The Community Health Care Clinic (CHCC), located in Normal, has been in operation for 25 years and is McLean County’s only free medical clinic focused on improving access to care for the medically underserved.
Two separate but equally impactful moments influenced the decision of Joyce ’83 and Kurt Moser to create a scholarship within the Mennonite College of Nursing during Redbirds Rising: The Campaign for Illinois State. The first was the couple’s middle son Rob’s diagnosis with Hodgkin lymphoma in 1997, and the second, was the passing of Joyce’s mother, Coletta Kintzle, in 2010.
Two years ago, if you had told Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) junior Heather Paterson that she would add a minor to her nursing degree, she wouldn’t have believed you. Now that thought has changed.
When you ask Jamie Penrod about her students, her face lights up. “We get the cream of the crop,” she says.
The fifth annual #RedbirdProud Social Media Awards were held on May 2 to honor the great work of Illinois State’s social media managers.
Mennonite College of Nursing marks its centennial year having achieved a level of excellence and energy that belies the struggle behind its founding.
The Mennonite College of Nursing’s Associate Dean of Academics Denise Wilson and Instructional Assistant Professor Lynn Kennell will retire from Illinois State University.
The talk by Patch Adams, M.D., scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, has been moved to Braden Auditorium in Illinois State University’s Bone Student Center.
Ruth (Baughman) Oesch ’61 credits her rewarding nursing career to the preparation she received as a student of Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN). She holds equal appreciation for the donor who provided the scholarship funds she needed to pursue her passion.
Illinois State students do not have to wait until graduation to gain real-world experience. They don’t even have to get a summer internship to find out what it’s like to collaborate with a leading organization.
