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Join our list:Beyond the stacks
A four-leaf clover was tucked between the pages of a children’s reader. So was a ticket stub to the Chicago World’s Fair, along with brittle leaves and paper dolls. Not terribly unusual finds in children’s books, except that the owners have been gone for years.The 19th century primers with forgotten treasures tucked in between cotton soft sepia pages are protected in Milner Library’s Special Collections and Rare Book Room. When librarian Maureen Brunsdale discovers such unusual bookmarks, she leaves them alone.
Read more about Milner’s special collection
Sweet Success
When her grandmother would pull a tissue from her black vinyl purse, it always smelled like wintergreen. Helen Stoll always carried a roll of Life Savers,® using them to calm a squirmy child in church, reward good behavior, or take the sting out of a bad day.
Sometimes she’d carry a fruit-flavored roll. Dori Byard ’96 and her sister would fight over the cherry like they’d fight over the swirl in the center of a new tub of butter. When Byard went to college and her grandmother visited, she’d always leave behind a roll of cherry Life Savers.
Defying death
Leo Sherman fulfilled the dream Illinois State prepared him to pursue. For years he enjoyed a career in education, mentoring students as a teacher and administrator. By the fall of 2008, Sherman was ready for a break from his professional duties and followed another passion. He took to the seas to be a part of his friend’s quest to circumnavigate the world.
Read more about Leo Sherman’s experience.
A Day to Remember
Walking across campus today it’s hard to envision the undeveloped prairie vista Illinois State’s founders encountered. Even more sobering is the scope of their task as they created the first public university in Illinois—building not just a curriculum but a physical infrastructure where it would be taught.
Read more about Founder’s Day.
Web Extras
- Alumna chosen as one of the nation’s best teachers
- Where Are They Now? Jude Boyer
- Experience the campus on the go — iTunesU
- Founders Day Celebration Photo Gallery
- Identity: Valuing our diversity
- Wrigley´s connection to Illinois State? Ewing Manor
- Homecoming engagement video
Other Information (Acrobat PDF format)
- First Word
- Table Of Contents
- University News
- Alumni Services
- Where Are They Now
- Alumni Perspective
- Class Notes
- Pause For Applause
- An Illinois State Legacy
- How We Met
- Support Your Passion
- International internship creates world of opportunity
- Scholarships provided opportunities across four years
- Last Look
