For months, the nation has been bombarded with details of how the coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought heartache to families as loved ones perished.
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Race to register: Student voter engagement competition announced
Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Heartland Community College are facing off against each other in a friendly competition to increase voter engagement across the three campuses.
They rock: Students update Horticulture Center garden
Looking at the bright yellow fist-sized blooms of marigolds, Katie Robinson said she was happy. Happy? She was in the second week of classes kneeling in the dirt, in the middle of a heat wave. But the senior horticulture major was right where she wanted to be.
Weekly Update, September 17: Mental health resources, spring planning, registration and withdrawal dates, testing, and student conduct
This week’s update includes information about mental health resources, spring planning, registration and withdrawal dates, testing, and student conduct.
Online classes offer freedom and flexibility for students
With most classes being taught online or in a hybrid format this semester, students now have the freedom and flexibility to take their classes from wherever they choose each day. Whether it is a picnic table outside, hanging out in a hammock, sitting in the grass under a tree, or by the fireplace in the Bone Student Center, students are no longer confined to the same four walls of a classroom two to three times per week for classes.
University Archives collecting materials to tell ISU’s pandemic story
Illinois State University archivists at the Jo Ann Rayfield Archives in Milner Library are in the process of gathering student, faculty, staff, and alumni stories during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stevenson Center welcomes new Fellows to a semester like no other
Another academic year has started, and with it the Stevenson Center introduces a new group of Fellows. Although a new group of Fellows with a wealth and variety of experiences arrives every year from across the country, this group is having a semester like no other.
James Robinson sets NFL record in debut
Former Illinois State football player James Robinson (2016-19) made waves this weekend, breaking the NFL record for most yards by an undrafted rookie running back in a Week 1 game on Sunday, helping the Jacksonville Jaguars come from behind to defeat the Indianapolis Colts, 27-20.
Coronavirus Weekly Update, September 10: Disregard of public health guidance, registration and withdraw dates, on-campus isolation and quarantine
Information about consequences of not following public health guidance, the Town of Normal ordinance extension, testing, test results, the student absence process, clarification regarding on-campus quarantine and isolation requirements, and housing and meal plan contract cancellation.
2020 State of the University Address
Illinois State University’s President Larry Dietz presents the 2020 State of the University Address, with introduction by Academic Senate Chair Susan Kalter.
