Illinois State University Board of Trustees

The union representing building and dining service workers at Illinois State University has sued the university, alleging it violated state law by hiring temporary workers during the union’s strike, which is now in its third week.

ISU trustees approved funding for two major infrastructure projects aimed at easing the housing crunch and energy costs.

Illinois State University is trying to revive a stalled dorm and dining center project. It also wants to put a solar farm on the land, roofs, and maybe parking structures at its College of Engineering campus on GE Road in Bloomington.

Illinois State University has officially renamed its football field at Hancock Stadium in honor of former Board of Trustees member and alumnus Jay Bergman and his late wife Lori.

Kris Lutt is president of sustainable materials and strategic initiatives at ADM. He earned an MBA from Illinois State in 2006.

Gov. JB Pritzker named Doug Peterson, the director of AI strategy and implementation for Chicago-based pharmaceutical company AbbVie, to serve on ISU’s governing board.

A group of non-union workers at Illinois State University threatened to unionize during Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. Organizers say over 200 ISU employees have signed a petition asking for raises, in the wake of other collective bargaining on campus.

A leader for ISU's tenure and tenure-track faculty union told trustees they're inching close to a strike. The chair of the Academic Senate identified a pattern of "discordant labor relations" spanning multiple ISU presidents. And repairs to a campus parking garage may be impacted by proposed tariffs on steel.

Both housing and dining costs are set to increase 5%, pending a vote from Illinois State University's Board of Trustees on Friday. Meeting documents cite increased facilities costs, food costs and a higher minimum wage among the driving factors for the increases.

At a contentious meeting, Illinois State University's governing body approved the purchase of property from Country Financial, finalizing a plan to house the forthcoming College of Engineering on G.E. Road in Bloomington.