NORMAL — Even as Kenneth Pierson drove home to Texas in the summer of 1999 without completing classes toward his degree at Illinois State, he wasn't worried.
"I told myself I'll go back and finish," he said. "I started working around here (in Houston) and kind of forgot about it ... It's always been in the back of my mind and nagging at me the whole time."
It's time for Pierson to silence that voice in the back of his head.
The former Redbird basketball player's academic journey is finally complete.