Creative, empathetic, and driven, Redbird Christina Fontenelle has managed to reach new heights in her personal and professional life by guiding and helping others.
Redbird helps self by helping others
Unit: Black Colleagues Association
Seven receive 2020 Alumni Awards
The Alumni Association recognized seven individuals and their outstanding achievements and contributions.
BCA scholarship spotlight: Ready for the stage
Deanna Stewart is ready to take the stage after graduation, and her BCA scholarship helped make it possible.
Meet ISU Board of Trustees Chairperson Julie Annette Jones
Julie Annette Jones made history as Illinois State University’s first African American, female Board of Trustees chairperson.
A recap of ISUBCA Homecoming 2019
Find out what you missed at this ISUBCA Homecoming weekend or relive the fun.
A thank you from BCA President Karyn Aguire
As Karyn Aguire ends her tenure as BCA president, she leaves words of encouragement and thanks to fellow alumni.
Launching of Illinois State Insights, free lifelong learning webinars for alumni and friends
Monthly webinars and livestreams available for free to alumni and friends that cover professional development and lifelong learning topics.
A Redbird’s road through adversity leads to fulfillment and success
Corey J. Parker ’02 is one of two administrative directors for Barrow Neurological Institute Academics. Overseeing 100 people and multiple departments while managing relationships with top medical centers in the country can have its twist and turns, but Parker’s road prepared him for that.
Nominate now for 2020 Alumni Awards
2020 seems far away but the deadline to nominate an outstanding Redbird (May 31) is only a couple of weeks away!
Alum’s action plan
Andrew Purnell is known as the man who can solve all kinds of problems—from his major in mathematics to addressing local discrimination as an undergraduate, followed by establishing as an alumnus a group that has empowered Illinois State black students for 35 years.
