Trick-or-Treat at the Manor, October 31

Ewing Manor

Ewing Cultural Center will once again host the free Trick-or-Treat at the Manor event from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, October 31. Trick-or-treaters can stroll through the grounds around Ewing Manor, snap some fall photos, and enjoy a sweet treat.

Ghostly Tales under the Stars at the Planetarium

Image projected from the Illinois State University Planetarium new system.

Prepare for shivers and chills at the Illinois State University Planetarium with Ghostly Tales under the Stars.  Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. and midnight Friday, October 25, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 26. Join the storytellers of the Improv Mafia as they perform frightening tales of the supernatural live beneath the stars. The

Board of Trustees approves operating budget, contracts

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The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University approved the University’s annual operating budget of $479.2 million for FY2020 during its October 2019 meeting, and authorized expenditures from tentative budget allocations before state appropriations for FY2020 were known.

Research and Honors

image of laboratory test tubes

Honors, presentations, and publications from Illinois State University faculty and staff.

Board of Trustees to meet October 18

ISU seal projected

The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University will hold its next quarterly meeting at 9 a.m. Friday, October 18, in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center. The pre-meeting discussion hour, at 8 a.m. in the Bone Student Center Circus Room, will feature a presentation on the Honors Program. An agenda and