Category: Alumni

The value of teamwork is at the core of Jim Doyle’s professional life, and he says Illinois State University helped him understand that concept. The founder and CEO of Retail Sports Marketing (RSM) said he remembers participating as a team member with other students and faculty in the American Marketing Association campus chapter, creating top-notch

Linda Timm credits her 27 years at Illinois State with helping prepare her for her new position as president of Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wis.  Timm will start her presidency on July 1, after an 11-year term as vice president of Student Affairs at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana. Timm came to Illinois State

Each year, the Alumni Relations Office holds a ceremony honoring the recipients of the Distinguished Alumni, the E. Burton Mercier Alumni Service, the Alumni Achievement, and the Outstanding Young Alumni awards.  This year’s ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, April 1, at 4 p.m. in the Bone Student Center Brown Ballroom. The event is free and

Illinois State University President Al Bowman and Vice President Dianne Ashby along with other administrators recently traveled to Thailand to renew relations with Thailand universities and to visit the 130-member alumni chapter. “I was proud to present the University seal to our Thailand alumni chapter, and I know they were equally proud to receive it,”

All alumni are invited to attend the Illinois State University Alumni Association’s annual Legislative Breakfast on Tuesday, March 28, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in rooms 403 and 404 of the State Library, Capitol and 2nd, Springfield. The breakfast is an opportunity for Illinois State alumni, faculty, students and administrators to meet with members of

Illinois State University is looking for a few good songwriters.  If you have a knack for putting words and music together, your work may become part of University tradition.   A music competition is being held to choose a new school song to commemorate Illinois State’s 150th Anniversary Celebration. Alumni, students and current and retired faculty

Illinois State University alumna Christie Gilson ’98 has received a Fulbright grant to Hong Kong. Gilson, a social work undergraduate, is continuing her education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Her Fulbright will allow her to study in Hong Kong for 10 months in the area of special needs students, services provided and obstacles.

Illinois State University students have become accustomed to using the fall, spring and summer editions of the class registration directories to view course offerings and other necessary information to register for classes. Starting in March, the daily updated course offerings will only be available on-line through the iCampus portal.  The University is exploring various methods

The Illinois State University Alumni Association sponsors and endorses the Alumni Insurance Program from American Insurance Administrators (AIA), a USI Affinity Company, with convenient and affordable life and health insurance plans. The plans include short-term major medical insurance at group rates; comprehensive, renewable major medical coverage; supplemental major medical insurance for catastrophic illnesses; long-term care

Ruth Sowers ’79 may have officially ended her formal education at Illinois State in 1982, but she has visited campus annually to play in the Homecoming Alumni Band.  Indeed, she is the only Marching Band Alumni Club member who has performed in every Homecoming for 10 years, and calls herself a “true band geek” who