October 11-13 It’s Almost Here!That means it is time to register here! (If you’ve already registered….thank you!!!)Click here for a full schedule of events, but some highlights include:Friday, October 11th
20th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Outing at Crestwicke Country Club
Back to College Classes
Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of Fricke Hall at The Gates at Wesleyan
President’s Reception for reunion classes
It’s a Class Act, presented by the School of Theatre Arts (also shown Saturday night and Sundaymatinee)
Saturday, October 12th
Capt. Ryan Beaupre Memorial Scholarship 5K run/walkFree Pancake/Sausage Breakfast on the Eckley Quad
Back to College Classes
Free Alumni Award Luncheon
Football Game and Tailgating, IWU vs. North Park
All Titan Homecoming Celebration, featuring “Club Tommy”
Golden Titan Dinner
Sunday, October 13th
All Campus Service and Co-Choir Reunion Performance
…plus so much more!!!
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Looking forward to seeing you all back on campus for IWU Homecoming 2013! Don’t forget to registerhere!
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Ron Jaynes ’63
HOMECOMING
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
William Powers ’64
William Powers, internationally recognized operatic bass-baritone, is directing the upcoming production of Verdi’s La Traviata for Oak Park’s Verismo Opera Company. Powers’ concept places the action in Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1910 Oak Park rather than the usual setting of Paris in 1850. You can learn more about his career at: http://wpbaritone.com/
“All in for Wesleyan,” a Historic Day of Giving
On July 17, over 2,500 alumni and friends made gifts to IWU totaling over $450,000. Unless otherwise specified by donors, all the money raised went to student scholarships and financial aid. The “All in for Wesleyan” challenge began when Illinois Wesleyan Trustee John Horton ’82 and his wife, Joann, offered a gift of $100,000 if alumni and friends could raise $50,000 in one day. When that challenge was met, several more challenges followed — and each was fulfilled. Howard ’60 and Sharon ’60 Fricke offered a $10,000 gift if 600 donors participated. Ed ’62 and Lin Phelps then offered $25,000 for 1,000 total donors. Korey ’00 and Heidi Coon offered a $15,000 challenge for 1,200 donors. Dr. Mike Sombeck ’83 offered $25,000 if we could reach 1,500. Finally, at the end of the day, Dr. Randy ’73 & Jodie Reed offered $25,000 and Ed ’62 & Lin Phelps added $10,000 more to match every new gift, dollar for dollar…up to a total of $35,000 in gifts before midnight.
It was an exciting day to be a Titan. The challenge became about so much more than numbers and dollars and donors. It provided our alumni and friends with a chance to share their pride and explain how much IWU means to them. If you weren’t following these conversations on social media, you can click here to read them now. THANK YOU to all of our loyal alumni and friends who made July 17 an incredible day for our school and our students.

Carleen Graff ’68
Carleen Graff, Professor of Music, at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH, presented at the European Piano Teachers Association in Düsseldorf, Germany on May 11, 2013. Her topic was “American Four-Hand Piano Music Inspired by Dances”. Her duet partners were from Berlin, Germany. Previously, she presented at the European Piano Teachers Association, Section Deutschland, in Schwerin in October of 2010 when she discussed, in German, and performed George Crumb’s “Eine kleine Mitternachtsmusik”.
Ann Harding
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
Earl Staley ’60
Dreamscapes, an exhibit by artist Earl Staley ’60, is on view at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.
Richard Jenkins ’69
Among “moviedom’s best & brightest,” Richard Jenkins ’69 is on a Postmedia film critic’s list of “5 actors who make films better.”
Recently Richard went back to his roots and rejoined the Trinity Reperatory Company. You can read about it here.
Duane Vanderwater ’60
Had a great time this summer in Germany with three of our kids and spouses. Each spent a week with us. Since 1988, we have visited the country 13 times. Our kids call us the family tour guides! Also, we are still singing four concerts a year with our Irving Chorale.




