In her epidemiology class, Taylor Lehman ’19 watched Contagion. The 2011 film tells the story of how a deadly virus transmitted by respiratory droplets brings society to its knees while scientists rush to create a vaccine.
Lehman wasn’t worried.
Topic: Alumni
Publications Unit Alumni Showcase featuring Lisa Savage ’03
Lisa Savage ’01, M.S. ’03, is an Illinois State University alumna from the former publishing and the nonprofit literary arts program (currently publishing studies) in the Department of English. She spent her time at Illinois State as a production intern at the Publications Unit and a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the national English honor society.
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Scholarship helped Faith Fosco graduate despite childhood challenges
Faith Fosco’s long-fought journey inspired her to become a special education teacher and a champion for her future students.
ICC explores global mining opportunities with alum
Is the mining industry ripe for change? That’s the question a team of Illinois State University students sought to answer this semester. Through ISU’s Innovation Consulting Community (ICC), they partnered with Redbird alum Mike Kasaba ’88 to explore how ready mining operations around the globe are for making the switch to using electric-powered machines in
Redbirds Keep Learning: The expansion of closed captions during the pandemic
Staff in Student Access and Accommodation Services have remained vigilant with the creation of closed caption files for eLearning videos, with the Text Conversion Lab transcribing 2,750 minutes of video in a month.
ISNU alum, navy veteran connects with Graduate School for 75 year anniversary
Robert Maske’s ’59, ’60 life was nothing short of charming. Maske tells the Graduate School about his time at Illinois State Normal University. He graduated with his master’s in Industrial Education in June 1960.
Alum Anthony Pierucci earns Ph.D.
Tony Pierucci, M.S. ’14, recently defended his dissertation in political science at Purdue University.
Patiently practicing: Redbird ready to get back on base
With much of the world shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), including professional sports, John Rave finds himself back home in Central Illinois. That’s not what the business administration major and former Redbird outfielder who is now a member of the Kansas City Royals organization expected during what is typically peak baseball season.
Rising to the challenge: Alum gets creative teaching PE classes online
How does someone who teaches physical education continue to keep students engaged while also practicing social distancing? One Redbird has found the answer using the highly popular social media platform, Tik Tok.