Condolences

At this time, Illinois State University offers its condolences to family and friends of two members of our Redbird Family who died last week in unrelated incidents. Thomas M. Sarwark, a freshman from Burr Ridge, Illinois, and Patrick Cragg, a senior Criminal Justice major from Burbank, Illinois, will be dearly missed as members of the Illinois State community.

The visitation for Tom Sarwark will be on Tuesday, May 8, from 3-8 p.m. at Adolph Funeral Home, 7000 S. Madison Street, Willowbrook, Illinois. The funeral will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31st and York Road, Oak Brook, Illinois.

The visitation for Patrick Cragg will be Wednesday from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Modell Funeral Home, 5725 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL. The funeral services will be on Thursday at 11 a.m. at St.Turibius Church, 5646 S. Karlov, Chicago, IL.

Students seeking support are encouraged to contact Student Counseling Services at (309) 438-3655.

Katie Bickham

Elementary Education major from Waukegan, Illinois.

On living in the residence halls ...

“I lived on a Lifestyle floor my freshman year in Manchester Hall — an Elementary Education Lifestyle floor. That meant that everyone on my floor was an Elementary Education major. My resident assistant was also an upper classman and an Elementary Education major, so living on that floor provided me with a lot of different experiences, from having my own faculty mentor to having different kinds of developmental meetings to further my career as a teacher.”