Appears In
Recruiting Redbirds: Alumni experiences encourage enrollment
15 years later: FBI agent recalls nation’s greatest test
Trailblazer: Young alum covers campaign for Bloomberg Politics
One child, one home: Alumna works to reform foster care
Where are they now: Larry Quane
Passing grade: The secret behind ISU’s graduation rate
Redbird legacy: Alumna follows in footsteps of great-grandmother
How we met: Raul Rodriguez and Nicole Davila
Reggie Reads: August 2016
Redbird great Doug Collins to be inducted into national Hall of Fame
Volleyball stand-out in Olympic training
Athletes remain strong in classroom
Mail to the Editor: August 2016
Redbird golfer takes MVC championship
Redbirds scattered far across the country
Senior athletes celebrated
Pause for applause: Christine Mitchell-Endsley
Directors chosen for Alumni Association
Pause for applause: Sam Alex
Pause for applause: Justin Dearborn
South Campus demolition unearths two time capsules
Illinois State an economic engine for McLean County
Why is Bill Shields such a rock star at Illinois State?
Each year Education Week profiles innovative school district leaders. Among the 13 chosen in 2016 is ISU College of Education graduate Julio Cesar Contreras ’01, who overcame obstacles to soar in education.
He now supervises six middle and high school principals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are 40,000 students in the district he joined after working in Chicago schools for 11 years, beginning as a teacher. His leadership strategies focus on teamwork, pushing for solutions and realizing everyone has gifts.
The son of strong Mexican immigrants, he strengthens school communities through increased parental involvement.
