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Former ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ soccer standout Steven Kinney has signed a contract to play for Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire. Kinney became the first player in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ program history to be drafted in the MLS last January and is the first to be signed by an MLS club after being drafted.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s 2010 Founders Day celebrations concluded Thursday, March 11, with a “fireside chat” with President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley ’46. Members of the audience were treated to tales about Danieley’s life and his many experiences at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ as student, faculty member, administrator and president.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson '79 has declared The IGNITE Challenge "a big success." In a new video message, she thanks young alumni for answering her challenge to make gifts to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ during February.

Pamela M. Kiser, Watts-Thompson Professor in the Department of Human Service Studies and interim dean of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s fourth Distinguished University Professor.

Kerrii Brown Anderson ’79, former chief executive officer of Wendys International, shared lessons from her storied career as the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business’ annual Legends of Business speaker on March 4. Anderson encouraged the overflow crowd in LaRose Digital Theatre to seize opportunities, embrace change, give back to the community and cultivate excellent communication skills to succeed in today’s business environment.