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Spring commencement 2026: The best moments that make us #RedbirdProud

Check out this year’s roundup of some of the best photos and videos from 2026 spring commencement.  
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Graduating Redbirds by the numbers: May 2026

More than 3,800 Illinois State University students will earn degrees this May, with spring commencement scheduled for Friday, May 8-Saturday, May 9, 2026, in CEFCU Arena. 
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Suggestions sought for GE Road Complex name

Share suggestions and ideas for the new name of the ISU GE Road Complex by May 31.  

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Milner Library and CIPD to host workshops on open educational resources

In collaboration with the Center for Integrated Professional Development, Milner Library will offer three workshops this summer on open educational resources (OER), which are freely available and openly licensed course materials. 

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Athletic training graduate student Kyrrah Randolph receives 2026 Future Alumni Leader Award 
From left: Celia Wolak, Makenna Williams, and Lily Whittington paint a school mural in Ngong Hills, Kenya.

Redbirds in Kenya
Flowers bloom in front of Fell Hall.

Doctoral student Mouna Bounouader empowers the next generation
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Things that make us #RedbirdProud: Summer 2025