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Ahead of Illinois State University’s LGBTQA+ reunion weekend, Wonsook Kim School of Art alum, drag queen, and entrepreneur Sharon ShareAlike ’94, M.F.A. ’98, joins Redbird Buzz. 
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Two Illinois State University alums are finalists for their design in the state of Illinois Flag Redesign contest. Public voting is underway online through February 14. 
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“Christian and Scooby,” a hand-balancing act that Christian Stoinev ’13 started as a teenager and brought to Illinois State University’s Gamma Phi Circus, has become a nationally beloved NBA and college basketball halftime show over the past 12 years. 

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Illinois State is launching a program designed to help faculty and instructional staff explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in their professional roles. The first cohort of Redbird AI-AIDE (Artificial Intelligence Advancing Innovation and Discovery in Education) will begin in spring of 2025.  

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