NORMAL Ill. - Feb. 23 marks the fifth annual Illinois State University Redbirds Give Back Campaign during Redbird Philanthropy Week. The goal behind the event is to allow everyone hailing from ISU, both current student and past, to engage in philanthropy with a cause they identify with. ISU provides a wide range of categories donors can put their funds towards, all the way from Milner Library to the ISU Multicultural […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The newly founded Cannabis Club at Illinois State University aims to destigmatize cannabis use and provide students who would like to join the cannabis industry with a space to organize and collaborate. President of Cannabis Club and ISU student, Jackie Heim, believes that stigmatization of cannabis is unwarranted, and cannabis should be treated the same as alcohol and prescription drugs. “We need to get past the lazy […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The FIFA World Cups of Soccer seminar team at Illinois State University focused their second seminar on February 15 on how sport can blind a fan. This seminar in the assortment of the international seminar series was "Changing the Game: Sport-washing and the Politicization of Sport in the Modern Era". The Word Cup presents an excellent opportunity to take an in-depth look at how these events shape […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University voted and accepted the resignation of now former President, Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy. The board met on Feb. 17 to conduct regular business, as well vote on Kinzy’s resignation. The Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Kathryn Bohn, brought the meeting to order. Bohn started the voting process by bringing the board into a closed executive session. “I will […]
Story edits made as of 3:12 p.m. on 2/15/23 NORMAL, Ill. - After a year and a half of service at Illinois State University, Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy has announced her resignation as President of Illinois State University. The Board of Trustees announced that Dr. Kinzy announced her resignation on Feb. 14 and her resignation will be voted on at the regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting at 2 p.m. […]
NORMAL, Ill. - On February 8, the Office of Sustainability at Illinois State University held a Succulent Café. Students were invited to take part in growing their own succulent plant in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center.The turnout was high with over one hundred students attending, with the queue-line spanning from the Circus Room well into the student center. Succulents sold out fast within the first half hour […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Students at the Illinois State University Wonsook Kim School of Fine Arts produced the exhibit of original printed images from the Renaissance and Baroque time period. The works primarily books and prints that were produced from 1400-1700 are now on display at Milner Library. Assistant Professor of Art History at ISU and leading professor of the curation, Dr. Saskia Beranek, spoke on how the exhibition's conception came […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The first Founder's Day at Illinois State University was held in 1909, with the tradition expanding in 1913 with events to honor the university's first president, Charles Hovey. The schedule of events for this year's celebration begins with the Founding Celebration Bell Ringing Ceremony in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center. "The Old Main Bell on the quad will be available for people to go […]
Photo provided by the Normal Police Department NORMAL, Ill. - Matthew Listman, 21, was reported missing in Normal on Thursday January 26. On Friday, he was found by a creek and pronounced dead. The Illinois State University student was last seen alive at 10:15 p.m. on the 26th near North Main Street and Orlando Avenue in Normal. Listman's body was found the next day in the 900 block of North […]
