Category Archives: Students

“It Is My Duty”: A Student Medic During the Mattoon-Charleston Tornado Outbreak in 1917

By alicia3 | Published: November 1, 2018

This guest post was written by Nathan Tye. Nathan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Illinois and the Assistant Book Review Editor of Middle West Review. Within minutes a tornado decimated Mattoon, Illinois in the late afternoon of May 26, 1917. Few residents had time to find cover […]

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Illini Everywhere: Ugandan Illini, Since 1964

By Salvatore De Sando | Published: October 9, 2018

Since at least 1964, Ugandan students have been attending the University of Illinois. Early Ugandan Illini have included agricultural economists, educators, engineers, food scientists, lawyers, librarians, student leaders, university faculty, and women’s studies scholars too. Read on to learn more about early Ugandan Illini!

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Illini Everywhere: Jamaican Illini, Since 1914

By Salvatore De Sando | Published: August 6, 2018

Since at least 1914, Jamaican students have been attending the University of Illinois. Early Jamaican Illini have included architects, athletes, attorneys, aviators, chemical engineers, chemists, civil engineers, coaches, dentists, entrepreneurs, home economists, instructors, medical doctors, physical educators, and politicians too. Read on to learn about early Jamaican Illini!

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Illini Everywhere: Peruvian Illini, Since 1908

By Salvatore De Sando | Published: July 27, 2018

Since at least 1908, Peruvian students have been attending the University of Illinois. Early Peruvian Illini have included actors, agriculturalists, agronomists, architectural engineers, architects, chemical engineers, civil engineers, dairy administrators, educators, electrical engineers, linguists, mechanical engineers, musicians, physicists, and student leaders too. Read on to learn more about early Peruvian Illini!

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Illini Everywhere: Japanese and Illinois Baseball, 1911-1931

By Salvatore De Sando | Published: June 1, 2018

For over twenty years, from 1911 through 1931, Japanese university baseball teams came to schools like Illinois (and our peers across the U.S.) for friendly competitions and international community building through baseball. Over the course of two decades, many Japanese athletes, coaches, educators, writers, and future baseball legends would include Illinois in their successive U.S […]

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