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During move-in week ’19, we asked UI faculty members to tell us a story about their own experience of leaving home for the first time. Here’s Class of ’91 UI grad John Caughlin, who returned to his alma mater in 2000 and now runs the College of LAS’ Department of Communication.
“I remember being pleasantly surprised how easy move-in day was.
"Those Illini Guides met our family station wagon at the curb, loaded everything on a little cart, and had everything in my new FAR dorm room in no time.
“I’m glad to see the Illini Guide tradition is still going.”
Terry Lavin
Appellate judge
Illinois First District
Jackie Orozco
TV news reporter
WOFL, Orlando
Blake Hoerr
Director, fields/grounds
New York Jets
Stu Levenick
Retired group president
Caterpillar
Der-Tsai Lee
President emeritus
National Chung Hsing U
Valli Herman
Veteran journalist
Formerly of LA Times
Joel Coats
Professor of entomology
Iowa State
Vivian Zapata
Visual artist
Teaches at Governors State
Margaret Oakes
English professor
Furman University
