Video: Your graduation day, in one word

graduate's mortarboard

How do you boil down years and years of hard work into a single word? That’s the challenge we posed to Illinois State’s spring graduates at last weekend’s commencement.

Video: IT student learns the art of creating apps

Rachel Schifano works on a computer

Senior computer science major Rachel Schifano isn’t afraid to get outside her comfort zone. And this semester, that meant competing in the School of Information Technology’s Mobile App Development Contest.

Video: Veteran finds a home at Illinois State

Matt Thein with the Redbird cheerleading team

Matt Thein is one of Illinois State’s biggest cheerleaders. Literally. The physically fit Air Force veteran is one of several hundred former members of the military on the Illinois State campus.