Category: Alumni

This article showcases stories from two of our finest recent teacher education graduates. You’ve read about their experiences, now tell us about yours! In this sesquicentennial year, the College of Education invites education alumni to share their thoughts and experiences on the topic of “it starts with education.” Submissions will be included in a project

Illinois State University President Al Bowman has named Dianne Ashby vice president of University Advancement following a nationwide search. As the vice president, Ashby leads Donor and Information Services, Alumni Relations, Development, Internal Campaigns and University Marketing and Communications.  She is also the executive director of the Illinois State University Foundation, the private fund-raising arm

Karen and Dave Magers both were raised to “leave things better than you found them,” a lesson they have taken to heart in their careers, community service and Illinois State University service. Dave is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer at Country Insurance after working in various positions at Growmark and the Illinois

When the University opened its doors in October of 1857 to 43 students, the founders must have known they were providing more than tangible books and classrooms. They were building a community where teaching and learning would become a way of life. Illinois State’s landscape is radically altered from 150 years ago. Academic programs have

Being a beginning teacher brings both joys and challenges. Illinois State University recognizes this and wants to support new teachers as they step into their new classrooms and grow professionally. A new Web site is designed to make it easy to access appropriate information from Illinois State University and from other sources. Take a look

With a coaching lineage that reads like a Who’s Who in college basketball and over two decades of success on the hardwood, Tim Jankovich was a logical choice for Illinois State’s Director of Athletics Sheahon Zenger. The former Kansas assistant coach was formally named the 18th head coach in Redbird men’s basketball history at a

The Alumni Relations office continues to work with Harris Connect, Inc. to produce a special alumni directory, the Illinois State University 150th Anniversary Alumni Edition.  Alumni will be receiving a postcard within the next few weeks and be asked to call the information verification center to update additional information in early May. Scheduled for release

Alumni are invited to a 150th Presidential/Alumni Event on Thursday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Ill. The evening will feature a program with President Al Bowman and University administrators as well as the presentation of the Maitland Commitment to Education Award. The choice of the two-year old,

An agriculture scholarship has been established in memory of 1988 Illinois State University alumna Jill Walker, who died in August. She was the wife of Paul Walker, professor of Agriculture at Illinois State, and mother of Samantha and Leslie. The scholarship was created and endowed by contributions from Paul Walker and the friends and family

Author, attorney and environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spoke at Illinois State University March 28 as part of Illinois State University’s 150th Celebration.  For those who were not able to hear his presentation in person, an audiocast of the speech is available by clicking on Our Environmental Destiny and selecting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s