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.
Unit: Communication
Research award winners for 2023-2024 announced
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.
Career fairs connect Redbirds with internships, full-time positions, employers
Students and alumni interested in a full-time position, internship or just seeking to build their professional connections are invited to attend the Career Services spring career fairs.
School of Communication alums launch the new Central Illinois Communication Association
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.
The School of Communication celebrates outstanding university teaching award recipients
The School of Communication is #RedbirdProud of the most recent recipients of the Illinois State University Outstanding Teaching Awards.
Dr. Byron Craig to serve as interim chief equity and inclusion officer
Interim President Aondover Tarhule has announced that Dr. Byron Craig, assistant professor in the School of Communication, will serve as interim chief equity and inclusion officer, effective January 1, 2024.
An ICON-ic experience: PRSSA represents Illinois State University at national public relations conference
In October 2023, the Illinois State University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) attended the ICON national conference in Nashville.
College announces new internal research grant program
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.
Milner Library enters into agreement with Sage Publications to support Illinois State University authors
An agreement with Sage Publications provides online access to all Sage subscription journals (from 1999, where available, to the present).
Coffee worth lapping up: Dr. Curt Livesay, M.S. ’07, opens Jasper’s Java in Bloomington
With the dual goal of brightening every customer’s day and helping pets find their forever home, Jasper’s Java is quickly becoming man’s best friend in Bloomington-Normal.