Learn how Alanah Ruffin ’19 found her passion as a student working with Milner Library circus route books.
How a former student employee found her passion working with circus route books
Tag: Alumni
Redbird Table Talk: Civic Engagement part 2
When the narrative does not include you, what do you do? How do you get involved in your communities to evoke change?
Improvements made to alumni magazine
Changes are coming to the alumni magazine beginning with the fall issue. After nearly a decade of the same look, the magazine design has been refreshed.
$1.4 million estate gift to support Alumni Engagement
A $1.4 million gift from the estate of James Ronald Beales ’54, M.S. ’59, will support the programs, services, and initiatives of Illinois State University’s Alumni Engagement department. In recognition of Ron and Mary Beales’ generosity, the Alumni Engagement offices in the Alumni Center have been renamed the Ron and Mary Kathleen Beales Alumni Engagement Suite.
Applied economics alum named a “Fortnightly Under Forty” in public utility
Congratulations to Bill Davis ’02 of Ameren for being named to the Public Utility Fortnightly’s “Fortnightly Under Forty.”
Educational entrepreneur
Special education alum Parker Duwelius ’19 saw an opportunity to create an environment to help others develop deeper relationships with their peers while volunteering in a special needs classroom.
Former track & field student-athletes take on teaching in a pandemic
When coronavirus (COVID-19) took the world by storm in early March, teachers everywhere were forced to quickly alter their curriculum to fit the new online mold that classes would take place in for the unforeseeable future.
Finding a future at the library
Sometimes, students find more than books and information at the library. In Maddi Loiselle’s case, she found her calling.
Stop by Reggie’s Homecoming Tailgate for free food and live music on October 26
Reggie Redbird invites students to have fun before the big game on October 26 at his Homecoming Tailgate, starting at 11:30 a.m. Students and guests can enjoy free food, live music, yard games, a photo booth, and prizes.
Illinois State University names College of Fine Arts and School of Art in recognition of $12 million gift from alumna
Artist and alumna Wonsook Kim ’75, M.A. ’76, M.F.A. ’78, honorary doctorate of arts ’19, and her husband, Thomas Clement, have made a $12 million gift to Illinois State in support of the College of Fine Arts and the School of Art.
