Category: Alumni

President Bowman is challenging Redbirds to come together and enhance the Student Fitness and Kinesiology/Recreation Building. Funds raised will be used for maintenance and equipment for the climbing wall, and to build a bouldering wall. When the building is finished, President Bowman, who is a seasoned mountain climber, will go head to head with the

Renovation work is about to get underway at Watterson Towers, which opened in 1968 and is home to approximately 2,200 students. The hall will remain open during work that is set to begin in March and includes exterior repairs to the facade as well as interior upgrades. The work is expected to be completed in

The alumni magazine, Illinois State, is published quarterly in February, May, August and November. A popular section of the magazine, Class Notes, allows alumni to share with fellow alumni and the campus community information on job changes, promotions, special honors, retirements, marriages, births and adoptions. Alumni are encouraged to submit their information, which will be

Lake Superior College sociology instructor Marlise Riffel ’73, M.S. ’79, was named the 2009 Minnesota Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The two entities partner to offer the U.S. Professors of the Year awards. Riffel was one of only

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Keep an eye on the mailbox, as the February issue of the alumni magazine will be arriving soon. In this issue of Illinois State you will find the following features: Milner Library is home to priceless treasures. Take a look behind the locked doors of the Special Collections and Rare Book Room to see what

Did your New Year’s resolutions include creating or updating your will? Ultimately, planning your estate involves deciding whom you want to receive your cash, home, retirement account, stocks and other property after your lifetime. But you also need to decide how to pass your assets to incur the least possible cost. Following are the main

Despite difficult economic times across the country in recent months, the University received more than $10 million in new gifts in fiscal year 2009. That good news was announced in the Illinois State University Foundation Annual Report 2008-2009, which is available online at www.advancement.ilstu.edu. The report includes statistics that show $10,780,330 in new gifts was

The Illinois State Career Center works to serve alumni who are seeking employment assistance. The University partners with businesses as they look for a way to recruit top-notch Illinois State students and graduates. The Career Center has a long-standing history of building and managing close relationships with Fortune 500, government, education, healthcare and not-for-profit organizations.

For the seventh consecutive year, Illinois State Athletics will host the “Taste of Redbirds” event in Horton Field House prior to the Illinois State-Bradley men’s basketball game on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena. This year’s event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30. Admission to the event is free,