A new school year means new students and new faculty on campus! At the College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST), we’re always happy to welcome new faces to Illinois State.
Unit: Family and Consumer Sciences
Record number of Illinois State students study abroad
From Argentina to Vietnam, Croatia to Uruguay, nearly 700 Illinois State students traveled and studied abroad last year. A bulk of those students studied with faculty members in an increasing number of faculty-led programs.
Spend Welcome Week with CAST!
Whether this is your first year in college or you just transferred to Illinois State, settling down on campus can be overwhelming. Check out these tips from the College of Applied Science and Technology
ISU female trio makes student government history
Illinois State students Samiat Solebo, Jada Turner, and Hannah Woody made history last semester by becoming the first all-female executive ticket elected to the Student Government Association (SGA).
Bond between siblings topic of talk, June 10
Sarah Killoren will give a talk titled “Sibling Relationships and Mexican-origin Youth’s Development” at 2 p.m. Monday, June 10, at Schroeder Hall, room 104. The event will be free and open to the public.
Anita Barbee to address teen pregnancy prevention for high-risk youth, June 5
Anita Barbee, professor at the Kent School of Social Work of the University of Louisville, will present “The Role of Relationship Education in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Among High-Risk Youth.”
Science and Technology Week 2019 in pictures
With a fantastic attendance at every event to an amazing lineup of speakers and insightful sessions, Science and Technology Week 2019 was a successful event.
Retirement reception for Lisa Lee, May 16
A retirement reception for Lisa Lee, team teacher at the ISU Child Care Center, will be from 3:30–5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, in Turner Hall, room 125.
Patch Adams presentation moved to Braden Auditorium
The talk by Patch Adams, M.D., scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, has been moved to Braden Auditorium in Illinois State University’s Bone Student Center.
Autism advocate Temple Grandin speaks about need for diverse minds
Temple Grandin is often called the most successful adult with autism in the world. On Wednesday night, April 10, Grandin told a standing-room-only crowd in the Brown Ballroom the key to her success: Not letting her disability define her.