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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. 

man and dog at U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
New alum hits ‘reset’ and finds academic successThere’s no quit in Caesar Garduno ’21. The journey hasn’t always been easy, but he stayed on task and earned his bachelor’s degree in economics with minors in sociology and psychology from Illinois State University at the age of 26.
Portrait of student with ISU background
Launching pad: Physics graduate turns undergraduate research into NASA internshipAlex Plumadore '21 is spending the summer as a contractor intern with the NASA Ames Research Center, working on a project looking at how nitrogen in the atmosphere interacts with a spacecraft during its re-entry to Earth.
Reggie giving high five to runner
Lace up for Homecoming 2021 Town and Gown Hybrid 5KGet ready to run on campus or your favorite route for the Homecoming 2021 hybrid 5K.
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