We are saddened to share that David A. Alford passed away August 19, 2018.

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Suan Guess-Hanson ’64 organized the Wheelchair Tennis Demo at Evergreen Racquet Club, here in Bloomington. They had a great weekend with wheelchair tennis.  If you want to see some photos from the weekend activity, go to Facebook for erctennis.com and also USTA Midwest Wheelchair Tennis Group.

Academy Award nominated film actor and DeKalb native Richard Jenkins ’69 will appear at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theater on Oct. 30 for the theater’s career retrospective of his work. You can read more about it here.

Robert Stach ’67 recently had his fourth book published.  The titles of all four books in the series are: “Saving the Human Race”, “The Ice Age Cometh”, “The Andromeda Galaxy and Beyond”, and “Time to Travel Again in Space”. Robert says, “I’m very pleased to have this series of science fiction books published. Much that allowed me to write these books comes from the wonderful education I received at IWU.”

Mary Sue (Knopp) Brewer ’65 retired after 29 years with the textile, merchandising and interiors department of the University of Georgia. She was hired there because the textile people needed someone with a biology background to do their toxicity studies. Her most recent work involved the transfer of microbes from carpet or upholstery to skin-like material using a robot. She has been unable to visit the Atlanta alumna Christmas party because she is always busy snapping the whip-crack with the Athens Symphony.

We are saddened to announce that Judie Groniger ’60 passed away September 25, 2015.

A link to her obituary can be found here.

Join Golden Titan Club members for dinner and cocktails.
Cocktail hour starts at 6:00 pm, and dinner begins at 6:30 pm.

New Venue:
Redbird A and C, Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 201 Broadway Ave., Normal

$35 registration fee for non-IWU alumni guests

You may register here or you may call 888-498-2586.

All alumni from the classes from the 1930’s – 1967 are welcome.

Members of IWU’s class of 1968 are busy making reservations, contacting old friends and getting ready for their 50th reunion October 5-7.  The Reunion Weekend and Homecoming 2018 is A Century of Celebration.

Please fill out the 50 Year Reunion Book Survey.  You don’t have to attend to be included in the Book and receive a copy.  We want to know what everyone is doing after all these years.  Also watch for registration information.  It will be available in August.

Let Jill Dew, jillwdew@gmail.com, or Steve Nestler, nestler345@sbcglobal.net, know if you plan to join us!  Or contact Krista Cordona ’03, kcardona@iwu.edu.

You can see who has already planned to attend here

Richard Jenkins, DeKalb native and Academy Award nominee, has announced that a special film series hosted by the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb IL is set for September and October.  The series will feature  nine favorite movies that he has starred in.  According to Jenkins, “They all mean something special to me. I’m humbled that they’re showing them at the theater in downtown DeKalb and I hope you all come and check them out.”

The nine movies are “Dear John,” “Eat, Pray, Love,” “Flirting with Disaster,” “Bone Tomahawk,” “North Country,” “The Visitor,” “Step Brothers,” “Norman” and “The Shape of Water.”  Jenkins’ performance in “The Visitor” and “The Shape of Water” earned him Academy Award nominations.

Read the full article here

Here is the link to the Egyptian Theatre website where you can view Jenkins’ announcement and purchase tickets.

This is a wonderful honor, Richard.  Congratulations.