Hayden-Clark Alumni Center

Welcome to your new home on the Hilltop! Welcome to Bradley’s home for alumni!

Jerry Hayden ’59 and his wife Marilyn Keller Hayden ’61 and Bob Clark ’67 and his wife Kathleen provided the lead gift for the building. You’re invited to visit us anytime, of course — The Hayden-Clark Alumni Center’s Shaheen Hall of Pride is open to the public six days a week, excluding posted holidays. Bradley alumni groups are invited to host meetings, reunions and other alumni-related events i

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Location

Peoria

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Telephone

(309) 677-2240

Website

www.bradley.edu/alumni

Address

816 N Tobias Ln
Peoria, IL
61625

General information

Bradley history comes alive in the Shaheen Hall of Pride, a gift from Gerald Shaheen ’66 MBA ’68 and Pamela Cuthbert Shaheen ’73. Discover campus through the decades in display cases of memorabilia and memories from the 1940s to today. Reminisce about dorm life with dioramas depicting the evolution of residence hall rooms. Use interactive maps to watch campus develop, view photos of major events, and discover what life at Bradley has been like since its founding. Watch videos of campus history in the Decades Theatre, or find old friends and learn about alumni events with BUconnect computers.

Upstairs, with a lovely view of the sunset and the lush Alumni Quad, the Peplow Pavilion and Terrace on the third floor provides an upscale setting for alumni reunions, wedding receptions, and other special events. The gift from Judy and Gary Peplow ’62 encompasses 4,560 square feet of banquet space.

The second floor features an office suite for Alumni Relations and the vice president for advancement and one of five mediated conference rooms. The building features 1,716 square feet of office space. It also offers a view of the dramatic staircase and the display cases that take alumni back to their days on the Hilltop.

Visitors can browse and explore the early days of Bradley Polytechnic Institute, including a portion of Lydia Moss Bradley’s jewelry collection and a mourning dress from her era. Lydia’s Grove, designed with a sustainability feature on the new Alumni Quad, will offer seating niches and gravel walkways within a grove of trees. A replica of a marble fireplace in Lydia’s home on Moss Avenue is a focal point in the main floor library. The library, a gift from Christine and Mark Turner ’80 and their family, provides a place for alumni to reminisce while perusing old yearbooks and magazines. Bradley’s official seal is embedded near the building’s entrance.

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 2pm