Seven sophomores are leading the charge to make introductory STEM classes at Illinois State University more inclusive, accessible, and equitable.
Answering the call: STEM Ambassadors’ research inspires FAQs page
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The David Brian Williams Creative Technologies Visiting Artist Series presents three guest artists for fall 2024 and spring 2025
The Illinois State University School of Creative Technologies will host three guest artists as part of this year’s David Brian Williams Creative Technologies Visiting Artist Series.
New Mennonite College of Nursing Simulation Center helps train nurses to reflect excellence within the communities they serve
Three years after the Illinois State Board of Trustees approved an expansion project to more than double the training facility’s size, the new Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) Simulation Center is now officially open.
International alum finds community, pursues passion for cross-cultural communication
Ebuka Okoli, M.S. ’24, has always been fascinated by cross-cultural communication and how diverse groups of people communicate in an organizational context. It’s for this reason he moved over 6,000 miles from Nigeria to Normal to pursue a master’s in communication at Illinois State University.
Dr. Cheri J. Simonds to present Distinguished Professor Lecture, November 4
Distinguished Professor Cheri Simonds will present “Cursed with Knowledge: Breaking the Spell” at 5 p.m. Monday, November 4, in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University.
Youth sports and physical activity: McGinnis Scholar Lecture, October 30
Dr. Karin Pfeiffer is a Red Cedar Distinguished Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Michigan State University (MSU) and a fellow of both the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK).
CAS Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Jeffrey Wagman
Dr. Jeff Wagman, 2024-25 CAS Distinguished Lecturer, will give his talk, “An Ecological Approach to Perception by Touch (from Head to Toe),” in the Circus Room, Bone Student Center, on Monday, October 21, at 3:30 p.m.
My “stay-bbatical”: sabbatical news from Dr. Gina L. Hunter
Dr. Gina L. Hunter reflects on her research, scholarship, and civic engagement during her sabbatical leave in the spring 2024 semester.
Dr. Anna Smith selected for the Emerald Literati Awards 2024 Outstanding Article award
The School of Teaching and Learning is proud to announce that Associate Professor Dr. Anna Smith’s co-authored article “Tinkering toward teacher learning: A case for critical playful literacies in teacher education” has been selected as the Emerald Literati Awards 2024 Outstanding Article for the journal English Teaching: Practice & Critique.
Junior biology student conducts cancer research at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Surrounded by scrub caps, lab coats, graph charts, and microscopes, Illinois State University junior biological science major Hope Omoniyi spent her summer researching pancreatic cancer at world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
