Alumni – Page 108

KNR introduces new faculty

The School of Kinesiology and Recreation (KNR) welcomes four new faculty members this academic year.

Directors chosen for Alumni Association

There is new leadership within the Alumni Association following the annual meeting in June.

Two new dining venues coming to the Bone Student Center

Event Management, Dining, and Hospitality will add Timbers Grille and Star Ginger to the Bone Student Center in spring 2020.

Civic engagement: Redbirds strong advocates for higher education

Redbirds visited Springfield to advocate for higher education.

Thanks to dedicated students and alumni, citizens of the state continue to hear about the need to support higher education in Illinois.

Avimanyu Datta named new director of the George R. and Martha Means Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Avimanyu Datta, Ph.D., has been named the new director of the George R. and Martha Means Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.

Different kind of cure: Alumna helps uninsured afford health care

Partnerships are at the center of Advocatia Solutions, both with clients and the staff team. Laura Robbins, who welcomed her first child in July, tackled a project with co-worker Matthew Neff.

Laura (Brebner) Robbins ’10, M.S. ’12, has partnered with her brother to create Advocatia Solutions, a company working to make accessing health care benefits much easier for uninsured and underinsured patients.

How we met: Arielle De Lisle and Kyle Cadagin

Arielle and Kyle included Sadie, left, and Marley in their wedding.

Arielle De Lisle ’15 was a sophomore University Studies major focusing on sociology when she met Kyle Cadagin ’13 during a game of beer pong at an off-campus party.

Pause for applause

We applaud these Illinois State alumni featured in the August 2019 issue.

Legacy family event

daughter and mother in Homecoming shirts

Anyone with a sibling, parent, or grandparent who attended the University is part of a Redbird legacy family. Legacy families with current students attending Illinois State will be recognized at the annual Legacy Brunch during Family Weekend on Sunday, October 6. Register at Alumni.IllinoisState.edu/Legacy-Brunch.

Scholarship makes all the difference to theatre major from Texas

Daija Nealy performing in Cabaret: A Night to Remember at Illinois State.

Scholarship support made all the difference for Texas native Daija Nealy ’19. The theatre major came to ISU as a freshman after having been recruited by universities across the country.