm donation to have a baby.
Season of celebration: Unique ceremonies enrich graduation
As a transfer student, LaCrisha McAllister ’14 was struggling.
Full speed ahead: Alumnus trades boardroom for car lot
All Dave Magers ever wanted to be was a car salesman. He loved classic and exotic cars and didn’t really care if he sold any.
Alumna fulfills life mission creating hospice care
As a young nurse, she didn’t understand why dying patients were kept at the end of the hallway with their doors closed.
