Engineering

Among those who spoke were Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule, Provost Ani Yazedjian, and dean of the college Tom Keyser.

The more than 28-acre site at G.E. Road is ready for students to arrive for classes by the start of the 2026 fall semester.

Illinois State University and Heartland Community College renewed their partnership Tuesday to help engineering and special education students transfer credits between the two schools.

The College of Engineering at Illinois State University is surpassing enrollment goals and showing promise for a statewide market in need of more engineers.

Students majoring in the inaugural programs at Illinois State University's new College of Engineering are feeling positive.

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.