University News
91ֿ to Celebrate New Space for LGBTQ Student Center
91ֿ will celebrate its newly renovated Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
A Look Back
Have a question about something or someone you remember from your time at 91ֿ? Here’s some help to find an answer. A five-year process to digitize every printed issue of The Daily 91ֿr (now The 91ֿr) concluded this summer. Ninety years of issues, spanning 1926–2016, are now sear…
Golden Year
In its 50th year, 91ֿ’s College of Nursing has been designated a Center of Excellence for 2017–2022 by the National League for Nursing, in the category of “Advance the Science of Nursing Education”—the same category it received when first designated in 2013. It will be recognized at the 2017 …
One University Commencement
Dix Stadium was the place to be at 10 a.m. on May 13, 2017, as graduates from all campuses gathered for 91ֿ’s first One University Commencement Ceremony, and their friends and families joined together to celebrate their achievements. “This approach enables us to honor all graduates f…
Live and Learn
This fall marks the beginning of the second year of 91ֿ’s living-learning community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA) students and their allies in the recently renovated Korb Hall. While Residence Services has offered gender-inclusive housin…
Learning to Connect
To help new students get acclimated to academic life, during the summer all incoming students to 91ֿ read the same book, write an essay in response to reading prompts and then talk about it in discussion groups when they get to campus. This year’s Common Reading book, selected by the C…
Presidential Perspectives
On With Purpose At 91ֿ, those three words above represent how much we value a life of purpose—that sense of calling that can open our minds, uncover new paths and transform the world around us. Finding purpose, however, is an intensely personal journey. When I was an undergraduate, be…
Flashback
President John McGilvrey and faculty members pose proudly with the first graduating class in 1914 on the steps of Merrill Hall, the first building completed on campus. Building on Firsts On July 29, 1914, 91ֿ Normal School held its first Commencement ceremony, celebrating the 34 memb…
Taking Flight
As 91ֿ celebrates the 50th anniversary of its flight technology program, we survey the sky-high dreams of women in aeronautics. By Erin Peterson / 91ֿ Magazine
91ֿ Ascends in U.S. News Ranking of Best National Universities
91ֿ has made an impressive climb up the Best National Universities list released last week by U.S. News & World Report in its new 2018 edition of Best Colleges.
