Scholarship support made all the difference for Texas native Daija Nealy ’19. The theatre major came to ISU as a freshman after having been recruited by universities across the country.
The Graduate School created the GradBird Scholar initiative, which aims to recognize graduate students for their scholarly endeavors.
Illinois State University’s Illinois Art Station announced a $45,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to benefit Redbirds Rising: The Campaign for Illinois State that provides funding for Illinois Art Station’s Itsy Studio: In the Community program. The grant money, part of PNC’s Grow Up Great®, will be distributed to the program over two years. Illinois Art Station is a collaboration between Illinois State’s College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Fine Arts.
Illinois State alumna Ariel Beverly ’17 feels like she is living a real-life Cinderella story of sorts now that she has been crowned Miss Illinois and has qualified for the 2020 Miss America pageant.
This year, the oldest active a cappella group on campus is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The 19-member, all-male Acafellaz started as a registered student organization in 1999.
Illinois State University’s College of Fine Arts, in conjunction with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, will present Concerts on the Quad weekly at 7 p.m. from Monday, July 1 until July 29.
This year’s season will include Puccini’s La Boheme and Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, both joined in performance by the MIOpera Festival Orchestra. All performances will take place in the Illinois State University Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.
Redbirds Rising campaign volunteers Sandra M.A. ’70, D.A. ’90 and Paul Harmon have been longtime supporters of Illinois State University through their careers and philanthropy. The couple increased their commitment to Illinois State by contributing outright and planned gifts to fund the Paul and Sandra Harmon Shakespeare Endowment and the Harmon Recruitment Scholarship in history. The couple’s over $400,000 in lifetime giving qualifies them to be recognized among Illinois State’s most distinguished donors in the 1857 and Heritage Societies.
Two recent Illinois State alumni are ready to delight audiences and kick off their arts careers during the 42nd season of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF). Victoria DeLaney ’19 and Lucy Yahr ’19 are two of the 17 Illinois States students and alumni involved with this year’s performances. Their skills are very different, but both
Seven Redbirds were among the 34 nominees honored during the YWCA of McLean County’s annual Women of Distinction awards banquet. Three of the seven nominees were named 2019 Women of Distinction.
