NORMAL, Ill, - Dave Kohler and Sally Owens are vying for a spot in office as the Senator for Illinois in Legislative District 46 Koehler is the incumbent candidate in this race and is no stranger to the campaigning process. Koehler has been serving in his position since 2006 and hopes to continue to be able to voice his progressive views in the state senate. “In politics, you have to […]
Image courtesy of the ISU College of Education's official Instagram page Educators Rising Illinois and ISU will host their second annual Educator Signing Day on Monday, August 26 at 5 p.m. at ISU’s Metcalf School in the Hayden Auditorium. Students will be signing contracts committing to their future in the field of education. Educators Rising Illinois State Coordinator Christine Schweitzer explained the importance of the event, and shed light on […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Over the past month, the Normal Police Department has concluded three major cases pertaining to child sexual abuse after convictions and sentencing. NPD Detective Kendra DeRosa says that these three cases are a demonstration of three distinctly different types of cases that they receive at the department. DeRosa is part of a special task force within the department focused on preventing internet crime against children. Through the […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan University has announced its plans for its newly formed School of Business and Economics (SOBE). Along with existing business programs, the new school will house new majors such as professional sales, supply chain management, quantitative finance and financial planning. SOBE Interim Director, Dr. John Camey, says the school is focusing on majors that will continue to prove useful in an ever-changing labor market. “Two years […]
Photo provided by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NORMAL, Ill. - The world’s largest-ever trial of a four-day workweek was recently conducted in the UK and analysts have concluded that the benefits of a shortened workweek may outweigh the costs. The trial results showed a growth in revenue and improved employee retention for companies that shortened their workweek. 92 percent of the companies that participated in the study are going to […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois updated its law regarding required smoke alarms in buildings. The legislation that updated this law became effective on January 1, 2023. The law requires all new smoke alarms in single or multi-family homes to have 10-year sealed batteries. The law also instates that smoke alarms installed prior to January 1, 2023 must be replaced when they exceed 10 years after their manufactured date, fail to respond […]
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 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 […]
