Director of Career Services Quanisha Kumi-Darfour ’06 shares the resources her department offers to all Redbirds in this episode of Redbird Buzz.
Career Services director Quanisha Kumi-Darfour ’06 shares career resources on Redbird Buzz
Unit: University Marketing and Communications
Graduating Redbirds: Costuming graduate student finds support and community on campus
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.
Graduating Redbirds: First advanced marketing analytics accelerated sequence graduate earns two degrees and a job
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.
Graduating Redbirds: Music education major, a first-generation college graduate, is ready to inspire her students
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.
Covering the eclipse: TV-10 reporter earns student Emmy for solar eclipse story
Maggee Bleyer, a senior journalism major, captured the April 8 eclipse in a roughly 2-minute package for TV-10. While the event she covered was extraordinary, it was Bleyer’s work behind the camera that truly stood out.
New child life specialist carves a career path where there was none before
When Maddie Shutwell ’21, M.S. ’24, finished her studies, she had a good idea of what she wanted to do for work and where she wanted to do it. The only glitch in her plan was the fact that Memorial Hospital in Carthage, her hometown, had never had a child life specialist on staff. That all changed back in May, when Shutwell pitched the idea and then helped create the job.
This month in Illinois State University history: December
From the night Jackie Robinson played Illinois State to the birth of an ISU Athletics legend, historian Tom Emery explores this month in Illinois State University history.
Student entrepreneurs earn thousands in business funding from Startup Showcase
From organizing cheerleading competitions to creating weighted beanies to implementing innovative networking methods, Illinois State University students have creative ideas for addressing challenges and filling business gaps.
Alum teams with college basketball legend Dick Vitale and his ‘young heroes’ to take on pediatric cancer with new book
Scott Gleeson ’11 and basketball icon Dick Vitale co-authored a book about cancer survivors. All proceeds benefit cancer research.
Freshman, a Shriners patient ambassador, shows some game with PGA Tour pros at Vegas pro-am
When the PGA Tour passed through Las Vegas last month for the Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin, a new kid stepped up to the tee and made a pretty good impression.
