Congratulations SIU Class of 2020!
We offer you these notes of encouragement from your Saluki Alumni Family!
As your Alumni Director, I want to be one of the first to congratulate you on your accomplishment! I hope you look back on your time on campus as a very interesting and rewarding part of your life. You now join more than 250,000 living alumni around the world proudly carrying on the Saluki spirit. I wish you all the best…and remember…Once a Saluki, Always a Saluki!
— SIU Alumni Association Executive Director, Jeff Gleim; Murphysboro, IL
You walk in no one’s shadows. Stand tall, confidant, and proud of your SIU education. The world will welcome you with open arms, because they know the intellectual and scholarly integrity of SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.
Bill McGraw, ’69 Journalism — Chicago, IL
Congratulations on your graduation!!! Good luck on your next adventure! Don’t forget to come back and visit ! Once a Saluki, Always a Saluki!!!!
Laura Soucy, ’87 Food and Nutrition — Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
Congratulations on your achievement! Your hard work has paid off. We only wish you were able to celebrate your graduation by the formal ceremony. You are always welcome back on campus and please visit us at the Alumni Center located at Woody Hall.
Cathie Mieldezis, ’89 Education, ’06 M.S. Ed. — Carbondale, IL
Congratulations on your graduation! Remember to be bold, be courageous, be your best! Wishing you all the best with my heart! Go Dawgs!
Alumna, Anonymous — Carbondale IL
As both a 2020 Saluki graduate parent and a 1988 Alumnus, I couldn’t be prouder of the resilience displayed by today’s class. You will go down in Saluki history like no other class before you. Go Dawgs, now and always. Never forget these years that shaped your future. When you are able, be sure to pay it forward and teach the upcoming Dawgs how it’s done. I wish you all of the success possible in the future.
Ann Rose ’87, Food and Nutrition, Saluki Parent— Buffalo Grove, IL
Congratulations, to all of you 2020 SIU graduates!!! May you continue to achieve all that your heart desires. Once a Saluki…Always a Saluki!
Jeff McGoy, ’98 Speech Communications, M.A. ’11 Speech Communications — Carbondale, IL
Congratulations! You’ve worked hard (or not) and earned that diploma. You will never forget your time at SI U. It’s a magical time and place. Welcome to the alumni crowd. Wear your SIU often -you’ll be surprised how often you hear “go Dawgs” or “go Salukis!”
Susan Walch-Pimentel , ’86 Accounting, M.A. ’88 Accounting— Carbondale, IL
Congratulations on reaching this incredible milestone. Your hard work and determination have paid off! Go Salukis!
Patrick Hart , ’88 Journalism— Evansville, IN
Way to go graduates! You’re off to your next adventure. Not even a pandemic will keep you from reaching your dreams! Special Congratulations to Hannah Borowitz!
Cash Johnson, Alumni — Carbondale, IL
Congratulations, Class of 2020! You will never go unnoticed, especially in your Saluki maroon and white. Once a Saluki, always a Saluki! Welcome to the SIU Alumni Family!
Michelle Rust, ’08 Speech Communications, M.S. Ed. ’14 Psychology — Chester, IL
Congratulations, graduates! Even though this is a strange year, NOTHING can keep a Saluki down. Your future is bright, so take this chance to change the world for the better. I am a proud Saluki (’85) and I have gone on to great things and you will too. Go Dawgs!
Cheryl Boncuore, ’85, Journalism — Riverside, IL
To the Class of 2020: While the events of this year may be unprecedented, they are only a blip of time in relation to the span of great things you will undoubtedly do with your bright future. Go and seek to achieve something phenomenal, whatever your definition of phenomenal is. You now have the tools and the basis of skills to achieve those things you dare to dream.
David Edler, ’88 Industrial Technologies — Los Angeles, CA
Congratulations the graduating class of 2020. A special congratulations to our daughter Lindsey Nicole Sears. Who is a third generation graduate of SIU. She graduated summa cum laude, with a degree in education. We love you so much and are so very proud of you!!
Tim and Sheri Sears , ’91, ’92 Respiratory Therapy — DeSoto, IL
Being checked out your senior year is tough enough without a global pandemic to contend with. Thankfully, you have an incredible network at your finger tips for the next step in your lives. No matter what career you purse, where you live, or what your hobbies are…there is a Saluki who can help. Good luck out there, I hope to see you at homecoming soon. If you need a contact on the west coast, do not be a stranger. Go Dawgs!
Chris Helmers, ’14 Business Management — Portland, OR
Congratulations to all the graduates of the SIU Carbondale Class of 2020. Take pride in your accomplishments and create many more. You will do great things! Once a Saluki, Always a Saluki!
Scott Ishman, faculty — Carbondale, IL
Congratulations to the most beautiful, successful people ever. Going through this hard time and still making it to graduation is even more amazing.
Erin Osborn, SIU Carbondale Staff member — Carbondale, IL
Didn’t get a chance to send your best wishes? It’s not too late — we’ll update this through the end of May 2020, Hop over to our website and leave a note in the 2020 Commencement section: www.siualumni.com
