Illinois Army National Guardsmen and Politics and Government students James Buol, Doyle Bedwell, and Mark Hocker pose for a quick photo showing their Redbird pride on their recent tour of duty in Iraq.
The Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University has over four hundred students majoring in Politics and Government and over two hundred students with minors in the department. Our students are very involved in campus life, many are leaders in student government, others take part in activities in the Politics and Government lifestyle floors of the residence halls, and still others participate in a host of different student organizations.
The department also hosts an annual conference in which students from Illinois State, as well as a host of other universities are able to come together and share their research. Aside from from the on-site learning benefits of departmental internships, tthere are also many opportunities for students to travel, both nationally and abroad to further their academic experience.