Alumni Profiles

Imani Sailers’ mother couldn’t help but notice that her daughter was enamored with the costumes and glitter at her cousin’s dance recitals. The twirling and turns made 3-year-old Sailers, BS’17,…

For Nattie Meador, BS’08, associate director of alumni relations for the IU Alumni Association, the Little 500 is more than a bike race. Her involvement with and leadership within the…

Eleanor Cox Riggs, BA’55, MA’82, began cheering for Indiana University before she could spell it. As a little girl in Terre Haute, she sat on the living room floor, listening…

In the summer of 2020, three months into the COVID-19 pandemic and at the peak of the Black Lives Matter protests, the United States seemed more divided than ever before.…

After breaking his ankle playing football during his freshman year of high school, Colin Donnell, BA’05, tried out for the school musical, Barnum. Although it was a small role—walking on…

It takes a special kind of person to dedicate his or her career to helping people who are fleeing from war and political strife. Cole Varga, BA’05, is one of…