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A recent report shows that schools across Region 17 — which covers DeWitt, Livingston, Logan, and McLean counties — need more mental and behavioral health resources.
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The Unit 5 school board wants the administration to consider a ban on cell phones in district schools.
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YouthBuild McLean County — a school serving low-income youth and adolescents — is getting $180,000 through the Lowe’s Homegrants program to transform two acres of its “backyard” into a sanctuary for staff and students, complete with recreational space, garden plots and a goose habitat.
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A group of Illinois State University faculty members are working on the research and development of physical spaces and social practices that foster relationships between people of different generations.
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The Higher Learning Commission will accept public comment on the matter through Sept. 27. The regional accrediting body has evaluated and accredited ISU for more than 100 years since 1913.
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Jean Miller also garnered a $12 million donation from ISU alumna Wonsook Kim and formed the School of Creative Technologies.
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Come this fall, students will be able to major in sociology-criminology, supply chain management or communication.
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The school board on Wednesday accepted an amended budget that is close to the document reviewed in January.
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The District 87 school board on Wednesday discussed the district’s amended annual budget, as well as the budgets for vocational training programs, while superintendent David Mouser expressed some concerns about the proposed TIF district for downtown Bloomington.
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The college in Normal is requesting funding through the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s RAMP [Resource Allocation and Management Program] for a new health sciences center and a new career and technical education building.
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A federal contribution to a new STEM/Science Lab Building at Illinois State University could come with the help of U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, who has requested funding for 15 projects in his district, including $15 million for the ISU building.
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Abigail Kerr was selected to replace Mark Brodl in January as interim provost for a one-year term. She left higher education altogether on May 31.