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TechnographAlumnae mothers reconnect with UI college days
By Sarah Small
Posted: 4/8/08 Section: Mom's Day Guide 2008
Kim Rutledge went to her first University athletic event when she was only a few months old. As soon as the game began and the noise of the crowd rose, she started crying, scared.
Good thing she was accompanied by her mother, Nan Rutledge, the 2007-2008 president of the Mom's Association.
"We didn't go to any more games for a while after that," Nan Rutledge said.
Rutledge is just one mom who graduated from the University and raised her children to love it. For her and other alumnae moms, the upcoming weekend will be a chance for them to spend time with their children and recall their days at the University.
When her children were young, Rutledge would take them to walk around campus. They would play on the Alma Mater and go into the old buildings on the Quad such as Lincoln Hall and the Natural History Building.
Rutledge said she and her husband, also a University graduate, wanted the school to be important to their children but were careful not to press their views too strongly on them.
"Our attitude was always to expose them to the University and share our love for the University with them," she said.
Like her daughter, Rutledge grew up with the University because her dad attended after the end of World War II.
She remembers wearing the orange and blue. In high school she would go come to campus for sibling's weekend at her cousin's sorority.
"I always felt like this was where I wanted to go to school," Rutledge said.
During Mom's Weekend, Rutledge will resign her role as president of the Mom's Association to Marj Freese who has two sons at the University.
"The University of Illinois has always been a part of their lives," Freese said. "They've grown up with orange blood."
Like Rutledge, Freese brought her sons to campus at every possible opportunity to introduce them to the University.
She and her husband took their sons to football and basketball games. They brought their sons' friends to campus to allow them to get to know the University as well.
Good thing she was accompanied by her mother, Nan Rutledge, the 2007-2008 president of the Mom's Association.
"We didn't go to any more games for a while after that," Nan Rutledge said.
Rutledge is just one mom who graduated from the University and raised her children to love it. For her and other alumnae moms, the upcoming weekend will be a chance for them to spend time with their children and recall their days at the University.
When her children were young, Rutledge would take them to walk around campus. They would play on the Alma Mater and go into the old buildings on the Quad such as Lincoln Hall and the Natural History Building.
Rutledge said she and her husband, also a University graduate, wanted the school to be important to their children but were careful not to press their views too strongly on them.
"Our attitude was always to expose them to the University and share our love for the University with them," she said.
Like her daughter, Rutledge grew up with the University because her dad attended after the end of World War II.
She remembers wearing the orange and blue. In high school she would go come to campus for sibling's weekend at her cousin's sorority.
"I always felt like this was where I wanted to go to school," Rutledge said.
During Mom's Weekend, Rutledge will resign her role as president of the Mom's Association to Marj Freese who has two sons at the University.
"The University of Illinois has always been a part of their lives," Freese said. "They've grown up with orange blood."
Like Rutledge, Freese brought her sons to campus at every possible opportunity to introduce them to the University.
She and her husband took their sons to football and basketball games. They brought their sons' friends to campus to allow them to get to know the University as well.
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