Alumni & Campus Stories

Block I sculpture on the quad

Bragging Right

To all those marketing skeptics out there: Yo! Illinois may not always have been a brand. But the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has always been a meme. From the mid-1860s

Dan gosling holding a package of ChapSaver.

Medicine Man

When self-described “trumpet for hire” Dan Gosling, ’84 FAA, ended his contract-position chair with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) in 2004, he needed a quick career pivot. “Luckily, I like

David Skibbe poses in his military uniform

2nd Lt. David Skibbe

  Among character traits, leadership is often a late bloomer, requiring maturity both in those who hold it, and who recognize it. Even as an undergraduate, David Skibbe, ’69 ACES,