The Distinguished Alumni Award has been presented to nearly 300 notable Indiana State alumni over the last 60 years. This award recognizes those alumni who have not only achieved success professionally, but who have made the constant commitment to making meaningful contributions to the growth and success of their local and global communities. It is the Alumni Association's most prestigious award.

Award recipients are nominated annually and selected by alumni, friends, faculty, and staff of the University to be honored during a special ceremony Homecoming week. If you wish to nominate an alum for this award, visit our website to submit a nomination form. Nominations for the October 2018 awards ceremony will be accepted until March 30. 

The Career Center would like to invite our alumni to participate as Networking Facilitators for one of our Networking and Dining Etiquette events this spring semester. This event allows students to learn the basics of introducing themselves to new contacts as well as dining tips and professional behavior during a business or interview meal. Being a Networking Facilitator simply means networking with students as they check-in to the event and helping to facilitate conversation at the dinner table. We also encourage you to share your professional networking and employment stories and tips with them throughout the night.

  

The three events will be held in Hulman Memorial Student Union (HMSU) and are scheduled for: 

Tuesday, February 13, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Monday, March 5, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 27, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

  

From 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. each evening, Networking Facilitators will mingle with students as they check in. From 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., you will be seated at a table with students as an instructor guides the participants through a four course meal.

  

If you are interested in participating in one of the Networking and Dining Etiquette events, please email your name, job title, company name, and phone number to Dr. Darby Scism, Career Center Assistant Director.

Cameron Chiles has wanted to be an airline pilot ever since elementary school, when he took his first flight during a family vacation.

 

"We traveled through Chicago O'Hare and I saw all the operations and the controlled chaos - I just loved everything about it," said Chiles, '16, who grew up in Knox, Ind.

 

Chiles, 23, finally made that dream a reality when he joined Republic Airline as a full-time pilot this year. He started communicating with the company as a  freshman at Indiana State, and stayed in touch as he finished his bachelor's degree and accumulated the required number of flight hours to become a pilot.

 

Indiana State's relationship with Republic Airline is just one of the many valuable industry partnerships the university has formed over the years. 

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