Category: Alumni

Do you know an individual who graduated from Illinois State (Normal) University 50 years or more ago who is a terrific supporter of the University? Consider nominating him or her to be the 2003 Homecoming Alumni King or Queen! Each year, a student Homecoming King and Queen are selected, and the Alumni Association also names

For most of you who just graduated in May, this is your first-ever issue of the ILLINOIS STATE E-LUMNI NEWS. Welcome! We hope you’ll enjoy these bi-monthly (that’s every-other-month) E-newsletters. To our more ‘seasoned’ (that’s OLDER) alumni . . . Take just a moment and think about what one, best tidbit of advice you’d like

The annual meeting of the Illinois State University Alumni Association will be held Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center on campus. All alumni are welcome to attend. Alumni with active membership in the Alumni Association may vote on the election of members of the

Illinois State will be making some news in Chicago next week. President Bowman will join Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., City Collges of Chicago Chancellor Wayne Watson and Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan to announce an exciting new plan to recruit and train teachers for inner-city schools. It’s called the Chicago Teachers Pipeline, and as

It could have been worse. That’s probably the best and easiest way to describe the budget climate at Illinois State, as the University moves from one fiscal year to the next. On the positive side, Interim President Al Bowman announced that despite state budget woes, good planning will allow Illinois State to make modest pay

If you’d rather go somewhere farther away than Bloomington and Chicago, Illinois, this summer, we offer the option of an Alumni College in quaint and charming Kinsale, Ireland in August! Join fellow alumni to explore and learn (and eat and drink!) on this all-inclusive tour of the “gourmet capital” of Ireland, provided by the Alumni

All alumni are also invited to lovely Ewing Manor and the Theatre at Ewing on Saturday, June 28th when the entire theatre is reserved for alumni and their guests for the performance of “As You Like It.” If you’ve never experienced the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, this is the perfect opportunity! Not only will you see

If you can be in Chicago on Sunday, June 22nd, you’re invited to join your fellow alumni for the Third Annual Chicagoland Alumni Cubs Outing. This year we’re catching the cross-town rivalry with the White Sox at Wrigley Field. The pre-game party begins at 11:30 a.m. at The Cubby Bear; first pitch is 1:15 p.m.

(Story by ISU Media Relations) At their May 9 meeting, the Board of Trustees voted to freeze academic year 2003-2004 tuition and fees for students who attended the University this year. The freeze will be accompanied by a 9.9 percent tuition and fee increase for new Illinois State students. Under the plan, tuition and fees

Good news! Illinois State University’s Colleges of Education, Fine Arts, and Nursing were all recognized in the latest publication of collegiate rankings by U.S. News & World Report, “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2004.” For details, see http://www.mediarelations.ilstu.edu/news_releases/0203/Apr/usnewsreport.asp