My Alma Mater: A Grand Tour
It was the summer of 1963—pre-Beatlemania, pre-JFK assassination—and I was about to embark on the greatest journey of my life. On June 18, four of my Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity
College Promoter
To visit Robert Lane, ’95 LAS, go up one of the open stairways that rise from the atrium lobby of Southland College Prep Charter High School to the second-floor corridor
Memory Lane: Kick Out the Jams
When WPGU first hit the airwaves in 1953, it featured an hour of news, an hour of classical and an hour of jazz. Over the next 70 years, its
Building Relationships for Life
On June 5, 1873, Illinois’ original graduating class (1872) met in the campus’ Mechanic and Military Hall, with one objective: to create an alumni association, “in order to foster a
Block I Art Teachers
Growing up, Carli Kanter, ’22 FAA, always had a sketchbook in her hand. “We brought them everywhere—to restaurants, on vacation,” she recalls. When your father, Howard Kanter, ’91 FAA, MA
Memory Lane: The Comeback Kid
It was one of the defining moments of the 1990s—William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, standing in front of television cameras at the White House and telling the
Their Stories
Damon S. Williams, ’78 ENG The Managing Member of DSW Water Strategies hails an Illinois engineering professor who “took a chance on me” and now pays it forward with
Alumni Interview: Reshma M. Saujani
As a thought leader, when I’m angry or I see an injustice, I put that into words. That’s what happened early in the pandemic. I had just had my second
From Zero to $2.7 Billion
One might say a triumph was front-loaded. When With Illinois officially kicked off in the fall of 2017, approximately 45 percent of the campaign’s ambitious $2.25 billion goal had already
Memory Lane: An Underground Lair
As the proverb says, all good things must come to an end. And of all the good things at Illinois, few were as beloved as the Undergraduate Library (UGL), the
