alumni Archives - The DePaulia

DePaul Alumnus David Dastmalchian on his journey to stardom and ‘Late Night With The Devil’

Zachary Klein, Staff Writer • March 3, 2024

David Dastmalchian enrolled in DePaul’s Theater School in the mid-1990s with a difficult past weighing heavy on him. In high school, he struggled with a secret drug problem and undiagnosed clinical...

‘Stranger Things’ star will speak at DePaul’s virtual commencement ceremonies

Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor • May 7, 2020

Joe Keery, a star in Netflix's "Stranger Things" and a 2014 DePaul theatre alum, will participate in June's virtual commencement ceremonies, the university announced in an email Thursday morning. Each...

Blue Demon Challenge donations double initial goal of $1 million

Maria Garcia • January 26, 2020

DePaul hosted the Blue Demon Challenge on Thursday, Jan. 23 with a goal to raise $1 million. The challenge surpassed expectations and impressed students and faculty with $2,006,201 in total donations raised...

The disconnect in alumni donations; The incessent requests for donations after graduation without regard to the expenses of college itself needs to be re-examined

Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor • February 11, 2019

Another year’s annual Blue Demon Challenge is in the books and DePaul now has over $780,000 extra sitting in the bank. The Blue Demon Challenge is DePaul’s annual giving day, in which the...

DePaul alum directs new play “The Burials”

Pat Mullane • September 25, 2016

In the spring of 2006, then DePaul theater student and studying playwright, Caitlin Parrish was premiering her play “Echo Boom” at DePaul as part of The Theatre School’s New Playwrights Series. ...