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Photo courtesy of Center for Civic Engagement NORMAL, Ill.–With Spring break right around the corner, the Illinois State University Center for Civic Engagement is getting ready for their Alternative Spring Break trips. Alternative Spring Break is a weeklong service opportunity during the University’s spring break in which participants travel to help meet a need in […]
Photo courtesy of from Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill.—Mask policies continue to change in a span of two weeks. JB Pritzker announced that Illinois will be lifting its mask mandate February 28th due to statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates declining faster than any other point in the pandemic. Decisions for the state have led local institutions […]
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 […]
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 School Street Food Pantry Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. – The School Street Food Pantry is an on-campus resource not many students are aware of. School Street Food Pantry Communication and Marketing Coordinator, Megan Koch says food insecurity is a big problem on campus. The pantry provides free access to food to students who […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Tears, memories, and the celebration of Jelani Day entered Redbird Arena Thursday night. The family of Jelani Day attended the memorial in which they expressed their thoughts of their late son and brother. Carmen Bolden Day, Jelani’s mother said that she wished she could have done something the day she found out […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University’s Preview took place this summer from June to July. The orientation was conducted through Zoom—but this year there were new features to include students who may not get to share their college journey with family because of language barriers. First-generation student and senior, Daisy Rodriguez partnered with the Preview […]
School is right around the corner for students, staff and faculty meanwhile health guidelines are being altered. The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued new guidance on entering another school year with the coronavirus. Illinois State University has since then taken the approach to update some of the face covering, vaccination and testing […]
Photo Courtesy Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill.- The search is now over. Illinois State University and its community have been awaiting this very moment after President Dietz announced his retirement in November. The Board of Trustees selected Terri Goss Kinzy, Ph.D., as the 20th University president. Kinzy is the Vice President for Research and Innovation at […]
Photo courtesy of ISU Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Scoring runs and stealing bases aren’t the only things Michele Calabrese can do. Calabrese, a junior utility player for the ISU softball team, is a teaching assistant for professor Erik Rankin. She helps teach his “POL 106 – United States Government and Civic Practices” class. After starting […]