Students and legislators who support school reform will join Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Charles Bell for a presentation and discussion on school suspension.
High school suspensions topic of talk with Charles Bell, August 30
Unit: College of Applied Science and Technology
Record number of Illinois State students study abroad
From Argentina to Vietnam, Croatia to Uruguay, nearly 700 Illinois State students traveled and studied abroad last year. A bulk of those students studied with faculty members in an increasing number of faculty-led programs.
Spend Welcome Week with CAST!
Whether this is your first year in college or you just transferred to Illinois State, settling down on campus can be overwhelming. Check out these tips from the College of Applied Science and Technology
ROTC: Answering the call of tutoring
The United States Army is known for coming to the aid of people in need all around the world. At Illinois State University, a small group of soldiers-in-training saw a need—albeit on a much smaller scale than the military is accustomed to—in a local classroom and answered the call.
Spotlight on technology and engineering education
The technology and engineering education program at Illinois State University can trace its beginnings back over 100 years.
GradBird Scholar: New initiative to recognize graduate students
The Graduate School created the GradBird Scholar initiative, which aims to recognize graduate students for their scholarly endeavors.
Teaching overseas with Peace Corps
Peace Corps volunteers serve communities worldwide in six different sectors, or kinds of jobs. The largest sector is education, which has given Illinois State graduates Max Plonczynski and Alejandra Villalobos the perfect setting to put their teaching skills to the test.
Pet saviors: Students transform streetwise rescue dogs into foster pets
Illinois State University Professor Valerie Farmer-Dougan and her students assist the animal rescue organization Pet Central Helps by transforming streetwise dogs into foster pets.
Applied Computer Science Class of 1979 returns
Members of the 1979 graduating class of the Department of Applied Computer Science (ACS), now the School of Information Technology, returned to Normal in May to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their graduation as one of the earliest classes of the fledgling ACS department.
Haiyan Xie selected for the Associated Schools of Construction National Research Award
During the 55th Annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) International Conference on April 10–13, 2019, Haiyan Xie was presented the ASC Outstanding Researcher Award.
