Illinois State’s College of Engineering is on track to welcome its first students in the fall of 2025, with curricular and facility designs, as well as hiring and national searches for key administrative roles, all underway.
In August, Illinois State University’s College of Engineering welcomed Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni, founding chair of electrical engineering, and Dr. Nesrin Ozalp, founding chair of mechanical engineering.
As Illinois State’s student body becomes increasingly diverse with more first-generation students, a grassroots initiative to support the University’s newest Redbirds, called COBAS, is taking flight in the Latin American and Latino/a Studies program.
Dr. Jana Albrecht, M.S. ’06, Ph.D. ’20, Illinois State University’s associate vice president for enrollment management, joins Redbird Buzz to talk about the fall 2023 incoming class—the University’s largest in 36 years.
After arriving at Illinois State University and saying goodbye to her family, Tia Mapp began settling into her dorm room in Watterson Towers. Being a college student suddenly felt real for the first time.
Junior transfer student Natalia Casas is in the first cohort of Teach Chicago Tomorrow (TCT) Pathways Program students.
Problems facing the environment and health care can be solved with math, according to incoming freshman Lani Kiene. A data science and computational mathematics major, Kiene plans to harness the power of numbers to make an impact on societal issues.
Illinois State University is not an unfamiliar place to incoming freshman Caleb King.
Incoming freshman Hasna Mohamed Jamal’s experience with the Illinois Summer Research Academy inspired her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science at Illinois State as part of her long-term goal to attend medical school.
For incoming freshman Eliza Goers, college was always a part of her plan as far back as childhood. From an early age she wanted to be a teacher. But that all changed when she visited the hospital to meet her new relatives.
