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Photo courtesy Illinois State University Facebook Page NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University’s commencement is going to be a little bit different this year than what students are used to. Associate Dean Jill Benson says this year’s commencement has a variety of options for students. One of those options includes a traditional ceremony with a particular distinction from other ceremonies. […]
Photo Courtesy from goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State men’s basketball team trailed Bucknell by five points with 33 seconds remaining but turned the tables on the Bison to force overtime and clinch a hard-earned 105-100 win Saturday at Redbird Arena. In a game where Antonio Reeves struggled to find his shooting touch, Mark […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The Town of Normal held their second town meeting of the month November 15. In the meeting there was discussion of the new Luckey Climber at the Children’s Discovery Museum. All of the members of the council agreed with the resolution for the new feature. Council member Stan Nord brought up traditions that […]
Photo Courtesy from College Broadcasters Incorporated Illinois State University’s student radio station, WZND, received four national awards and presented one panel at the College Broadcasters Inc. convention this year. Annamarie Schutt ‘21, Elgin, Catrina Peterson ‘21, Normal, and Maritza Navar-Lopez ‘22, Aurora won first place in the category of Best Audio Documentary for their work […]
Photo Courtesy Redbird Esports Facebook Page NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University approved the construction of a 5.5-million-dollar arena that will become the home of Redbird Esports next fall. The new arena will serve as a much-needed upgrade for the program that has continued to see rapidly increasing growth throughout the last school year. The […]
Photo Courtesy University Galleries Facebook page NORMAL, Ill. – Families of the Bloomington-Normal community gathered at the University Galleries this past Saturday for some arts-and-crafts making fun. The University Gallery provides supplies of cardboard cutouts, colorful construction papers, and scissors with all kinds of designs to create dioramas based off of the current exhibition on […]
Photo Courtesy from Illinois State University Police Department NORMAL, Ill.–At approximately 11:00 a.m. Illinois State University notified students, staff and faculty about a man with a weapon on Main and Locust. There were further updates from ISU Emergency Alert explaining that the person with a weapon was not in regards to an active shooting situation. […]
Photo Courtesy from Bloomington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts BLOOMINGTON, Ill- The town of Bloomington is holding an event that lets the town get into the holiday spirit, with a Candy Cane drop. Youth/Teen Manager Jill Eichholz talked about the event and how it will be similar to an easter egg hunt, in this case, […]
Photo Courtesy from Enjoy Illinois before COVID NORMAL, Ill.- The town of Normal will highlight local businesses that are in town to help the start this upcoming holiday season. The Town of Normal Communications Specialist Rachelle Cantero spoke about the event and what the local businesses are doing. “We like to think that Holiday Open […]
Photo courtesy Illinois State University BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Ewing Cultural Center is hosting the “Trick-Or-Treating at the Manor”. Toni Tucker, director of the Ewing Cultural Center says that on Halloween night (which is this Sunday), the Center will be offering treats to guests from 4 to 6 PM, which will be handed out by […]