joined with friends, family, and managers of the Jack Schmitt Chevrolet Family of Dealerships to celebrate a donation to the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, Illinois, that allowed the hospital to purchase a rehab vehicle. 
 

traveled to Kenya on a two-week trip with Judah Lion Ministries. 
 

have relocated to The Woodlands, Texas. 
 

earned a medal in the men’s 5k and 10k runs during the Illinois Senior Olympics held in Springfield, Illinois. He will advance to the 2019 National Senior Games to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

 was named the recipient of the Illinois State Historical Society annual awards with the honor of Superior Achievement for his scholarly book, “Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1883-1843.” 

was among those honored as CFO of the Year for 2018 by St. Louis Business Journal.
 

is a budget and legislative analyst for the Joint Budget Committee of the Colorado General Assembly in Denver, Colorado. Rick Meidel recently retired from ExxonMobil and joined Crowley Fuels as vice president and general manager, responsible for the performance and day-to-day operations of their Alaska division in Anchorage, Alaska. 

retired as the captain of Jacksonville Fire Department in June 2018 after working for the city since 1990. 
 

has moved to a new position as financial litigation and bankruptcy program specialist staying with the Illinois Department of Justice. The move comes as her husband, John Milhiser, begins his new role as U.S. attorney for the Central District of Justice. 
 

was selected as a 2018-19 President’s Executive Leadership Program Fellow, a professional development program meant to strengthen leadership among the three universities that comprise the University of Illinois System. Dochterman was among a limited number of individuals chosen for the program from a competitive pool of 60 nominations. He is visiting assistant vice chancellor for student engagement for the University of Illinois Springfield.
 

received the 69th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Air Force-Level Award. He was recognized in the basic science category for his research in next-generation electronic propulsion systems. The Flemming award honors outstanding federal employers who have made a significant and extraordinary contribution to the federal government. 

is a third grade teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School in Keokuk, Iowa. 
 

is vice president of sales and marketing at the ATB Technologies in Chesterfield, Missouri. Courtney Traub is a merchandise planner at ModCloth.

is an office medical specialist in the Psychology Clinic at Western Illinois University. 
 

 is a guidance counselor at Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Illinois. 
 

completed postdoctoral training to receive his diploma from the American Clinical Board of Nutrition. He is currently an assistant professor of allied health at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. 

graduated from the University of Florida with her Ph.D. in entomology and nematology. She is currently employed as a teaching assistant at the University of Florida and plans to pursue a professor position

was elected as the 2018-2020 chair of the Small Colleges & Universities Advising Community within the National Academic Advising Association. She also serves as the vice president and webmaster of the Merrill’s Marauders Proud Descendants Association honoring WWII veterans.  

is a retail banker at Woodforest National Bank in Jacksonville, Illinois. 

graduated from University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and is a veterinarian at the Danville Small Animal Clinic in Tilton, Illinois.
 

graduated from Florida Institute of Ultrasound in Pensacola, Florida, and currently works for HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, as a cardiac sonographer. 
 

began the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. 

is enrolled in a master’s program for music in vocal performance at North Park University Chicago. 

a senior math major pursuing licensure to teach secondary mathematics, was awarded a 2018 Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Scholarship. Nine IC students have been awarded this scholarship since 2005.