Ultreia (Onward!)
The ACES James Scholar Alumni Webzine
The Alma Mater Statue on the Quad was a gift to the University of Illinois from the graduating classes of 1923 through 1929. Designed by Lorado Taft, it depicts the University as our Nurturing Mother in flowing robes, greeting her children with a welcoming embrace. Behind her stand the personified figures of Learning and Labor. Alumni are invited to follow their Alma Mater on Twitter here. (Photo Credit: Dawn Berg, Office Support Specialist, ACES Academic Programs)
The name ULTREIA comes from a medieval Latin word used by travelers to encourage each other as they pressed forward to reach their destination. The word means "ONWARD!" and, like this newsletter, it invites us to "come and see" what lies just around the riverbend, over the next hill, or beyond the line of trees on the distant horizon.
What adventures await ACES James Scholars beyond the Grove of Academe? "Come and see!" ULTREIA will show you through stories, photos, interviews, and features by and about those intrepid pilgrims who have graduated from the College of ACES with James Scholar Distinction.
WHAT ALUMNI ARE SAYING ABOUT ULTREIA
"I was looking at the James Scholar newsletter, and just wanted to let you know I enjoyed reading it. It's great to be able to see what's going on with the James Scholar Program. ... I am taking the GRE this weekend and am thinking more about graduate school for Ag Economics, possibly this fall or the next. With the James Scholar research and classes under my belt, I'm sure I am more prepared for grad school work. I just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the newsletter, and more importantly, the James Scholar Program. Thanks!"
-- Maria Cox, B.S., ACES James Scholar Class of 2006
ULTREIA's production staff consists of:
- Rob Chappell, M.A. (Class of 1991) -- Editor (Spring 2006-Present)
- Brenda Dines (Class of 2011) -- Editorial Associate (Autumn 2009-Present)
- Kim Wangen, B.S. (Class of 2009) -- Alumna Consultant (Autumn 2009-Present)
- Members and Friends of the James Scholar Media Team (JSMT)
THE ULTREIA ARCHIVE
Volume V: Calendar Year 2010 -- Coming in Summer 2010!
Volume IV: Calendar Year 2009
- Publication has been temporarily suspended while the editorial staff prepares to transition ULTREIA from a quarterly newsletter to an annual webzine.
- Summer 2009 -- Published in June 2009
- Spring 2009 -- Published in April 2009
Volume III: Calendar Year 2008
- Autumn/Holiday 2008 (Special Double Issue) -- Published in December 2008
- Summer 2008 -- Published in July 2008
- Spring 2008 -- Published in April 2008
- Holiday 2007 -- Published in December 2007
- Autumn 2007 -- Published in October 2007
- Summer 2007 -- Published in June 2007
- Spring 2007 -- Published in March 2007
- Holiday 2006 -- Published in December 2006
- Autumn 2006 -- Published in September 2006
- Summer 2006 -- Published in June 2006
- Spring 2006 -- Published in March 2006
