Category: Alumni

The Virginia Tech shootings brought the Illinois State University campus together in several ceremonies organized and promoted by students.  The first was the ringing of the Old Main Bell 32 times, one for each life lost at Virginia Tech, on the University’s quad on Friday, April 20. The second event was a vigil on the

Social Work alumna Stacey Wiggins said Judith Sevel had a major impact on her life.  Sevel was her professor in the first class social work students take to learn about counseling and working with clients. While Sevel did not always reward Wiggins with high marks, when Wiggins started bringing her grades up, she received a

Laurel Louise Anderson ’73 waited 23 years to finish her baccalaureate degree in English, coming back to school at Illinois State University at the age of 40 with three children still at home. She said her confidence level was higher, she worked harder and the interaction with her professors was different as a nontraditional student.

In honor of the University’s sesquicentennial celebration, the Alumni Association and Alumni Relations office has partnered with Harris Connect, Inc. to produce a special alumni directory, the “Illinois State University 150th Anniversary Alumni Edition.”  E-mail and printed questionnaires for information verfication were sent in early March. Scheduled for release in December 2007, the directory will

The University’s Student Alumni Council offers three $1,000 scholarships to sons and daughters of Illinois State graduates. The nonrenewable scholarships are made possible by a donation from the family of Marion H. Dean ’27 and contributions from the Student Alumni Council. The scholarships help ease the strain of college expenses, reward an accomplished student and

Homecoming royalty was brought back to Illinois State University in 2000 after an absence of many years in an effort to help promote pride and instill Homecoming traditions with both students and alumni.  Each year, students apply for selection to the Student Homecoming Court, with a king and queen selected from the court.  Likewise, an

Alumni Relations staff have compiled a reunion planning guide to assist alumni who are interested in coordinating a reunion. Whether the intent is to get together with former classmates or club members, this guide will make reunion planning simpler by outlining responsibilities and detailing how Alumni Relations staff can assist the planners.  There is a

Five alumni will lend their expertise to Business Week. The following alumni, hosted by College of Business student organizations, will participate in a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m. and will give individual presentations at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5.  These events are free and open to the public. Jeffrey Cavanaugh ’90 Business Administration Chief

Five alumni felt so strongly that Illinois State University provided a basis for their professional success that the friends decided to create the Redbird 5 Scholarship to make a difference in current students’ lives. Larry Apfelbaum ’83, an attorney with Konaski & Associates; Mark Bruker ’85, MS ’87, Ogilvy and Mather; Jeff Charnogorsky ’85, owner

“Change brings uncertainty, but it also opens new doors,” said Michelle Rojo ’90, who has taken advantage of those new doors in her 17-year banking career. As a newly graduated finance major from Illinois State, Rojo started as a financial analyst, moved to special accounting projects in the corporate controller’s office and presently is in