BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Police investigating the disappearance of an Illinois State University graduate student are asking the public for tips as the search for the young man continues nearly a month after he vanished.

Twenty-five-year-old Jelani Day was last seen Aug. 24. His family from Danville and a faculty member reported him missing after he did not show up for class for several days.

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Bloomington police said Monday they need tips from the public in their ongoing search.

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Day's mother says it’s not like him to disappear without telling them his whereabouts. She says he wants to become a doctor and was attending ISU to get his master’s degree in speech pathology.