Since at least 1914, Panamanian students have been coming to the University of Illinois. Panamanian Illini have included architects, architectural and mining engineers, business administrators, civil rights leaders, diplomats, fencers, Olympic athletes, politicians, a president, restaurant owners, serenaders, soccer players, sprinters, and transfer students. Read on to learn more about early Panamanian Illini!
A Daily Illini interview with Mr. McSween (left) and Mr. Quiros (right), found in Record Series 41/8/801.
Since at least 1920, Latvian students have been attending the University of Illinois. They have included agricultural engineers, authors, chemists, dancers, dentists, diplomats, educators, musicians, military officers, philosophers, and volleyball players. While they have been a smaller student population, Latvian students have been big participants in multicultural activities and events on campus. Read on to learn about early Latvian Illini!
A Daily Illini photograph of two students from displaced persons camps, Mr. Sokolov (of Latvia) and Mr. Goncharoff (of Ukraine), found in Record Series 41/8/801.
Since at least 1897, Polish students have been attending the University of Illinois. They have included accountants, architectural engineers, artists, business administrators, cartoonists, catalogers, ceramic engineers, chemical engineers, chemists, civil engineers, historians, mathematicians, philosophers, photographers, sociologists, and writers. Read on to learn more about early Polish Illini!
A Polonia Club group photo from the 1918 Illio, Page 337, found in Record Series 41/8/805.