Milner Library seeks partners for grant opportunity

Looking down on the College Avenue overpass from Milner Library

The Illinois Secretary of State/Illinois State Library seeks applications for the development of textbooks and ancillaries as open educational resources to ultimately reduce students’ costs and encourage student success.

Five questions with Nesrin Ozalp, mechanical engineering’s founding chair

Dr. Nesrin Ozalp

Dr. Nesrin Ozalp is the founding chair of mechanical engineering in the new College of Engineering at Illinois State University. Educated at Stanford University and the University of Washington, Ozalp is eager to share her knowledge and experience with students when they start arriving on campus in the fall of 2025.

A Healthy Start

Dr. Samantha McDonald, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation

The research of Dr. Samantha McDonald, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation, is big news for little ones: McDonald studies the effects of exercise during pregnancy, focusing on the metabolism.