Dad’s Approval
Not many people have the honor of signing their own child’s college diploma. Greg Knott, MS ’17 IS, MBA ’19 UIS, former University of Illinois Board of Trustees (BOT) secretary,
Going for the Gold
It was 1972. I was a senior at a small-town high school in Wisconsin, waiting in my guidance counselor’s office—sitting in my wheelchair. I wanted very much to continue my
Great Sports Moments: The Best Battery in Baseball
In the spring of 1902, the Illini baseball team launched the most ambitious road trip in school history—two weeks on the East Coast, visiting the cream of the college crop:
Stress Reliever
Licensed clinical social worker Haina Irish Ramos, MSW ’16, provides traditional in-person counseling through her work with Thriveworks, an Arlington Heights, Ill.–based mental health provider with more than 340 locations.
Record Setter
One minute, wheelchair racer Susannah Scaroni, ’14 ACES, MS ’22 ACES, was pushing through a normal long training session, heading east on Windsor Road not far from campus. The next,
The Black Illini Experience
When the U of I celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1917–18, there were more fraternities and sororities on campus than Black students. When the centennial celebration came in 1967–68,
Haiti’s Humanitarians
At Bob O’Brien’s retirement party from Western Rock Products in 2004, a colleague gave him a mason’s trowel and a hammer. “You’ll need these,” he cracked. The civil engineer didn’t
“I”s on the World: Greek Getaway
A cruise through the idyllic world of the Greek islands last summer took Bryan Terry, ’90 LAS, son Xavier and nephew Tyson on a true adventure, as none had ever
Serial Entrepreneur
It’s astonishing that Carmen Rossi, ’07 LAS, MS ’09 AHS, ever had time to go to class. As an undergraduate at Illinois, he started a business that built dormitory lofts
Great Friends and Beautiful Memories
In 1955, some 60,000 spectators in Memorial Stadium witnessed history in the making as Duck Choo Oh, ’56 LAS, accepted her tiara and title as Illinois’ Homecoming Queen. Oh was
