GREETINGS, Classmates of 1963 and Class of 1964,

By the time this item gets posted it will already be September 1, 2013. The important number here is 2013 for those who relate to it as the 50th Homecoming and Reunion year, which will be celebrated on campus October 11 through 13.

A number of mailings from our very productive Alumni Office have already gone out to home addresses, and now is the time to get real serious about responses. A special edition Class Newsletter is being edited now and will be distributed via e mail. That letter summarizes how each of our readers can be an active partner in making this celebration truly “A Class Act.” Let us hear from YOU!  Please complete your registrations this month.

See you in October,

Frank Wanto

Co-chair

Message from Ann Harding, Director of Alumni Relations

Thank you for reading and contributing to your class newsletter.  What a great way to build class loyalty and to stay connected.  Reading about each other is great, but coming back to homecoming is the BEST way to reconnect with IWU.

This year, homecoming is October 11-13.  You will be receiving the homecoming brochure in the mail very soon. Plus you can review all the details and get yourself registered on titanpride.org

Our theme this year is A Class Act.  I think you’ll see that everything we have planned this year will offer you a fun filled weekend with most activities free for everyone!!  Class years ending in 3 and 8 are reunion years.

Besides registering for homecoming; I have one more request of you.  I would like each of our 565 incoming first year students to have a welcome letter in their mail box when they arrive on August 20.   Would you please write a note and send it to me at 1001 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL  61702-2900?  Offer this new Titan a piece of advice, something to look for on campus or in the Bloomington Normal community or a fond memory you had of your first semester on campus. Be sure to sign it!  If you’re able, please make several copies of your letter. I need 565 letters!!!

Lastly, thanks to all of you who  made a gift to IWU this year.  I’m sure you have read President Wilson’s messages about the increased need for financial aid to attract the best and the brightest to fill our classes.  Without your generous support to the Wesleyan Fund, we will lose young people who really want to be a Titan, but need more help, financially.

My best~

Ann