This week’s series profile features Dr. Samantha McDonald, an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation.
CAST new faculty profile series: Dr. Samantha McDonald, Kinesiology and Recreation
Category: College of Applied Science and Technology
Sign up for spring Fresh FAVs by January 28
Forget the grocery store. Fresh FAVs is a program that brings fruits and vegetables right to campus. Open to students, faculty, staff, and retirees, Fresh FAVs offers low-cost, high-quality produce once a week for eight weeks. In its third year, Fresh FAVs aims to increase the availability and consumption of fresh produce for the campus
FCS major is also highest ranking ROTC cadet
Here is a Q&A with Jessica Fields, a family and consumer sciences (FCS) major, who also leads cadets as the battalion commander of ROTC at Illinois State.
Construction students participate in Loughlin Golf Outing
Several Illinois State University students participated in the 10th annual James D. Loughlin Golf Outing fundraiser on September 19, 2015.
ISU alum’s book explores how prisons depicted in pop culture
Congratulations to Dawn K. Cecil ’93, M.A. ’95, on the publication of her first book, Prison Life in Popular Culture: From The Big House to Orange Is the New Black, which is an extensive examination of how prisons are depicted in the media and other aspects of popular culture.
Soderlund receives CAST Outstanding Graduate Researcher – Project Category
Chase Soderlund’s research project has been awarded the College of Applied Science and Technology Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
A Day in the Life of a CAST Alum: Clint Riley, Information Technology
Clint Riley ‘11 is a software engineer for Google.
CJS graduate student receives honorable mention at MCJA conference
Clayton Cottle ’15, a graduate student in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences, received an honorable mention at the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association conference in Chicago.
October declared Exercise is Medicine Month
At Illinois State University, October has been named Exercise is Medicine month in hopes to promote a fit, active lifestyle campuswide.
Fashion at the Mansion October 17
The Illinois State University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences will present Fashion at the Mansion from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, October 17, at the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington.
