Illinois State University is included in U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 edition of the Best Graduate Schools rankings.
U.S. News & World Report recognizes Illinois State graduate programs
Unit: Graduate School
Alumnus wins Midwest thesis award
George Van Den Driessche, an alumnus of Illinois State University, is the winner of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Masters Thesis Award. This is first time an alumnus of Illinois State has captured the award.
Graduate Council seeking nominations
The Nominating Committee of the Graduate Council is seeking nominations or self-nominations of full graduate faculty members to fill openings.
Three Minute Thesis competition February 23
Ten Illinois State University graduate students will present their research to a panel of judges in the University’s first Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
Alumna of Stevenson Center returns as program coordinator
Katie Raynor knows first-hand what it means to give back. She is more dedicated than most, serving in AmeriCorps and Peace Corps before graduate school and a role that allows her to aid and inspire future community and economic development leaders.
Illinois State graduate finds home in Texan campus recreation department
Ben Piper ’03, M.S. ’05, loves going to work every day, and for good reason. Piper gets to facilitate exciting extracurricular opportunities to enhance the lives of students at the University of Texas at Dallas.
AmeriCorps Member continues service with the Stevenson Center
John Thornburg is an Applied Community and Economic Development Fellow pursuing a master’s degree in kinesiology and recreation. In his second year of the program, he is completing an 11-month internship as an AmeriCorps Member with the East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging.
Nursing Ph.D. student to participate in new Three Minute Thesis competition
Michele Shropshire is a graduate student in Mennonite College of Nursing’s Ph.D. program, and will be competing at the 3 Minute Thesis competition on February 23 from 6-9 p.m. at the Normal Theater.
Social media gallery: Redbird scholar highlights
Gender equity in the workplace, cryptography, and the morality of superheroes were just a few of the topics on which Illinois State University researchers published in the last few months.
Psychology graduate receives Sorensen Outstanding Dissertation Award
Lynda Kasky-Hernández, Ph.D. ’16, is a 2017 recipient of the Sorensen Outstanding Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled “Attachment and Self-Disclosure to Mothers: Predictors of Adjustment During the College Transition.”
