As the technology around us advances, the demand for computer experts rises. Incoming Redbird Levi Schaut realized this from a young age, building upon his passion for technology for as long as he can remember.
The Illinois State University Police Department (ISUPD) recently welcomed a new employee who is paid in treats, toys, and scratches behind the ears.
In appreciation for their alma mater and to foster innovation on campus, Steve ’73 and Sharon Hagge ’73 have given a $1 million gift during Redbirds Rising: The Campaign for Illinois State.
In honor of Nancy Lutgen’s late father, the Lutgens family gave $45,000 in cash and matching gifts to help establish the James and Lucy Patterson Family Geography Field Trip Endowment to encourage field research for Illinois State students.
Illinois State University’s Illinois Art Station announced a $45,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to benefit Redbirds Rising: The Campaign for Illinois State that provides funding for Illinois Art Station’s Itsy Studio: In the Community program. The grant money, part of PNC’s Grow Up Great®, will be distributed to the program over two years. Illinois Art Station is a collaboration between Illinois State’s College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Fine Arts.
Illinois State University raised a record of more than $37.3 million in private support during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2019.
This year, the oldest active a cappella group on campus is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The 19-member, all-male Acafellaz started as a registered student organization in 1999.
Redbirds Rising campaign volunteers Sandra M.A. ’70, D.A. ’90 and Paul Harmon have been longtime supporters of Illinois State University through their careers and philanthropy. The couple increased their commitment to Illinois State by contributing outright and planned gifts to fund the Paul and Sandra Harmon Shakespeare Endowment and the Harmon Recruitment Scholarship in history. The couple’s over $400,000 in lifetime giving qualifies them to be recognized among Illinois State’s most distinguished donors in the 1857 and Heritage Societies.
The department is looking to adopt a dog specifically trained in police community engagement. Sage, a 2-year-old black lab, is certified by the Supporting Independence through Teamwork (SIT) Service Dogs.
Two separate but equally impactful moments influenced the decision of Joyce ’83 and Kurt Moser to create a scholarship within the Mennonite College of Nursing during Redbirds Rising: The Campaign for Illinois State. The first was the couple’s middle son Rob’s diagnosis with Hodgkin lymphoma in 1997, and the second, was the passing of Joyce’s mother, Coletta Kintzle, in 2010.
