On paper, Krista DeCeault’s freshman year as a Redbird runner was tremendous. She led Illinois State to its first conference championship in years, and she came in first place almost every race she ran in. Privately, it was her darkest hour.
When Marcos Fernandez ’80 and his family left Cuba in 1963, they did so looking for opportunities that couldn’t be found under the Communist regime of the island nation. The opportunity they most valued was education.
A nearly $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Justice will allow an interdisciplinary research team at Illinois State University to explore the viability—and the legal uses—of new crime-scene technology.
Illinois State University’s Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection now has approximately 2,000 pieces, with garments dating from 1870 to the present.
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is selling pork products from the University Farm at Lexington to fund a trip to the student marketing competition in Kansas City, Missouri.
Illinois State’s top faculty researchers have made national and international impacts in their fields of study. The University’s colleges recognize these scholars annually through the Outstanding College Researcher Award.
The Breaking Barriers program provides added support for female students pursuing criminal justice careers.
Illinois State Professor Yoon Ma will be leading a small group of Department of Family and Consumer Science (FCS) students to South Korea, China, and Hong Kong over summer break to explore all aspects of the fashion industry.
Just one year after graduating from Illinois State, Andrew Siwicki just took his robotics expertise onto NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” where he teamed up with dance group for a choreographed routine.
With an expansive global influence, the Stevenson Center’s graduate programs place students in communities in need in the U.S. and abroad.
