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Design rendering of a hotel restaurant with long, beaded light fixtures and curtains hanging from the ceiling, and round tables with traditional Saudi floor-seating, including accomodations for wheelchair users.

Interior design grad student Phoebe Nguyen earns national award for inclusive hotel concept

Phoebe Nguyen's commitment to designing spaces that are beautiful and inclusive earned her the 2025 Student Visionary Award from PAVE Global.

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Siblings become youngest Redbirds to establish COB endowed scholarship

The Waller family’s deep roots at Illinois State University stretch across three generations. The University has meant so much to the family that siblings Justin and Sara Waller have established the Waller Family Endowed Scholarship—the youngest Redbirds to do so for the College of Business.

Birds battle Bobcats in national title game, carry resilience into overtime

Despite Illinois State outscoring Montana State 14-0 in the fourth quarter to force overtime, the Redbirds fell short, 35-34, on an extra point kick by the Bobcats Monday night in the FCS Championship game at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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