Chantal Tellez, Brionna Ramirez, and Dre Davidson are looking forward to sharing their stories of personal growth and perseverance as a first-generation student during the fifth annual First-Generation Friday Pathways to Success Summit November 3-4 at Illinois State University.
On Monday, October 30, the Brown Ballroom at the Bone Student Center was a packed house as a sellout crowd of 430 came to hear the inspirational story of U.S. Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, keynote speaker for Illinois State University’s annual Latino Cultural Dinner.
Eden Jobgen has a passion for gaming that she loves sharing with others as the outreach coordinator for Redbird Esports. She is the 2023 Sarah Ninan and Annamma John Mathew Scholarship winner.
The Office of International Engagement (OIE) is committed to student success by offering programs and services for international students as they navigate their educational journey.
Moving to a new country can be both exciting and terrifying. But for a group of first-year international graduate students, the transition was made a little easier by an Illinois State University administrator and his family.
The School of Communication has a long-standing legacy spanning over 150 years. Fell Hall is not just the home to communication scholars, but international students as well. As a Brazil native, I’ve found my home in this historic building on campus as a graduate student.
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, together with the School of Theatre and Dance, hosted a three-day visit from the Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe to share their unique craft with ISU students, faculty, the Unity Community Center, the Western Avenue Community Center, and the Illinois Art Station.
To help celebrate the love of languages/literature, we will read 10 poems from around the world this year. Readers include Illinois State international faculty and students from Russia, Taiwan, Iran, the Netherlands, and Thailand.
Illinois State University School of Communication Professor John McHale and co-author Xavier Jackson have won the 2023 Santa Barbara International Diversity Film Script Award for their script Nurses Versus the Virus, a dramatic feature film about a Black male nurse on the front lines during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ricky King’s unexpected journey to becoming an award-winning bilingual teacher began during a study abroad trip as a freshman at Illinois State University. King ’20 knew he wanted to be a teacher, but he didn’t know what subject to specialize in until a transformative experience in Panama.
