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Image courtesy of Illinois Wesleyan Baseball on Twitter BLOOMINGTON, Ill – The Illinois Wesleyan Titan’s first baseball game of the season is Thursday, and senior Ethan Burgh is ready to get into it. “I’m the most comfortable I’ve ever been at the plate,” said Burgh. “I’m excited.” The Titans put up a 16-21 record last […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Starting in 2023, all police recruits in the state of Illinois must take a Wrongful Conviction Awareness and Avoidance course as part of their training. The course was initially developed in 2016 by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Police Training Institute Director Michael Schlosser with help from the Illinois Innocence Project at the […]
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 […]
Photo provided by Illinois.gov NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has reported that the CDC is reporting that 15 counties are high alert for COVID-19, while 14 counties are on medium alert. As of Feb 5, 2023, the agency recorded that there were over four million total cases and over 36,000 […]
NORMAL, Ill. – It’s all about marquees and headlines for one Illinois State University student who followed his childhood dream. Television production major and ISU senior Ben Meenan, along with other cast and crew members, put their minds together to create a full feature-length movie. The film titled SUNDAY* is set in a world where […]
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 […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics WZND’s Cason Schingoethe and Liam Lyons both contributed to this story. NORMAL, Ill – Illinois State University softball’s first-year head coach Tina Kramos sees a lot of strengths in her team ahead of the 2023 season. Coach Kramos emphasized how much this season means to her, following in the footsteps […]
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 […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) announced recently that they opened scholarship applications for students in foster care. On average, the department reported it receives over 200 applications each year from all across the state. It also stated that there are four scholarship awards that are reserved for children […]
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 […]