The Dr. Judy Smithson Scholarship was established in 2000 to honor Smithson, director emerita of Illinois State’s Student Access and Accommodation Services. The scholarship encourages students with disabilities to pursue graduate school, enhance their career, and/or achieve a certification in their field.
The Division of Student Affairs will hold open forums for candidate finalists for the assistant vice president/dean of students position November 16-17.
Of Illinois State University’s 18,000 undergraduates, more than 3,000 students—17% —are the first in their family to attend college. Three first-generation students—Ash Ebikhumi, Christian Arceo, and Makiah Watson—share their stories of navigating college.
Honors and publications of Illinois State faculty and staff.
Dr. Do-Yong Park, a professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, has now completed two life-changing Fulbright Scholarships.
Dr. Menah Pratt will lead the workshop “Envisioning and Implementing Social Change for Sustainable Campus Transformation” for Illinois State for faculty, staff, and graduate assistants. RSVP by November 10.
The Alumni Mentor Network allows Redbirds to help Redbirds.
Distinguished Professor Krzysztof Ostaszewski will present “Risk Has a Price, But Prices Have Risk, Too” at 5 p.m. November 14, in the Old Main Room.
The Unheard-of//Ensemble will perform an hour-long work about our changing climate at 8 p.m. November 1 in Kemp Recital Hall of Illinois State University.
ReggieCon will focus on the graphic novel Daredevil Vol. 8: Echo-Vision Quest with guests including creator and Marvel artist David Mack and Native Realities founder Dr. Lee Francis IV.
