Healing Justice Circle: Black Students

fist amid splashes of paint

The Multicultural Center along with Student Counseling Services is hosting the virtual Healing Justice Circle for Black Students at 3 p.m. on July 23 via Zoom.

Diversity and Inclusion: A Year in Review

Political strategist and analyst Angela Rye spoke at the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner.

Though ending very differently than it began, the 2019-2020 academic year at Illinois State was filled with initiatives, events, achievements, and scholarship that engaged and reflected the University’s core value of Diversity and Inclusion.

Weibring Golf Club staff members adapt and serve during pandemic

The Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State University has achieved designation as a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

Weibring Golf Club has been up to the many challenges and adapted well in order to serve the golfing public. There really wasn’t much alternative since coronavirus (COVID-19) caused golf courses throughout the state to open late this season. Weibring Golf Club opened on May 1, with a number of restrictions.

President Dietz reacts to rescinding of federal rule

flowers with building in background

I am very pleased to hear the news that under pressure from U.S. higher education institutions, including Illinois State University, the federal government has rescinded the July 6 rule blocking international students from staying in the U.S. while taking online-only courses.  

Former Redbird Brock Stewart waits to make his pitch again

Man pitching a baseball

Talk about starting at the bottom and rising to the top. Right-handed pitcher Brock Stewart was once a batboy for the team his dad, Jeff Stewart, coached. That team was the Illinois State University Redbirds. Long after his dad’s tenure was complete, Stewart himself became a Redbird eventually playing his way to the top of the professional ranks.