The Illinois State Board of Trustees voted to hire Flanagan, currently president of Framingham State University in Massachusetts, after an extensive national search.
New president Timothy Flanagan wants to tell the ISU story
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Early glass program grad becomes pioneering artist
Early glass program graduate Jack Schmidt is still a pioneering artist today.
Philosophy students honored at awards dinner
The Department of Philosophy held its annual awards dinner on April 24, 2013.
Chance stop at Ropp building leads Chicagoan to agriculture degree
What started as a road trip ended in a decision to attend Illinois State University. Donald Johnson graduated with a degree in agriculture from the College of Applied Science and Technology on May 11.
School of Social Work advisor Tuwana Wingfield receives 2013 Impact Award
School of Social Work advisor Tuwana Wingfield is the recipient of the 2013 Impact Award.
Students craft custom mobile apps for IT competition
The next hit mobile phone app could be developed by an Illinois State student thanks to the Mobile Application Development Contest sponsored by State Farm.
Forging new pathways to urban teacher preparation
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson’s words of encouragement serve to challenge the reader’s entrepreneurial spirit and leadership. When our nation’s courageous educators become trail makers, they help inspire others.
Breaking down barriers: Illinois State University empowers teachers to engage English learners in the classroom
It’s happening in classrooms all around the U.S.
Talented, passionate educators who do not possess the pedagogical training to work with English learners are struggling to engage these students through their curriculum. They are confused when English learners can speak English with ease on the playground and at the lunch table but cannot express themselves in the classroom.
Texas-Illinois connection
Each semester, eight of Illinois State’s senior education majors pack up their belongings and head south for student teaching. They drive through the rolling hills of Missouri, past the Oklahoma plains, and into the Lone Star State. This 1,000-mile journey leads them to San Antonio, the setting of their last preservice teaching experience.
As luck would have it
Livi Prudent is one lucky child. She says so with every new sound she hears and makes.
