If Basheer Becerra had been told when he began his undergraduate career at Illinois State University’s School of Information Technology (IT) that one day he would attend Harvard University graduate school, he wouldn’t have believed it.
I learned invaluable life lessons as a youth on my family’s dairy farm in the southern Illinois community of DeSoto.
With the outcome of the game clear in hand, then Illinois State head women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton sent star guard Kristi Cirone ’09 back to the scorer’s table.
Cathy (Olson) George ’85 still has her name scattered all over school and conference record books, even though her playing days ended nearly four decades ago.
Redbirds Don and Florence Magee, age 87 and 85 respectively, have been married 61 years. They are more in love than when they first met and feel physically healthier than ever.
As the phone rang inside the Illinois State women’s basketball offices in the early afternoon of December 9, Director of Operations Katie Bolkema, M.S. ’16, braced for a call she had both sent and received plenty of times throughout the early part of the makeshift college hoops season.
Keep up with what fellow alumni are doing by reading our class notes for the spring 2021 alumni magazine issue.
In memory of Illinois State University alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away.
Pause to applaud these accomplished Illinois State University alumni.
It might have been difficult to locate Dr. Jeanne Morris and Dr. Charles Morris after they retired in 1995.
