From renewable energy research and hands-on healthcare training to nationally recognized arts programs, Division I athletics, and global learning experiences, Redbirds turn passion into purpose.Whether you’re exploring majors in STEM, business, education, the arts, or health sciences, Illinois State offers over 160 academic programs designed to prepare you for real careers and real impact.The sky is the limit.🎓 Apply to Illinois State University: https://illinoisstate.edu/apply/ 📍 Visit campus: https://connect.illinoisstate.edu/portal/campus-visit 🔔 Subscribe to learn more about life as a Redbird.

The Redbird Reflections: An Illinois State University Archives Pop-Up Museum invited the campus community to explore the history of Illinois State University through preserved artifacts, archival materials, and stories shared in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center. University Archivist April Anderson Zorn shares the stories behind featured items, including presentations highlighting the University flag and presidential history.

See students, faculty, staff, and alumni gather in the Bone Student Center's Brown Ballroom before heading to the Quad to ring the bell in celebration of Illinois State University's founding. One by one, members of the campus community lined up to honor the University’s history while sounding off in celebration of the people who continue to shape its future.

The Dialogues & Dishes interactive gathering explores food and design as powerful catalysts for connection, identity, and belonging. Participants engage in a hands-on cooking experience, guided by facilitators who share stories through ingredients—highlighting Indigenous crops and reflecting on themes of colonial injustice, migration, and familial traditions.The sensory experiences of cooking and tasting sparked intimate discussions on cultural identity, memory, and community. Through shared food and dialogue, participants created a Torana—symbolic gateways in South and East Asian cultures that represent hospitality, auspiciousness, and the act of welcoming others. The Torana, designed using diverse visual languages, serves as frameworks for design educators and practitioners to reimagine narratives, structures, and forms of social advocacy in response to today’s shifting political and cultural landscapes. Participants drew texts, images, and objects that inspire or reflect their own cultural or educational backgrounds. The gathering fosters cross-cultural dialogue and creative expression, inviting participants to reflect on how food and design can cultivate belonging, identity, and community in both personal and collective spaces.

The energy in CEFCU Arena is unmatched, and our Redbirds always keep the momentum alive. Take a step inside and experience a victory game over one of our biggest rivals.

From renewable energy research and hands-on healthcare training to nationally recognized arts programs, Division I athletics, and global learning experiences, Redbirds turn passion into purpose.Whether you’re exploring majors in STEM, business, education, the arts, or health sciences, Illinois State offers over 160 academic programs designed to prepare you for real careers and real impact.The sky is the limit.🎓 Apply to Illinois State University: https://illinoisstate.edu/apply/ 📍 Visit campus: https://connect.illinoisstate.edu/portal/campus-visit 🔔 Subscribe to learn more about life as a Redbird.

Finding her voice through hands-on experience at WGLT, Courtney Conroy is building her future in public media. A junior journalism and mass communications major at Illinois State University, Courtney is gaining the skills and confidence to serve her community through storytelling. Watch her share how public media has shaped her path and prepared her for a career in journalism.

For senior finance major Erik Maldonado, each day at Illinois State begins early and balances academics, work, and campus involvement. From attending finance lectures to supporting fellow students as a Career Services receptionist, Erik plays an active role in helping others navigate their career goals.

Senior agribusiness major Dru Thigpen returned to Costa Rica for an Alternative Winter Break trip after a meaningful experience with the program. From January 1–10, Dru and fellow Redbirds made a #RedbirdImpact by working in Montelirio, Río Cuarto de Alajuela, repairing and improving a home for Nicaraguan immigrants through hands-on services. For Dru, the experience was about giving back while helping guide other students, deepening cultural understanding, and growing as a global citizen through service. 👏

Illinois State University marked a major milestone with the groundbreaking of the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts transformation project. University leaders, students, and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker joined the campus community for the ceremonial start of construction that will modernize and expand fine arts facilities — including a new Commons Building, upgraded visual and performing arts spaces, and extensive renovations to support creativity and collaboration for future Redbirds.