Category: Colleges

Alumnus Gavin Glynn learned self-discipline from dance instructor, Dwayne Goodwin–a lesson that assisted him in fostering and adopting five children as a single parent. As Glynn said for the Lasting Impressions column, he wanted to be part of the American Heritage Dance Tour in Russia so he gave up trips home and was expected to

When we started the periodic column, Lasting Impressions, which honors current faculty and staff who left a lasting impression with alumni, many of you wished to honor faculty and staff who had left Illinois State University or were deceased. The following are alumni responses for those individuals who are no longer actively engaged in teaching

For the first time the College of Business is presenting its Early Career Achievement Awards (ECAA) to 15 truly outstanding young alumni who have experienced significant professional success.  In May an email about the award was sent to current and retired faculty and staff, and to all COB alumni for whom we had correct email

Illinois State’s College of Business (COB) has adopted BusinessWeek as a teaching tool in all Business 100 courses, which are required of freshmen and sophomore business students. A cover wrap featuring the COB was created for a special magazine edition featuring “Trouble at the Office? – Toxic Bosses, Work/Life Balance, Generational Tension.” It will be

By Matt Kurnick (September 19, 2008) Beginning on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, the Center for Reading and Literacy on the third floor of DeGarmo Hall at Illinois State University will forever be known as the Mary and Jean Borg Center for Reading and Literacy. The naming will provide all that enter the Center with a reminder

A steady stream of past Walker and Dunn-Barton residents are contributing to the University Housing Services Student Employee Scholarship fund with the purchase of door knobs, mailboxes and room-number plates from the soon-to-be demolished buildings. Close to 70 people have ordered one or more of the memorabilia. Arles Hendershott Love was the first one to

Nan Klein ’73 believes that the best teachers are ones who have a real calling to the career and who have a passion to educate as well as enlarge and enlighten the world of their students. That is why she has established the Nan Schuman Klein Future Teacher Scholarship to support students who have a

Two new scholarships for students in Illinois State University’s College of Business have been made possible through the Flessner Family Endowed Scholarship Fund. The fund was recently established by Paul Flessner, a retired senior vice president at Microsoft and a 1981 graduate of Illinois State’s business information systems program. The Flessner Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

“Until I took a class with Raymond Clemens, I never realized how much more there was out there to learn,” said Kristi Dean ’06. “He teaches everyone who takes one of his courses to always look past the mainstream, always question and to look for more than what is put in front of you.” Dean

“I tell everyone that I am where I am today because I attended Illinois State University,” said Kathleen Embry. She added that her respect for Illinois State is one reason why she likes to donate her time and funds to the Family and Consumer Sciences (FSC) department, Alumni Relations and the College of Applied Science