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While many alumni can point to a particular professor who was a positive influence during their academic career, Emily Miller Kimmey’s top three list includes a Student Affairs associate dean, Development director and University president. “I loved being in college,” Miller Kimmey said.  “Jill Benson (associate dean of students) probably had the most influence on

There have been so many stories, shows, movies and books about individuals who have one life by day and another by night that it is almost a cliché. Illinois State University’s personal example of that cliché is Latasha Fox ’99, an auditor accountant for Edward Jones by day and a St. Louis Rams cheerleader by

A writer specializing in the horror genre, Mort Castle ’68 recently announced that his work, The Strangers, has been adapted into a screenplay for a movie by Whitewater Films. The Strangers presents Michael Louden, who is, in Castle’s words, “your ever-so-average nice guy, your neighbor, your friend–except he wants to kill you and your family

The influence educators have on their students is often immeasurable, but Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Mark Wyman is well able to gauge his influence on former student, Stephane Booth. Booth and her husband, David Booth, established the Mark Wyman Scholarship to honor her master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation advisor and subsequent colleague. The first

For some of you, this is your first edition of the Illinois State E-lumni News. A total of 2,884 new Redbirds automatically joined the Alumni Association after May graduation. This brings the total number of living graduates to 160,943. To our newest graduates: Welcome! Be sure to check out the special New Graduates Web page

“We’ve got your number.” That’s the message Illinois State had for students, faculty, staff and alumni in late May as the University Identification (UID) number replaced Social Security Numbers (SSNs) for all Illinois State records, documents and services that require forms. The change was a response to the increasing risk of identity theft tied to

Effective summer 2005, Alumni Services became Alumni Association, a move that underscores the office’s most important activities — cultivating and enhancing the relationship between the University and its former students. Along with the name change, Alumni Association assumed leadership of the Annual Fund, a year-round effort to gather contributions and updated information from alumni. With

In mid-June, President Al Bowman announced the appointment of Dianne Ashby as the interim vice president of University Advancement. She began her new position on July 18. Ashby, the dean of the College of Education since 2001, was appointed to a two-year term leading Advancement Services, Alumni Association, Development, University Marketing and Communication and Events,

Dateline: Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 27, 6 p.m. — Mercury I, the Illinois State Physics department’s first ever solar car entry, pulled in to Calgary, completing the North American Solar Car Challenge (NASC) race! Officially placing 18th out of 42 teams originally entered and 20 teams that qualified, the ISU team considers this first solar

On Monday, July 18, workers at the Schroeder Hall Annex rehabilitation project got a surprise when they found a 40-year old time capsule in a cornerstone. On Wednesday, University officials held a ceremony to open the sealed copper box which had been placed in the building during the Annex’s construction. A variety of documents provided