University donors mentor class of 2019 students at Greet our Grads

Front row (left to right): Judy Glaser, Bob Glaser ’58, MS. ’63, Gene Jontry ’58, Diane Jontry ’66 Back row (left to right): President Emeriti David Strand, agriculture communications and leadership major Madison Ballard, President Larry Dietz, computer science and mathematics major Basheer Becerra

“We do not get the chance, often enough, to meet with the donors who give back to the institution that gave them so much. Tonight, we are able to meet some of the men and women who did so and continue to provide today’s students with an enhanced education,” said President Larry Dietz during Greet Our Grads, a dinner for donors and class of 2019 students on Monday, April 22 in the Bone Student Center’s Old Main Room.

Alum’s action plan

Man wearing a suit looking away from the camera

Andrew Purnell is known as the man who can solve all kinds of problems—from his major in mathematics to addressing local discrimination as an undergraduate, followed by establishing as an alumnus a group that has empowered Illinois State black students for 35 years.