Illinois State University voice professor and acclaimed soprano Michelle Vought sang the national anthem at Wrigley Field on May 8.
Tag: Cancer
After losing mom to cancer, student carries on to commencement
Stacey DeLathouwer joined 3,700 graduates participating in Illinois State University’s spring commencement, an amazing milestone given all that stood in her way.
Video: Scholarship helps ISU student with cancer inspire others
Textbooks are expensive, and many students work part-time jobs to pay for them. Illinois State sophomore Adebosola Akinborho can’t do that. That’s because she has cancer, and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.
Student actors embody cancer patients in Hope Monologues
After taping interviews with them, the actors created dramatic 3-minute stories for a string of performances called The Hope Monologues.
Illinois State women’s basketball Play 4Kay on the horizon
Athletics will host its Play 4Kay cancer awareness game February 16.
After cancer, nurse finds her way at Illinois State
A brain tumor robbed Mennonite College of Nursing student Casey Patton of her late teenage years. Treatment almost derailed her nursing career.
STATE your Compassion: Working with cancer patients
Alumna Megan Mills works at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Here’s how the Mennonite College of Nursing prepared her to find her passion working with cancer patients.
Redbirds raise over $12,000 for Vs. Cancer Foundation
The Illinois State baseball program partnered with the Vs. Cancer Foundation in an effort to raise money to fund childhood cancer research.
Redbird baseball raising money for cancer research
Athletics will help the cause by hosting Redbirds vs. Cancer at Duffy Bass Field on Sunday, May 5, when the Birds play Creighton at 1 p.m.