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 […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University announced on January 13th that Dr. Thomas Keyser will be named a founding dean for the ISU College of Engineering. Keyser, currently serving as the Dean of the College of Engineering, Technology and Management at Oregon Institute of Technology, was appointed to be the first head of the college by Provost Aondover Tarhule and is slated to start […]
Photo provided by Jakai Martin NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University is built upon seven core values: learning and scholarship, individualized attention, diversity and inclusion, civic engagement, respect, integrity, and collaboration. Multiple of these values have been disregarded within recent memory and ISU is now facing backlash by students in light of events involving homophobia on campus. On Wednesday September 28th, 2023, members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity were accused […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Hovey Hall and ISU's quad became the scene of a massive protest Tuesday evening.The rally, held by AFSCME Local 1110, was in support of ISU’s building, ground and food service workers, as they look to negotiate with Illinois State University for a new contract. Without one, Illinois State’s building service workers (BSW) could go on strike as soon as next Monday. The gathering, with numbers of supporters […]
Photo Courtesy from Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill.- Universities across Illinois have moved classes online for the beginning of the semester including ISU. President Terri Goss Kinzy shared with students, faculty and staff that the university was looking ahead as other transmittable variants of coronavirus are spreading through the state of Illinois. In hopes to being cautious--Goss Kinzy explains that ISU will be remote for the first two weeks of […]
In the October edition of the Birds-I-View, hosts Maritza Navar-Lopez, Camberyn Kelley, and Jack Podlesnik, along with the WZND News Team, take an inside look at women's rights, involvement in athletics and education, and safety. WZND’s Ashley Daniels starts the show by discussing the Equal Rights Amendment. (2:59-5:33). Next, Blake Hornstein talks education, and how women are prominent but still looking for more equality in the field (6:47-8:53). Then Madison […]
