When Anthony Hand ’20 arrived in Cuba in the spring of 2018, it wasn’t just his first time out of the country.

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When asked why she chose Illinois College, first-year student Maddie Wilkins ’23 knows that her answer isn’t very original.

“Today, I actually had morning practice, so I’ve been going since 4:45 a.m.,” Hannah Marks ’20 said with a laugh.

“If there is one overarching thing that IC has taught me, it’s to be open minded in all aspects,” Alyssa Olagbegi ’21 says.

Professor John Drea ’80 pulls a chair up in front of his students in Del ’72 and Lisa Dunham Auditorium and sits down.

Maddie Wilkins ’23 and Miguel Tellez ’21 cut across campus on a snowy day in February.

You can’t tell now, but as a first-generation college student far from home, Miguel Tellez ’21 had a lot of finding his way to do when he arrived at Illinois College.