Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds

ISU celebrating 100 years of homecoming
Other information about events throughout the week can be found here. (Twitter/Illinois State University Homecoming)By Neil DoyleNORMAL – Illinois State University is celebrating 100 years of ho...
Syndicated Author Oct 12, 2021

ISU leaders pleased by high vaccination rates among students, employees
ISU is starting the school year requiring students, faculty, and staff to provide proof of vaccination, while those who don’t show proof must submit to weekly saliva-based COVID-19 testing. (WJB...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

ISU to require face coverings in all public indoor spaces
ISU issued the directive Wednesday as McLean County is currently designated as having "substantial" transmission by the CDC. (Facebook/Bone Student Center) By Neil Doyle NORMAL – In accor...
Syndicated Author Jul 29, 2021

26 acres of ISU-owned land might soon be up for sale
Trustees are scheduled to meet Friday at 9 a.m. in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. (Facebook/Bone Student Center)By HOI ABCNORMAL – Illinois State University is seeking permission...
Syndicated Author Jul 21, 2021

Final WJBC interview for retiring ISU president
Illinois State University’s 19th President Dr. Larry Dietz. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleNORMAL – A career that spanned five decades is coming to a close. Illinois State University ...
Syndicated Author Jun 30, 2021

ISU’s Board of Trustees discuss a potential increase in costs for students
A 1% increase in costs would generate an estimated additional $2 million. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – Illinois State University’s Board of Trust...
Syndicated Author Apr 05, 2021

Graduate Workers Union claims ISU is trying to take away their first amendment rights
The university also said they respect the rights of the union to protest and are awaiting a response from the union on their counterproposals. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC) By Heart of Illin...
Syndicated Author Mar 26, 2021

As strike vote looms, ISU graduate teaching assistants plan ‘silent protest’
A federal mediator is now involved in contract negotiations, which started in October 2019. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)By Heart of IllinoisNORMAL – The union representing more ...
Syndicated Author Mar 25, 2021

ISU Opts Out of Last Four Games
ISU football coach Brock Spack says the health and safety of the team is most important (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com) NORMAL (HOI) — A day after Illinois State picked up its first win of ...
Syndicated Author Mar 22, 2021

ISU graduate teaching assistants say contract talks enter ‘strike readiness’ phase
The union said ISU responded with “more poverty proposals” that would not give all TAs a raise and no break on student fees. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC NORMAL ̵...
Syndicated Author Mar 04, 2021



