Category: Alumni

Did you know that you don’t even have to get a person to help you check out a book from Milner Library anymore? Sure enough, Milner has installed its first “self check machine.” For a quick explanation and a photo, see the Media Relations news story.

The Football Network’s first-ever I-AA College Football All-Star Classic on Tuesday, December 30th, will feature 100 of the top I-AA players in the nation, including Ray Robinson from Illinois State University. The All-Star Classic will be played at 3 p.m. at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2003, Robinson set the school record for

In October, the University was proud to be named one of the 100 best values among public colleges in the country, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Illinois State ranked 73rd in colleges “where students can get an excellent education for a reasonable price.” The rankings include four-year public schools with broad-based curriculums. For details, see

Please read this first item and take part in a very important survey. Your opinion will help shape future e-mail sent to you. Now that the E-lumni News, at 18 months old, has reached the toddler stage, we’d like to know what you think of it and how it can be improved. In addition, as

Students, faculty, staff members, and alumni are being asked to help update Illinois State University’s strategic plan, “Educating Illinois.” Created by the University community in 2000, Educating Illinois is the University’s action plan for distinctiveness and excellence. The plan, based on five core values and containing 15 goals with 79 action items, has been receiving

In response to our call for your “words of wisdom” to give some good starting-your-life advice to our newest graduates, more than 40 of you wrote in to share your thoughts. Here is just a sampling: “What I wish someone had told me was: It is VITALLY important to contribute to your 401K, 403b, and/or

* Decorating Contest for Homes, Businesses It’s the return of a tradition that began on the ISNU campus in 1927 — the Homecoming Decoration Contest! Alumni — wherever they live — are invited to join faculty/staff and campus departments in showing their Redbird pride and helping to put the campus and community in the Homecoming

Interest rates are at some all-time lows! To help alumni take advantage of the falling interest rates for their student loans, the Illinois State University Alumni Association has teamed with Nelnet to offer student loan consolidation. Borrowers who choose to consolidate can lock in this year’s unprecedented low rate for the entire life of the

Illinois State is the most recent major university to join Lands’ End’s “alumni collection” program, where customers can purchase items with their favorite college or university’s logo on it. No matter where you live, you can now purchase high-quality items with the Redbird logo, either in the Lands’ End catalog or online. Items from Lands’

Beginning September 1, Illinois State University and the Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System began offering Universal Access to riders showing an Illinois State student or faculty-staff ID. In addition, bus service times and routes have been expanded specifically to meet student needs. According to Marabeth Clapp, assistant vice president of Business Services, “Our goal in establishing