ISU News
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NORMAL, Ill. – A faculty member at Illinois State University has brought home the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. Director of ISU’s Publications unit, Dr. Steve Halle, earned the award for The Loose Pearl, a poetry book written by Paula Ilabaca Núñez and published by Halle’s press, co•im•press. PEN America was founded in […]
Photo provided by Illinois State Roller Hockey NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University’s Roller Hockey team is set to take on opponents from across the country for Nationals in Irvine, California. The sport of roller hockey is unknown to many, but to ISU’s very own rollerblade crew, it is a large part of their lives. […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State University’s Student Government Association (SGA) hosted its first Financial Awareness Fair in the Bone Student Center on March 22. This fair, which was aimed towards students, was to allow them to see new financial resources that are available at ISU and how some of these resources would benefit our […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois has struggled with a teacher shortage that has impacted the community for years. Beyond educators no longer wanting to enter the profession for various reasons, current teachers are also stepping away from the classrooms. In the college of education at Illinois State University, Kelli Appel explained why this is an ongoing […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University was host to the 2nd annual Educators Rising Illinois state conference on March 6. The conference is a community-based movement, in which groups at school feed teacher preparation programs at institutes of higher education. Over 750 high school students attended this conference who are exploring teaching as a profession. […]
NORMAL, Ill. – In the wake of the surprising resignation of former ISU President Terri Goss Kinzy, the Board of Trustees approved Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Dr. Aondover Tarhule, to step into the role of interim-president effective immediately until June of 2024. “I was very excited and also very humbled,” said Dr. […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Student Government Association (SGA) at Illinois State University has passed a bill to create a Student Resource Awareness Fair that will host different organizations on campus to promote better campus lifestyles. The Student Resource Awareness Fair will take place on March 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bone […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – There are only four public hijab-wearing sports journalists in the U.S. and Canada. Illinois State University had the opportunity to host one of them as a guest speaker. Shireen Ahmed, a CBC sports senior contributor, delivered a lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Multicultural […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Jefferey Walsh, a second year graduate student at Illinois State University, is working on a thesis over the course of the Spring 2023 semester that takes a deep dive into the issue of veteran homelessness. Walsh belongs in a cohort of 11 in the applied community economic development sequence of political science […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Proper representation is key to creating and maintaining the democratic process. This is what the Student Government Association (SGA) is attempting to achieve through passing the Student Transitioning from On-Campus to Off-Campus Housing amendment. The amendment aims to alter the SGA constitution to allow Illinois State University students who plan on living […]