Dianne Ashby arrived at Illinois State in 1992 as a seasoned educator ready to lead.
Where are they now? Dianne Ashby
Publication: Illinois State Magazine
Shakespeare scholarship helps ISU student work toward dream
Junior acting major Thomas Russell transferred to Illinois State after one year at an acting conservancy in New York.
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Here we recognize the achievements of our Illinois State alumni.
Mail to the Editor: November 2016
Letters to the alumni magazine editor for November 2016.
Power of one: Alumna invests in future generation
Much has changed in education since Donna Bessant received her elementary ed degree from Illinois State Normal University in 1962.
Recruiting Redbirds: Alumni experiences encourage enrollment
Wearing red on Fridays, encouraging campus visits and communicating what it means to be a Redbird are just a few ways alumni can impact the decision of prospective students.
15 years later: FBI agent recalls nation’s greatest test
Most of us can appreciate that there was an America we knew before September 11, 2001, versus the country we know now. Two different places separated by a few short, horrific hours that changed everything.
Trailblazer: Young alum covers campaign for Bloomberg Politics
Bloomberg Politics videographer Griffin Hammond ’07, M.S. ’09, has seen it all.
One child, one home: Alumna works to reform foster care
Not a terribly popular thing to say around a table of foster parents. Meyer’s next sentence was even more powerful: If they were looking for someone to transform the U.S. child welfare system—starting with their Midwestern nonprofit—she could do it. Fifteen years later, Meyer has stayed true to her word as CEO of Anu Family
Where are they now: Larry Quane
Larry Quane ’66 became a faculty member in the Department of Industrial Technology in 1967. Returning to campus one year after he earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics, Quane taught safety courses while completing his doctorate at Michigan State University.
