Topic: Student Life

Take the ISU Campus Inclusion Survey by October 21

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An all-campus survey will help gauge the sense of belongng on campus. All students and employees will receive a link through their campus (ilstu) email accounts to the ISU Campus Inclusion Survey.  

Know how to protect your accounts

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Cybercriminals don’t need to break into secure systems if they can get your password and bypass your other security measures. Here are four tips to help you protect your accounts and passwords.

University Housing holds annual House Calls

Watterson Towers, a residence hall at Illinois State University.

Illinois State University Housing Services collaborates with multiple campus partners and volunteers to conduct annual House Calls, which are brief visits to every residence hall room to ensure that students are adjusting properly to the start of the academic year.

5 common scams that target Redbirds

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You might imagine hackers using sophisticated software to break through high-tech firewalls to steal your information. In the real world, criminals use phishing and social engineering attacks to trick people into giving up their credentials or their money. Here are the top five scams that every Redbird should watch out for. “There is a problem

A match made in virtual reality

A group of masked students sit at a computer clump in Julian Hall working on their virtual reality (VR) projects on their computers

Late in December of 2021, Dr. Roy Magnuson, associate professor of music composition and creative technology in the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts, reached out to Craig Jackson, director of Infrastructure Operations and Networking in the Office of Technology Solutions, about a class he was planning to teach during the first half of the