Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in Downtown Chicago is a city within a city. These 26,000 individuals rely on Keith Kambic ’86 to keep them safe and secure.
Alum oversees safety, security at Chicago’s Willis Tower
Category: Features
ISU alums guide inner-city school with legal focus
The glaring lack of minority attorneys in the United States is a big, complicated problem, one that critics say has created a justice system that’s not so just for clients of color.
Dietz presidency caps a career rooted in service
From a childhood spent working on the family farm to his career in public higher education as a professor and administrator, Larry Dietz has made a lifelong commitment to facilitating growth.
Oral history of ISU’s beer riot, 30 years later
The night became known as the beer riot, and it’s still one of Illinois State’s most embarrassing episodes. It’s been 30 years, but it feels more like 300 given today’s thriving town-gown relationship.
Students partner with retirees for insights on life
Illinois State recognized long ago the desirability of bridging the gap between college students preparing to enter the workplace and individuals on the other end of the spectrum.
Breaking a bully’s grip
As the largest preparer of Illinois teachers, Illinois State University faculty, staff, and students are taking a stand against bullying through research, curricula, and programming.
Costa Rican jungle becomes living classroom for biology students
For 10 days over the Thanksgiving break, 12 students in the School of Biological Sciences came eyeball-to-eyeball with tropical monkeys, snakes, and ants in one of the liveliest places in the world.
How Illinois State’s Peace Corps programs can change everything
At its core, Peace Corps is about change, for those in the communities it serves and the volunteers who describe the experience as transformative.
Rogue producer: Alum creates original theater in the land of TV
Illinois State alum John Flynn has achieved a theatrical goal that critics and theatergoers alike would have said was impossible a decade ago. He has created and sustained a theatrical enterprise heavily devoted to launching new works.
Old school: Reflections of one-room schoolhouse teachers
Illinois State alumni who taught in one-room schoolhouses vividly recall the enormous workload, and are equally quick to speak of the reward.
