Alumni News

• Uni Class of 2000 grad, Phillip M. Rowell II, has been named Core Services solution architect for Cerner Corp. PTY Limited, the Australian division of Cerner Corp. He will be responsible for expert domain knowledge, implementation approach consultation and process design for the Queensland Health Authority’s Electronic Medical Record Program. Phillip, his wife Jennifer and daughter Lily will be based in Brisbane, Australia.
• Melissa "Mo" Kedeki, class of 2006, featured in a CBS report on women in technology beginning at 2:15. Video
• Rachel Hyman, class of 2009, is involved in Edit Huddle, a startup that was one of the winners of the Chicago Startup Weekend competition.
• In spring of 2011, Argonne materials scientist Jeff Greeley won a DOE Early Career Research Award to study the chemical and physical processes at the molecular boundaries between solid electrodes and liquid electrolytes.
• Mark Rubel, Class of 1975, and past Uni Parent Hiram Paley were awarded honors at the 2011 ACE Awards by the 40N/88West organization.
• On NPR’s Marketplace Jeremy Hobson ’99 interviewed Reed Martin ’99, a former Apple employee, about Steve Jobs stepping down as CEO of Apple.
• Jonathon Baron ’07 elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Chicago
• Uni High Grad To Become Ambassador to Israel
• Uni grad Boyce '10 helps Princeton win Ivy League title
• Uni Parent Dr. Lippold Haken discusses his work as a Digital Music Engineer
• Daniel Shapiro, a Champaign native, who graduated from Uni High in 1986 was nominated by President Obama and sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8, 2011 as the 19th United States Ambassador to Israel.

  Here is an additional article about him.

• Uni and U of I grad takes Grand Prize of the Primesense 2011 Developer Challenge
• Uni Alum speaks about BP oil spill

WELCOME FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

Just before the school year ended this past spring, I was interviewed by a student reporter for the Gargoyle and asked if my impressions of Uni and its students had changed during my first year as director. It was with a smile that I gave the following answer, “I expected Uni to be a place where there are very smart kids and very dedicated faculty, a place that’s a little bit funky, where the things are done in an unusual way, and kids have unusual interests. I guess, if anything, it’s a little funkier than I thought! We’ve got all kinds of crazy things going on here.”

I am certain that as a Uni alum, you can understand and appreciate my reference to the “crazy things” that go on each year. Uni is more than just a school. It is a community that seeks to spark the creative fervor and high aspirations of talented young people. Every year our outstanding teachers challenge students through traditional and experimental strategies.

We hope you will stay in touch with your unique and vibrant alma mater. One of the pleasures of my first year here has been to meet so many wonderfully interesting alumni who love the school so deeply. We appreciate your using this link (Update) to update your information and share the milestones in your lives since you’ve graduated.

Gifts like yours touch every aspect of your students’ lives here. Yearly contributions provide flexible resources that enhance the technology in our classrooms and make our outstanding extracurricular activities available to all students. In short, your support helps to ensure that the dynamic – and sometimes crazy – environment that is Uni will be here for future generations.

To make your gift, please visit our secure giving site at www.uni.illinois.edu/support-uni or contact the Advancement Office at 217-244-5248, pcurtis@illinois.edu. As you may be aware, state support provides only a portion of the cost of a Uni education. Private support from donors like you accounts for at least a quarter of our total budget each year. I’ve seen firsthand the difference that your gift makes and urge you to show your support today.

Jeff Walkington, Ph.D.
Director

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Marianne Downey, CFRE
Director of Advancement
University Laboratory High School
1212 W. Springfield Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: downey1@illinois.edu
Office: 217-244-8586
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Cell: 217-417-4305