Alum teams with college basketball legend Dick Vitale and his ‘young heroes’ to take on pediatric cancer with new book

Meeting your heroes can be a tricky thing. Letdowns are common, and disappointment lurks. For Scott Gleeson ’11, basketball icon Dick Vitale has exceeded every expectation, so much so that the two men—who are nearly 50 years apart in age—are friends. With the release last month of Vitale’s new book, Until My Last Breath: Fighting Cancer With My Young Heroes, co-written by Gleeson, they are now collaborators. 

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Growing up in Bloomington-Normal, Katelyn Steiling aspired to be one of the Illinois State University students she often saw walking to class. Today, thanks to hard work and support from university donors, Steiling gets to pursue her dreams—both inside and outside of the classroom.

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