Three international students journey from Africa to Illinois State University and discover what life is like as Redbird graduate students.
International students embody persistence and enhance global perspectives

Three international students journey from Africa to Illinois State University and discover what life is like as Redbird graduate students.
Tension between China and Taiwan has increased since 2016.
When Redbird Jerry Wirth ’88 was inducted into the College of Business Hall of Fame at Illinois State’s 2004 Homecoming, he had no idea the connection he made that weekend with fellow alum Mike Richard ’75 would turn into a project that would help children around the world.
Distinguished Professor Dr. Ali Riaz has delivered a lecture at the Tokyo International University (TIU).
Dr. Michael Hendricks, assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Government, published his coauthored manuscript, All Peacekeeping is Local: Measuring Subnational Variation in Peacekeeping Effectiveness, in International Studies Quarterly.
The Crossroads Project will present a virtual staged reading of Dear Mr. C by Tidtaya Sinutoke, winner of the 2022 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative.
Dr. T.Y. Wang, University Professor and chair of the Department of Politics and Government, published a comment on the status of Taiwan studies in contemporary academic research.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has published an article in the Foreign Affairs, one of the United States’ most influentia
Padmasree Soundarraj completed her BSN through the Mennonite College of Nursing’s (MCN) Accelerated program in 2013. Read about her journey to MCN and beyond, starting all the way in India.
Distinguished professor Dr. Ali Riaz has published a research report on the impacts of the Digital Security Act in Bangladesh.