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Candice Halbert ’01 urges students to take advantage of opportunities and pay it forward during her keynote speech at Thursday’s STEM Social program in the Vrooman Center

ISU alumna pushes for more diversity in STEM fields

Illinois State alumna Candice Halbert ’01 encouraged students to take advantage of opportunities and pay it forward during her keynote speech at Thursday’s STEM Social program in the Vrooman Center 
Student reporters Tiffani Jackson and Darnysha Mitchell, here with Korva Coleman, were named Korva Coleman Scholars at WGLT’s Radio Faces event October 18 at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Uptown Normal. (Photo by WGLT student photographer Izzy Carroll)

WGLT interns earn scholarships for work promoting diversity, inclusion

Growing up devouring the pages of African American investigative journalist Ida B. Wells and studying CNN and NPR political analyst Angela Rye’s commentary, Illinois State junior Tiffani Jackson wanted to get into media for one reason: “Be the change you can see.” 
Traci Carte in her office.

1,857th employee donor helps Illinois State Rise to the Challenge

Traci Carte, director of the School of Information Technology, became the 1,857th Illinois State employee donor to help the campus community rise to the challenge issued by President Larry Dietz on Founders Day 2019. 
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