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Notable Alumni

Illinois State University’s alumni are accomplishing great things all over the globe. The accomplishments are more than just winning an Academy Award, starring in a major motion picture or becoming a professional athlete. There are notable alumni right in your very own neighborhood.

Illinois State University alumni have changed the lives of students in their own local school district, developed new forms of technology that have transformed the everyday living, and founded or helped with programs that have bettered the world.

Active Alumni

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Alumni News

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Athletic training graduate student Kyrrah Randolph receives 2026 Future Alumni Leader Award.  
Amanda Hoffman ‘20, M.S. ‘22 stands in front of Naughty Dog sign
When you’re in the middle of an intense zombie fight in The Last of Us, you don’t always think about what it takes to bring the game to life while you’re fighting off the undead, let alone the Redbirds behind its creation. 
Jeff Klepec gestures while speaking in class at a desk
After a 35-year career in law enforcement, Jeff Klepec ’87 returned to Illinois State University to earn a master’s degree in social work.