Engineering

G.E. Road in Bloomington is getting resurfaced this summer from Veterans Parkway to Towanda Barnes Road, and construction has already begun.

Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe says Illinois State University's future presence on Bloomington's east side may spark development of Country Financial’s remaining 26 vacant acres at GE and Hershey roads.

Illinois State University staff is asking trustees to approve up to $14 million in borrowing to help finance the new Mennonite School of Nursing Simulation Lab Building. Trustees meet Friday to take up that issue and a number of other proposals.

Incoming College of Engineering dean Thomas Keyser and ISU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Aondover Tarhule lay out what's next for the first department created at ISU in decades.

Thomas Keyser will become the dean of the Illinois State University new engineering college in April. He currently serves as dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Management at the Oregon Institute of Technology.

Illinois State University President Terri Goss Kinzy says people on campus can feel the difference in energy from the last two years that were dominated by COVID-19. She takes the high spirits among students on the first day of class, and among faculty during an opening reception, as positive signs.

Illinois State University officials said the new College of Engineering will create a more welcoming environment to encourage women and minority students who previously have shied away from engineering careers.

A group that represents 250 engineering firms in the state says it's excited about Illinois State University's decision to start a College of Engineering.

It had been hoped last month that the Illinois Board of Higher Education would approve a new College of Engineering proposal by Illinois State University. It didn’t happen. But it's still very much on ISU's to-do list.

Illinois State University’s president says he’s moving ahead with plans for a new engineering college, despite recent opposition in the Academic…