Graduate students to represent CAS in 3M Thesis Competition

Normal Theatre, located in Uptown Normal, will again be hosting the Three Minute Thesis Competition.

Four graduate student researchers will represent the College of Arts and Sciences in the university-wide Three Minute Thesis competition on February 29 at 6 p.m. at the Normal Theater. This event is free and open to the public. Please come and support our students!

TV-10 is celebrating its 50th anniversary and launching a campaign to raise $50,000

Group of students posing for a photo on the TV-10 set in 2008

Illinois State University’s student-run television program, TV-10, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The journey, which began with the first live newscast on March 4, 1974, is now commemorated through a grand reunion on campus scheduled for April 12-13, 2024. Alumni and friends are invited to join the festivities, honoring 50 years of remarkable student achievement and involvement.

Research award winners for 2023-2024 announced

President Tarhule speaking at the ORGS Research Awards Event

Illinois State University announced the winners of the Outstanding University Researcher and the Outstanding University Creative Activity awards. Also honored are the winners of the Research Initiative Awards and the Creative Activity Initiative Awards. Recipients for these awards are selected from competitive pools of candidates.

School of Communication alums launch the new Central Illinois Communication Association

CICA board members from left to right: Julie Navickas, Stephanie Duquenne, Molly Davis, and Victoria Padilla at the 2023 Fall Workshop.

Three things are guaranteed to happen when a group of School of Communication alums comes together. First, there will always be conversation—with a healthy dose of laugher, connection, and storytelling. Second, there will be coffee—hot, iced, or otherwise. And third, an idea will strike—and when it does, it will brew and percolate until a team of leaders emerges.

College announces new internal research grant program

An image of the sculpture in front of Stevenson Hall.

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is excited to announce a new internal research grant opportunity—the Dean’s Research Challenge Grant. Full-time CAS faculty from all college divisions, including Visiting Professors and non-tenure track faculty, are eligible to apply. The Principal Investigator’s (PI) primary appointment must be in a CAS unit. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged, and teams can have non-CAS members.