Then and now: Fall 2022

photo of students in typewriting class

Campus technology has come a long way since students enrolled in typewriting courses in 1955 at Cook Hall.

Simio LLC gifts Illinois State’s College of Business $840,000 in simulation software

A waiting room visual created using virtual simulation technology. Simio's simulations test waiting line models, among other concepts.

Real-world scenarios are being tackled by College of Business students using virtual simulation technology made available through an $840,000 grant from Simio LLC®. Management and Quantitative Methods (MQM) professor Dr. Askar Choudhury received a grant for 350 copies of Simio® Academic Edition. Choudhury uses the software when teaching undergraduate business students in an operations analytics course.