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.
Publication: Features
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
Passing grade: The secret behind ISU’s graduation rate
August is the month when colleges and universities across the country welcome incoming freshmen to campus.
From protester to college president: Alumnus George Pruitt was campus leader in turbulent times
George Pruitt, a biology major and chemistry minor from Chicago, was at the epicenter of the traumatic events that rocked Illinois State University in the 1960s and early 1970s.
50 years of Preview: 1966-2016
Illinois State’s summer orientation program was ahead of its time.
Unique field: Alumna’s vineyard dream takes root in Illinois
Mary (Mouser) Hofmann ’76 and her husband, Rudi, are fulfilling a lifelong dream by operating White Oak Vineyard in Carlock.
Wizard of Watts: Alum masters art of illumination
Television audiences of multiple thousands have seen Jon Kusner’s talent displayed on live productions for years, and yet few viewers know of the 1995 School of Theatre alum.
One man’s mission: Judge combines compassion with justice in juvenile court
Judge Walter Brandon Jr. looked as placid as a pond, as he had all day, while he waited for the next case to begin in St. Clair County’s juvenile justice courtroom.
Alum volunteers time, talent to create comfort in a crisis
These apartments belong to women escaping abusive relationships, teens aging out of foster care, the poor, the addicted. Their stories don’t matter to Karen (Brown) Murley ’61, but their lives do.