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Helping humanity goal of alum Dr. Robert Shorty’s corporate work

Robert Shorty, director of Nike’s global diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) team

Illinois State University alum Dr. Robert Shorty is doing the right thing as Nike’s director of global diversity, equity, and inclusion team.

Illinois State, Heartland celebrate five years of Redbird Promise

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Illinois State University and Heartland Community College are celebrating five years of Redbird Promise, the guaranteed admission program for students looking to transfer from Heartland to Illinois State.

Our Newest Redbirds: Nursing student prioritizes patient care

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Inspired by an impactful medical mission trip in eighth grade, incoming Illinois State University freshman nursing student Olivia Huettemann can’t wait to help others. In fact, she’s already making a difference.

Making a difference through service, McLean County Full Tuition Scholarship recipient is a community role model

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Alex Stuepfert is an incoming Illinois State University freshman from LeRoy who has been awarded the McLean County Full Tuition Scholarship.

College of Education focuses on restorative practices

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As students returned to campus after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and administrators were hard at work identifying ways in which they could support emerging student needs.

McLean County Full Tuition Scholarship recipient Asher Nelson eager to build future

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Asher Nelson loves to create—from music on his sunburst electric bass guitar to sleek model rockets. A recipient of the McLean County Full Tuition Scholarship, Nelson is in the final countdown to launching his college journey at Illinois State University this fall.

Record-setting #RedbirdImpact Day of Service connects civically engaged alumni

Eight people scoop Apple Jacks cereal from a table into small bags.

More than 70 Redbirds teamed up to make a difference in Bloomington-Normal—one scoop of cereal, one bag of pasta, and one bookbag of school supplies at a time—during Illinois State University’s fourth #RedbirdImpact Day of Service, Saturday, June 11.

Newton ’10 pays forward donors’ investment

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Neil Styczynski had considered funding a college scholarship someday. But meeting then 17-year-old Dr. Kate (Norcross) Newton ’10 made him think, “If not now, when?” Styczynski and his wife, Joan, decided to establish the Neil and Joan Styczynski Scholarship at Illinois State for transfer students who want to teach and demonstrate a financial need. Newton was the scholarship’s second recipient.

2022 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award winner

Pictured is the winner of the 2022 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award is Dr. Maggie DeMaegd, Ph.D. ’21, who earned her doctorate in the College of Applied Science, School of Biological Sciences.

The winner of the 2022 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award is Dr. Maggie DeMaegd Ph.D. ’21, who earned her doctorate in the College of Applied Science, School of Biological Sciences.

Graduating Redbirds: Mennonite College of Nursing students prepared to ‘make a difference’ in patients’ lives

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Students graduating from the Mennonite College of Nursing are prepared to provide compassionate care as they enter the nursing profession.