May Redbirds on the rise

Student Brandon Medrano (featured on the right)

This month, meet eight recent alums and two current students who are working hard to change the world and achieve their dreams.

Video: Dalton Gorsuch, scholarship recipient

Dalton Gorsuch and his five siblings were primarily raised by their grandparents. Receiving the Greenebaum Memorial Fund scholarship helped ease the financial stress of attending Illinois State University. Gorsuch, who said he wasn’t sure he could ever afford to go to college, is an elementary education major and looks forward to teaching children information they

Video: Crystal Rodriguez, scholarship recipient

Crystal Rodriguez, deaf education major

Crystal Rodriguez was inspired to study deaf education because of her two older siblings who both have special needs. Earning the Evelyn J. Rex Scholarship in the College of Education helped her financially and also motivated Rodriguez. “Knowing that someone chose to give me this money coming into ISU has made me want to be