NORMAL, Ill.- The Town of Normal held their first town meeting of the month October 3. Council member Stan Nord began by bringing up concerns with a recent large expense for Wi-Fi, citing lack of proper procedure. City Manager Pamela Reece responded, stating the expense was for the procurement and installation of equipment for uptown public Wi-Fi which Normal had already paid for. Nord requested that for the future proper […]
Photo provided courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State University Planetarium hosted the “Undiscovered Worlds” event this Friday. This event was focused around the discovery of exoplanets; which are planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. Planetarium Director Thomas Willmitch anticipates viewers will learn a plethora of new things about the universe from this presentation. “The program explores the topic of planets orbiting around other […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The College of Business at Illinois State University hosted the virtual handshake sales and marketing job fair from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. this afternoon. Upon discussing some of the primary aspects and benefits of the event program coordinator and Executive Director of the Professional Sales Institute at ISU, Michael Boehm, elaborated on how students can benefit taking part in the fair. "Students attending the fair would meet with […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Soccer on Twitter NORMAL Ill.- The Illinois State University Redbirds soccer team is now on a five-game losing streak, making their record 2-11 on the season. The team's most recent loss came against Belmont, with the final score being 1-0. Belmont scored early in the first half, and was able to hold any Redbird from scoring opportunity in the second half. The Redbirds out-shot Belmont […]
Photo provided via Special Olympics Illinois NORMAL, Ill. - Special Olympics Illinois is holding their annual Harley-Davidson raffle sponsored by the Illinois State Chiefs of Police Association. The raffle which has been going on since 1998, is expected to sell around 7,000 tickets this year. That number is lower than years past because of COVID, but is expected to be on the rise this year. The prize this year is […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University's Student Health and Wellness Team (SWAT) is bringing back its Wellness Gazebo known as “The G Spot” to provide free health and wellness resources to students. “The G Spot” has been a mainstay on campus for several years, aiding and educating thousands of students with the goal of spreading awareness and making resources available. Haley Lemp, the president of SWAT spoke on how the […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Coming off a strong first set against the University of Illinois Chicago, the Illinois State volleyball team seemed to fizzle out, as they could not string together enough offense and fell in a regulation four sets. “I think we came out really strong there in the first set,” said ISU Head Coach Allie Matters. “But I think UIC woke up a bit […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State University Center for Integrated Professional Development held a session regarding equitable and inclusive classroom culture earlier today. This workshop was held for graduate students seeking to improve their classroom environment by tweaking the way they teach; the goal of this workshop was to educate about equitable teaching instead of equal teaching. Assistant Director of Communications at ISU Jim Gee demonstrated why equitable teaching is […]
Normal, Ill. – International students attending Illinois State University have access to various resources through Career Services to find internships and full-time jobs in the U.S. Tamanna Tasmin, the Program Coordinator for Student Relations at Career Services, explains how international students can utilize tools through Career Services to start the job process. “If you can think of anything career-related, Hire-A-Redbird is your one-stop solution for our students starting from booking […]
