May 19, 2025 | Ethan Simmons After long journeys to Urbana-Champaign, the Chez family joined each other at the campus center bearing their name, beaming with pride. Thirteen years ago, Ron Chez—a 1962 University of Illinois graduate and Army veteran turned investor and philanthropist—provided a lead gift to build the Chez Veterans Center. Since then, […]
Tag: Moving Forward 2025
Pamela Hadley honored with Stenberg Endowed professorship
May 6, 2025 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The daughter of a farmer in rural Illinois, Pamela Hadley had no “schema” for becoming a university professor. But a high school career filled with self-expression helped guide her toward an illustrious academic career that was culminated with a top honor. Hadley, the head of the Department of Speech and Hearing […]
Graber honored as Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor in Applied Health Sciences
April 29, 2025 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Anyone who has been fortunate enough to work with Kim Graber should be thankful she wasn’t a very good cook. Graber, the head of the Department of Health and Kinesiology in the College of Applied Health Sciences, was appointed as the Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor in AHS on April 22. In […]
Words That Bind
April 23, 2025 | Ethan Simmons A new weekly aphasia communication group is helping Illinois speech-language pathologists understand the condition In the days following her stroke, all Mary Moore could remember was two phrases: her name, and Dec. 26, the day she was born. A short five months later, Moore was in the Audiology and […]
Believing the Impossible: Illinois wheelchair athlete Hoda Elshorbagy overcame the odds
April 17, 2025 | Jonathan King Hoda Elshorbagy’s journey from rural Egypt to central Illinois was an unlikely story, a path littered with numerous obstacles. By JONATHAN KING In her home in southern Egypt, Hoda Elshorbagy glanced at the TV, then turned to her father with clear-eyed conviction and said, “One day, I’m going to […]
NIWBT didn’t result in titles, but Illinois again showcases its adaptive sports programs
March 31, 2025 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo This year marked the 76th anniversary of the first NIWBT The University of Illinois and Illinois Wheelchair Athletics played host last week to the 47th Annual National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament and even though neither Illini team took home a title, the event at the State Farm Center was […]