In this issue of North Central College magazine, find out how the Cardinal commitment to the environment gets stronger all the time through the great work of our environmental studies students and faculty to prepare our community--and our world--for the challenges of the future. Read about what our amazing alumni and friends (we're looking at you) are doing to support our incredible population of first-generation college students and shatter all existing records for our annual Day of Giving. Get a sneak preview of the changes coming to Oesterle Library and the lighting at our baseball and softball fields, and help us celebrate a century of women in athletics at North Central. These stories, plus more campus news, classnotes, Cardinal sports stories and even more inside!