The CAST Persistence Fund was created in 2019 to encourage and support deserving students in the College of Applied Science and Technology with demonstrated need and/or high academic impact. The grants awarded from this fund have been making a significant difference in the lives of CAST students
Illinois State University is now affiliated with DMPTool, an open-source online application built to assist researchers in creating comprehensive data management and sharing plans in easy-to-view formats.
After earning the 2022 Stats Perform Buck Buchanan Award as the top FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) defensive player January 7, Illinois State senior linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh ’20 is preparing to continue his football career at the next level.
Mia Leyba ’17 and Jordan Ross ’17, both therapeutic recreation alumni, married on October 29. Lebya and Ross were just classmates until falling in love at the very end of their last semester. Lebya shared that the pair actually met off-campus at a conference.
This episode of The PodCAST features a conversation with Nick Frangella, an alum from the School of Kinesiology and Recreation and an assistant athletic trainer for the Chicago Cubs.
The School of Kinesiology and Recreation offers the Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation course (KNR 273) which is part of a national partnership to offer Inclusion U modules to all of the students in the Recreation and Park Administration (RPA) major.
Emily Keebler is a senior exercise science major and member of Illinois State’s swimming and diving team. She received the Dr. Peter Yuan Kai Wang Scholastic Excellence Award in recognition of her work in Illinois State’s School of Kinesiology and Recreation (KNR).
When Hurricane Ian slammed into southwest Florida last month, University College Program Coordinator Michelle Schuline ’03 watched in disbelief as her father, Mitch Pacyna, shared videos from his waterfront home in Fort Myers Beach of rapidly worsening conditions and ensuing destruction.
Dr. Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette will present the 2022 Esther Larson McGinnis Scholar Lecture on October 19.
“A jump can tell you a lot.” That’s how Dr. Kelly Laurson, M.S. ’05, professor in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation at Illinois State University, describes a segment of his research.
