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Festival ISU

Festival ISU 2025

Tuesday, August 26 – Wednesday, August 27

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Quad

Festival ISU is your opportunity to meet with fellow students, learn about the wide variety of Illinois State University registered student organizations (RSOs), and discover ways you can get involved.

Event Details:

Each day of Festival ISU highlights the following RSOs and campus departments:

Tuesday, August 26

Categories of organizations: Agriculture, Business, Communication, Education, Event Planning, Gaming/Gaming Culture, Leadership/Advisory, Media, Performance, Recreation, Sport Clubs, Technology

Partcipants as of 5.20.2025:

Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance
Admissions
Alumni Engagement
Association of Latino Professionals For America
Association of Male Educators
Association of Residence Halls
Braille Birds
Business Analytics Society
Career Services
Clinical Experiences and Licensure Processes, Cecilia J. Lauby Education Center
College Mentors for Kids
Collegiate Middle Level Association 
Cybersecurity Club
Data Science, Mathematics and Statistics Club
Department of Special Education
Ebb and Flow Events
Efaw Center for Educator Excellence, College of Education
English
Euphemism
Fencing Club at Illinois State University
Forensics Union
Future Business Leadership of America Collegiate at ISU
Gamma Iota Sigma
Impact Dance Team 
Komet
Latin American and Latino Studies
Leadership Education and Development
Math Education Club
Men's Water Polo Club at Illinois State University
Pi Sigma Epsilon 
Poise Dance Team
Professional Development Schools (PDS), Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center
Redbird AI and Innovation
Redbird Kpop Club
Redbird Sign Language Association
Redbird Zine Club
Sales Excellence Academy 
Sequin Magazine
Student Accounting Society
Student Alumni Council
Student Health Information Management Association
The Screenwriter’s Guild at Illinois State
Vocal Movement
Women in Business
Women's Rugby Club at Illinois State University
Women's Volleyball Club at Illinois State University
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Wednesday, August 27

Categories of organizations: Advocacy, Civic Engagement, Cultural/Ethnic, Faith/Spiritual, Graduate Students, Health/Medical, Honor Society, Political, Science, Service, Social Science, Social Sororities and Fraternities, Sustainability

Partcipants as of 5.20.2025:

Admissions
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority - Beta Omicron
Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
Alpha Psi Lambda National, Inc.
Applied Community Economic Development Students Association
Association of Latinx American Students
Astronomy Club
Career Services
Chi Omega
Christian Students at ISU
College Democrats at Illinois State University
College Republicans
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Facilities Services
FarmHouse 
Friends For Peace
Gamma Phi Beta
Honors Program
Indian Student Association 
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. 
Leadership Education and Development
Magnify
Merge at ISU
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs - Women of Enlightenment Chapter
Office of Student Research
Office of Student Research
Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Nu Omicron Chapter
Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity 
Phi Sigma Sigma
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Alpha Sorority
Sigma Chi Fraternity 
Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc. 
Student Environmental Action Coalition
Student Legislative Action Coalition 
SustainableSTATE
Turning Point USA at Illinois State University
Undergraduate Women in Economics & Economics Student Association
Wittenberg Lutheran Student Organization
Women's History Club
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Zeta Theta Pi Local Service Sorority 

Event Registration:

To register an RSO, complete the Festival ISU RSO Registration form on Redbird Life.

To register a campus department, complete the Festival ISU Campus Department Registration form on Redbird Life.

For questions, contact Amy Miller at ajmill2@IllinoisState.edu.

Use Redbird Life to learn more about our RSOs before Festival ISU 2025.

Business vendors: Festival ISU is focused on assisting the Illinois State registered student organizations establish and grow their membership as well as helping campus departments to connect with students. Applications from community business vendors will not be accepted for Festival ISU.

Bloomington/Normal service organizations: The Center for Civic Engagement will contact 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations directly with more details regarding the Civic Engagement Fair.