Nancy Svoboda is a coach’s kid from Joliet. Working in sports would consequently seem like a good fit, which it definitely is, yet it was never her career goal. It’s just sort of the way the ball bounced. In her case, that ball was a football.
Publication: Features
Meet me at the Bird: Redbird Plaza is ISU’s new gathering place
There’s a new gathering place on campus: Redbird Plaza. Ten years in the making, the landmark has quickly become a popular space for conversation and events.
Inside look: Prop shop
In a place like the prop shop, located on the lower level of Centennial East, things aren’t always as they appear.
Days of May: Inside the infamous flagpole standoff that put ISU on the brink
On May 19, 1970, the Illinois State University campus reached a boiling point leading to what has become known as the “flagpole incident.”
Birthing dreams: Alumna achieves family, career success through surrogacy
Illinois State alumna Zara Griswold is in the business of creating families. The agency Griswold created with Staci Swiderski helps couples who cannot physically reproduce their own child navigate the expensive and legally complicated process of using gestational surrogacy with egg and sperm donation to have a baby.
Season of celebration: Unique ceremonies enrich graduation
As a transfer student, LaCrisha McAllister ’14 was struggling.
Full speed ahead: Alumnus trades boardroom for car lot
All Dave Magers ever wanted to be was a car salesman. He loved classic and exotic cars and didn’t really care if he sold any.
Alumna fulfills life mission creating hospice care
As a young nurse, she didn’t understand why dying patients were kept at the end of the hallway with their doors closed.
Far from home: ISU through the eyes of an international student
Arafat Kabir, a 26-year-old who graduated in May with a master’s in political science, writes about his time at Illinois State University.
Pum-King: Passionate pursuit reaps rewards
To say Mac Condill’s life’s work started with a seed would be trite but true.