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Helpful hints for a stress-free commencement You’re graduating! Here at the Alumni Relations office, we know how rewarding college graduation is; yet, we [...]
Join an alumni network! Just because you’re graduating, doesn’t mean you have to leave Illinois State Univeristy and all of your [...]
The ISU Alumni Association is here to help you transition So…what’s next? Going out into the real world for the first time can be scary, but never fear!—the ISU [...]
More questions about commencement? For more information on professional commencement photography, ceremony scheduling and disability accommodations, [...]
Career Center Need help finding a job? Would you like a career expert to critique your resume? Interested in attending career [...]
Normal Fire Department receives Redbird Pride Award The Normal Fire Department received a Redbird Pride Award in recognition of their long-standing partnership with [...]
Members of the Hieronymus-Schrader family hold more than an Illinois State legacy dating back to 1979. They also have a history going back three decades at the student-run newspaper, the Daily Vidette. Kent Hieronymus ’79, M.A. ’87, was the first to attend ISU, enrolling with plans to become a Spanish teacher. He met his wife,… [Read the Rest]
When Estella Hensley ’34, ’71, attended Illinois State in the 1930s, she never predicted a legacy in the making. She earned a teaching certificate with her mother’s persuasion and began her career in a Central Illinois country school. For nearly 10 years she taught first through eighth grades, and did so much more. “In the… [Read the Rest]
When a family has three children in college at once, getting everyone together can be an absolute headache—unless you are a legacy family like the McAvoys. For Ted ’64 and Marilyn, visiting Michelle ’87, Scott ’89, and Jeffrey ’90 just took one short trip from their hometown of Geneseo to campus. Pictured above: The McAvoy… [Read the Rest]
The Goodwin family ties are made stronger by the fact 17 relatives share an Illinois State experience. Recreation management graduate Dan Goodwin ’07, now a graduate student in Kinesiology and Recreation, is continuing an ISU tradition that started with his late father, Tom Goodwin ’75. Tom met his wife, Anne (Kitchen) ’77, working at a… [Read the Rest]
Staying in the collegiate environment may seem like a dream come true for some upcoming graduates. For Carol Cortilet-Albrecht, ’91, M.S. ’93, it is reality. Cortilet-Albrecht, Ed.D., completed her doctorate in educational psychology from National-Louis University. As the associate vice chancellor for enrollment management at Purdue University-Calumet in Hammond, Indiana, she spends every work day… [Read the Rest]
What was it like to attend Illinois State University more than 80 years ago? The Shurr family answers the question by asking their mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Lucille—who reached the century mark in September. Lucille Elizabeth (Speers) Shurr, born and raised in Odell, graduated in 1930 with a two-year degree in elementary education. She immediately… [Read the Rest]
Accompanied by sons Grant ’01 and Blake ’06, LaVerne (Berry) ’70 and Woody Iles ’71 watched their youngest son Craig ’09 graduate from Illinois State University last December. It was official: the Iles were a family of all Illinois State alumni. Grant realized how special this was during the ceremony when all alumni were asked… [Read the Rest]
A desire to turn a love of music into a career led two sisters to Illinois State in the 1970s. They enrolled confident they would get a great education at a reasonable price. What they didn’t know is how many family members would follow in their footsteps. Sisters Mary Ann (Campbell) Sorensen ’78 and Carol… [Read the Rest]
By Debby (Small) Baker ’77 My grandmother, Ina Elizabeth Sundberg, was born in March of 1905 to Swedish immigrant parents on a farm near Milford. She is the beginning of this four-generation ISU family legacy, which includes Ina; her daughters Luceille (Gleim) Werner and Mary (Gleim) Small; her granddaughter, Deborah (Small) Baker; her grandson-in-law Fred… [Read the Rest]
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