Puget Sound Illini

A home for Alumni of the University of Illinois living in the Seattle area

Welcome to the website for the Puget Sound Illini.  We are a club of alumni and friends of the University of Illinois system residing in the Puget Sound (Seattle) metropolitan area and Washington state.  We are a local chapter of the University of Illinois Alumni Association.

Get Connected

You can join our YahooGroup by sending a mail to pugetsound-illini-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You can read archived news and announcements at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pugetsound-illini/

If you are at Microsoft, you can join the Illinois Alumni list, "uiucalum" via AutoGroup

Events

Seattle Illini Club Kick-off
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Tap House Grill: 1506 6th Ave. | Seattle
Questions: Jo Ann Schmidt

Engineering at Illinois - Seattle Alumni Reception
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Mill Creek Country Club: 15500 Country Club Drive | Mill Creek
Register online: http://engineering.illinois.edu/seattle2009

Campus Connections

Illinois Links / Memories

Below are some links submitted by members for your enjoyment:

Food / Drink from Illinois

• Al's Italian Beef
• Buona Beef
• Hey! BEER HERE!!! - the blog of UIUC Alum, Jordan Hobfoll
• Interview with Arnold Yarber, owner of Po' Boys Barbeque in Champaign, IL
• Lou Malnati's Priority Pizza
• Vienna Beef Hot Dogs
• Wrigley Beer Vendors

Food / Drink from Illinois in Washington

• Jimmy John's: Downtown, U-District, Bellevue, Redmond
• Papa John's Pizza
• Wallingford Pizza House

Humor

• You know your from Chicago when...

Media

• Chicago Flame - UIC student newspaper
• Champaign News-Gazette
• Daily Illini - UIUC student newspaper
• the Journal - UIS student newspaper
• WPGU - UIUC student radio station

Sports

• Big Ten Wonk - blog by UIUC Alum John Gasaway

Big 10

Other local Big 10 alumni groups: (bold indicates a local website)

• Indiana: IUAA: Chapters & Groups: Pac. NW and California,  IU Alumni Chapter of Seattle, WA
• Iowa: Western Washington Iowa Club
• Michigan: University of Michigan Club of Seattle
• Michigan State: MSU Alumni Clubs in Washington, Spartans in the Sound
• Minnesota: University of Minnesota Alumni Association: WA - Puget Sound
• Northwestern: NU Club of Seattle
• Ohio State: Ohio State Alumni: WA/Seattle
• Penn State: PSAA Chapters, Puget Sound Chapter - Penn State Alumni Association
• Purdue: Purdue Club Puget Sound
• Wisconsin: Wisconsin Alumni Association - Rain City Badgers, Rain City Badgers

Contact

If you would like to join the Steering Committee for the Puget Sound Illini, please send an email with your contact information to: steering@pugetsoundillini.com

Acting Chair:

Rob Dolin
rob@pugetsoundillini.com

Past Chairs:

• Eric Adams
• Jacqueline Riddell

Last updated: 10/06/2007

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