Brian Pihl considered being a special education teacher. Being on the autism spectrum, he knew something about the challenges of learning through a different lens.
Alum finds his voice through musical gift
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#GivingTuesdayISU: Your best posts, tweets, and photos
Check out some of our favorite tweets, photos, and posts from the inaugural Giving Tuesday at Illinois State.
Milner Library opens databases to ISU alumni
Alumni can now access full-text articles from more than 4,000 journals and magazines through Milner Library’s research databases. The free service gives alumni a new tool for personal and professional research.
Video: Scholarship helps nursing student fight for his passion
Illinois State’s nursing program is demanding. It’s even harder for Michael Binder. The junior nursing major from Downers Grove doesn’t have a left hand.
Time-lapse video: Full court press at Redbird Arena
About a dozen times a year, the Redbird Athletics Field House Facilities crew is assigned the formidable task of removing and re-installing Redbird Arena’s hardwood floor. Here’s how they do it.
Meet the student who traveled the farthest to attend Illinois State
Arafat Kabir’s direction changed to becoming a writer on global politics and foreign policy, and that’s how he became the student who traveled the farthest this year to attend Illinois State University.
Photos: Best campus shots from October 2014
Every month on STATEside, we use Storify to show off your best photos from the Illinois State campus that were shared on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Video: Redbird siblings share Athletics success
It’s unusual for two siblings to both play collegiate athletics at the same time, for the same program. It’s rarer still for those siblings to just not play, but thrive.
After ISU, strength coach finds his way to NFL’s Rams
Illinois State graduate J. Aggabao is an assistant strength coach with the St. Louis Rams, an elite job that’s exactly as cool as it sounds and way more data-driven than you can imagine.
Alums make historic 8-figure gift commitment to Athletics
Two longtime supporters of Redbird Athletics are now making the largest single-gift commitment in Illinois State history. Athletics Director Larry Lyons called the gift “transformational.”
