July 2011

Alumni spotlight: Marsha Engle '80

The progressive hearing loss Marsha Engle '80 has experienced since childhood has rendered her unable to hear many sounds she used to enjoy. Her realization that images could bring back memories of what she used to hear led her to compile the book "100 Sounds to See."

"At first, the whole idea was supposed to be for me," she told the American Academy of Audiology. "I assembled a list of sounds and my friend … said he would capture the sounds in photographs. As the pictures started to come together, I realized this was a treasure and could serve as a reminder to all of us to listen to the sounds of an ordinary day — the sounds I miss the most."

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More alumni news …

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• Temporary blindness helps ex-baseball player see path to music career
• Family insurance company, now in third generation, celebrates 100 years
• Former St. Louis Cardinal Royer visits old baseball stomping grounds
• Lawrence appointed president of Texas State Technical College West Texas
• Piket brothers bring Dallas-based Sales Integrity to Naperville
• Johnson becomes Illinois' youngest school superintendent
• Carter donates exceptional fossil collection to Vermilion County Museum
• L.A.-based mezzo soprano to sing in hometown benefit concert
• From student to dean: Hanner retires after long, distinguished EIU career

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News Briefs from the EIU Alumni Association

• As a special thank-you for your support, members of the Alumni Association can now purchase general-admission tickets to Six Flags Great America for Aug. 26-29 for only $28.50 per day. To purchase tickets, visit www.sixflags.com/greatamerica and enter the promo code. Contact the EIU Alumni Association for the promo code. Not yet a member? Join today!
   
• Join us on the Director's Lawn at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 13 for an EIU Lawn Party. Attractions will include bottomless barbecue, beer/wine bar, music, Eastern giveaways and more!
   
• Meet us in Evanston for a pre-game tailgate as the EIU Panthers take on the Northwestern Wildcats on Sept. 10. The lunch menu will feature an all-you-can-eat buffet catered by Goose Island. Football fans can also get a jump start on the weekend's festivities by joining the EIU Panther Club on Friday, Sept. 9, for a special dinner in honor of Coach Bob Spoo’s 25th and final year as EIU’s football head coach.
   
• Tickets are on sale for the Nov. 12 EIU Alumni Night on Broadway featuring "Billy Elliot The Musical" at the Fox Theater in St. Louis. Limited tickets are available.
   
• Registration materials are now available online for the following Homecoming reunions!
  • EIU Cheer Team Alumni Reunion (Oct. 21-22)
  • 50th Class Reunion - Class of 1961 (Oct.22)
  • 3rd Annual Fill the Field - Panther Marching Band Alumni & Pink Panther Alumni Halftime Show Performance (Oct. 22)

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