Tyler Bever is no stranger to hard work. Now that he’s graduating from Illinois State University, one adjustment he’ll have to make is cutting back from working several part-time jobs to a single job as he begins his career.
Illinois State University’s spring commencement will be held in five ceremonies, with two on Friday, May 9, 2025, and three on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in CEFCU Arena.
Shyanne Ellenwood, known as Shy to her friends, knew as a teenager that she wanted to be a nurse. As a junior in high school back in her hometown of Bourbonnais, she became a certified nursing assistant and started her career in health care.
Elle Wilkinson is graduating with her bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders. Her plan was to help people who have disorders of speech, language, and fluency, but life took a big turn, and Wilkinson decided to lean into it.
More than 1,350 Illinois State students will earn degrees this December, with winter commencement scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 2024, in CEFCU Arena.
When Billy Blue ’21 began his undergraduate degree at Illinois State University, he never imagined graduate school as a possibility. This December, he will earn a Master of Fine Arts in theatre and costume design.
Emma Koesser is making history this December as the first student to graduate from Illinois State University’s advanced marketing analytics accelerated sequence with a Master of Science in Marketing Analytics.
Illinois State University’s winter commencement will be held in two ceremonies on Saturday, December 14, 2024, in CEFCU Arena.
Valeska Carrillo takes special pride in being the first in her family to earn a college degree. Raised in Aurora by parents who came to the U.S. from Mexico, she always dreamed of going to college.
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