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The Redbirds will next face Montana State in the FCS national championship game Jan. 5 in Nashville. Coach Brock Spack said Saturday's win is a real "shot in the arm" for the ISU Athletics program.

Family and friends enjoyed spending the weekend in the Philadelphia area as Illinois State football prepares to face Villanova in the FCS playoffs.

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's athletic training staff held an emergency training session with staff and students, inviting OSF HealthCare providers and trainers from local high schools for the first time.

Jeri Beggs is now officially ISU's athletics director, after serving in that role on an interim basis since May 2023. Beggs was named to the position Wednesday following a national search that began in November 2024.

Melinda Fischer is the winningest coach in Illinois State University history. A $100,000 fundraiser seeks to upgrade team facilities and provide professional development for student-athletes.

Student Athlete Mental Health Week starts Saturday, and Illinois State University has plans for every day of the week. WGLT spoke to ISU Athletics embedded counselor Lindsay Maxson, who helped develop the programming.

Illinois State University is partnering with State Farm to pack one million meals in one day for Illinois families facing food insecurity.

Andy Butler was one of the so-called Redbird 7 who died in a plane crash on April 7, 2015, while returning home from the NCAA college basketball championship game in Indianapolis.

Following a Board of Trustees meeting Friday, an Illinois State spokesperson said the university is preparing to launch a national search for a permanent athletics director in the coming weeks.