ReggieCon will welcome Inkpot award-winning author Mr. Alexander Simmons to the panel “Black Panther and Blackjack Team Up” from 7-8:30 p.m., February 24 via Zoom.
ReggieCon panel: Black Panther and Blackjack Team Up on February 24
Unit: Enrollment Management and Academic Services
First Gen Celebration 2021, November 1-5
The celebration honors First Generation Week, a campus-wide tribute to the contributions and achievements of students, faculty, staff, and alumni who were the first in their families to enter higher education.
GROWTH Change enters second year with focus on assessment
Lessons learned from year one will help inform year two for GROWTH, with a focus on assessing professional development plans.
ReggieCon: My Favorite Thing is Monsters author Emil Ferris, comic scholar Dr. Rachel Miller, October 28
ReggieCon is a series of virtual panels with experts in comic and popular media, focusing on issues of race and diversity. October will celebrate LGBTQ History Month.
ReggieCon virtual panels announced for 2021-2022
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, ReggieCon will present a panel on September 23, focusing on the Latinx children’s adventure graphic novel Under the Cottonwood Tree.
Undergraduate Student Advisory Council Applications due September 17
The Undergraduate Student Advisory Council (USAC) is accepting applications for fall 2021.
Illinois State shows strong enrollment, growth in freshmen and transfers
Illinois State University welcomed 3,374 freshmen to its student body for the 2021-2022 academic year. Total enrollment stands at 20,233.
McLean County Full Tuition Scholarship awarded to student with knack for construction and a servant’s heart
Miriam Zappa likes to build things. It’s in her DNA as her father, Mark ’85, has had his own construction company for decades. It’s no wonder then that her favorite experiences as a volunteer often involve constructing something.
Energy, dedication, and family fuel this McLean County Full Tuition Scholarship recipient’s desire to serve
At just 18, Austin Feaman doesn’t have much memory of a time in his young life when he wasn’t pitching in to help others. He said it was as if his mother, Jennifer, “planted a seed” that helped determine who he would grow up to be.
Creative, generous heart earns dedicated volunteer a McLean County Full Tuition Scholarship
Beth Clark can’t remember a time when she wasn’t a volunteer. Living on the family farm, her calendar was always full with chores to be done. Plus, at Lexington High School she was active in all things musical as well as competing all four years in track and field. Her senior year she was team captain and a state finalist in discus. But, since childhood she’s made time to volunteer.
