University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Karle Flanagan

UI Senior Instructor of Statistics

2019 recipient of Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Saira Anwer

​Two-time Emmy-nominated reporter

WPLG-TV, Miami

Safiya Noble

2020 iSchool Distinguished Alumna Award

UCLA Associate Professor, Information Studies and African American Studies

Darnell Leatherwood

Founder, Black Boys Shine!

Founding member, My Brother's Keeper Alliance Action Team

Markita Landry

2020 UI Young Alumni Award winner

Assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Cal-Berkeley

Mike McRee

Chief operating officer

North-American Interfraternity Conference

David Schwartz

Table games analytics

MGM Resorts

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Gabe Walder

Executive director

Alliance for Children Everywhere

Derek Dimke

LinkedIn relationship manager

Made Illini record 84.8% of FGs (39-for-46)

Bryan Thomas Jr.

Associate Director, EDGE Doctoral Fellowship Program

Stanford University

Xin Wang

Assistant professor, U of Wisconsin

Civil and environmental engineering

Bryce Jakobs

Writer, producer

CNN

Meg Graham

Business reporter

CNBC

John Groce

95-75 as Illini coach (2012-17)

Now coaching Akron Zips

Brad Harris

Associate prof, business management

Texas Christian U

Spencer Turkin

Play-by-play announcer

North Carolina A&T

Julie Peoples

Assistant executive director

Hart Felt Ministries

Valerie Miller

Taxonomy manager

Politico

Crystal Park

Journalism and mass media instructor

Pierce College

Matt Frisbie

Google software engineer

Author

Michael Burton

Assistant professor

University of Texas-Dallas

Kyle Mays

Assistant professor

UCLA

Timmy Knudsen

Chicago attorney

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Elizabeth Tewolde

Project engineer

ExxonMobil

Shuyi Ma

Postdoc scientist

Center for Infectious Disease Research