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2021 Student Involvement Celebration recognizes outstanding students and RSOs

Jennifer Miller, Levester Johnson, and Reggie posing at the Student Involvement Awards

The 2021 Student Involvement Celebration honored outstanding students and registered student organizations (RSOs) making a difference at Illinois State University. The event featured recorded performances by Illinois State’s all-treble a capella group, Secondary Dominance, and Illinois State’s own winner of the America’s Best College Poet competition, Naudia Williams. Nomination and application forms for Student Involvement Awards

Redbird Roundup Commencement Edition: Celebrating the Class of 2021

President Dietz shakes hand with a graduate

Hire-A-Redbird provides online resources for career success

photo of a student using Hire-A-Redbirds

With virtual resources in demand, Hire-A-Redbird actively assists students and alumni with their career development and professional readiness.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month events

Leaders of Students Ending Rape Culture (SERC) high-five each other on the Illinois State Quad.

Health Promotion and Wellness, the Student Wellness Ambassador Team (SWAT), and Students Ending Rape Culture (SERC) hosted various events throughout April in order to educate others about consent, boundaries, and other related topics in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Illinois State celebrates completion of Bone Student Center revitalization project

Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Danielle Miller-Schuster (left), Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Levester “L.J.” Johnson, University President Dr. Larry H. Dietz, Board of Trustees Chairperson Julie Annette Jones, and Student Trustee Jada Turner cut the ribbon at the Bone Student Center rededication.

Three years, seven months, and 22 days after the groundbreaking of the Bone Student Center revitalization project, more than 100 people gathered May 7 in the shadow of the center’s new three-story addition for the rededication of the nearly 48-year-old building.

Multicultural Center opening bolsters campus community, student belonging

A campus Multicultural Center will open this summer, providing a supportive environment for students while furthering the University’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Graduating Redbirds: Veteran and family man maintained perfect GPA at age 48

Nontraditional student. Definitions of that term vary, but most interpretations include factors like age, work and family commitments, among others. Illinois State University even offers orientation days tailored for those who fit the category. Maybe the real defining characteristic is that nontraditional students have multiple, interesting layers that add to campus life. That could be said of Walter Reeves, who is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice sciences at the age of 48.

Unit: Student Affairs