The College of Applied Science and Technology is proud to present the 2024 Science and Technology Week, celebrating advancements in science and technology and the hardworking, dedicated students and professionals who make those advancements possible. This year’s Science and Technology Week is scheduled to run from April 8-12.
Unit: Gamma Phi Circus
Sophie Remmert: CAST Hero
In the College of Applied Science and Technology, all of our alumni are superheroes, but only some of them actually wear capes. Sophie Remmert ’20, a Gamma Phi Circus alum, is one of the few.
What It Takes: Gamma Phi Circus troupe member shares insight
In the busy student world of textbooks and regular class attendance, Michael Marcheschi, a senior molecular and cellular biology major at Illinois State University has found an unexpected and exhilarating passion—tightrope walking with the Gamma Phi Circus.
What it takes—Gamma Phi Circus student president: ‘Pushing the limits’
Teagan Whitaker, student president of Gamma Phi Circus, states that all through her venture into performance arts, particularly with the Gamma Phi Circus, one thing has enabled her to soar to great career heights– that is, the ability to push the limits.
Kate Wajda ’13 finds home in Illinois Gay Rodeo Association
Kate Wajda ’13 found an inclusive community in the Illinois Gay Rodeo Association.
Conservation assessment leads to exciting discoveries, including 19th century underwear
One of the more unexpected things available in Milner Library is the Ueckert Circus Wardrobe Collection. An amalgamation of over 1,200 circus costumes, accessories, and props from the 1880s to the early 2000s, the collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of circus wardrobe in the country.
When the circus comes to town: Circus history celebrated at university exhibit, conference
More than a year of planning and all six floors of Illinois State University’s Milner Library were needed to accommodate an undertaking one library staff member called “the biggest exhibit the library has done.”
Milner Library celebrates the Sites, Sights, and Sounds of Circus
Milner Library is pleased to showcase its Circus and Allied Arts collection at the start of the fall semester with Sites, Sights, and Sounds of Circus.
Q&A with Maureen Brunsdale, Milner Library Head of Special Collections
Brunsdale’s recent book, In the Shadow of the Big Top: the Life of Ringling’s Unlikely Circus Savior, brings the American circus to life through the figure of Art Concello.
Gamma Phi Circus presents Dance On, April 21-22
Put on your dancing shoes and head down to the Redbird Big Top with the Gamma Phi Circus on April 21-22. Tickets are available now.