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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.
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Illinois Wesleyan University has scheduled a big dorm renovation project for the buildings that house first-year students.
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Heartland Community College is expanding child care so students with kids can take evening classes, do research, and meet with faculty.
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In its quest to build enrollment, Illinois Wesleyan University is adding a women's wrestling team, and also reinstating men's wrestling that ended in 1985 after 23 years of competition.
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With an almost 20% increase in its student population, Eureka College is turning the focus toward growth and improving the services that help support those students.
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The Illinois State University fraternity involved in discriminatory vandalism has expelled some of its members, who recently painted anti-LGBTQ slurs on the houses of other Greek organizations.
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The Dean of Students office at Illinois State University and the campus PRIDE organization are condemning bigoted vandalism of Greek houses by members of a campus fraternity.
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Illinois State University has its biggest incoming class in 35 years this fall. Jana Albrecht, the university's associate vice president for enrollment management, said the 3,983 freshmen bring total enrollment to 20,683 students.
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Heartland Community College enrollment rose slightly this fall term, up 2% compared to last year. Enrollment by new students grew more than the overall number, at 6% growth.
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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.