The Illinois Wesleyan fiscal year is ending quickly on July 31. Have you renewed your support yet this year? *
It’s not too late to be added to the list!
We still need 163 alumni to step forward before July 31 to increase alumni participation 1% over last year.
*Check by visiting http://www.iwu.edu/annualreport/.
After decades of service to Illinois Wesleyan, Ann Harding retired this month as director of Alumni Relations.
Read more about Ann’s commitment to IWU and its alumni, here.
On April 5, 2014 Xi Chapter celebrated its 100th anniversary with Alpha Gamma Delta. Among the returning alums were Carol Coons Hayner ’66, Margie Tribble Nickles ’70, Jody Wolfgang Hostetler ’67, Darlene Jenks Frederick ’67, Julie Raber Kemp ’67, Ginger Basket Samara ’65, Kay Gerhart Durkin ’65.
Stephen died Dec. 24, 2013, in Galesburg, Ill. He was 65. He served in the U.S. Marines for two years at Camp Pendleton in California, where he met his future wife of 40 years, Pam Eubanks. The couple married in 1973 and moved to Galesburg the following year. Stephen spent 30 years with his father’s construction business and retired in 2012 as a field representative for LECET, an international labor union organization. He was an active volunteer, serving on the city of Galesburg Overall Review Board, as director and vice president of the Jaycees, and as coach for youth sports team. He is survived by his wife, three sons and four grandchildren.
The Alumni Office wants to share that Nancy L. Boggs passed away on January 15, 2014.
The Millennial
David Petreman is profiled in his journey to becoming “professor, poet, author and guru of Latin American culture.”
Congratulations David!
Vicki Cox and Sally Simpson were recently featured in the Sigma Alpha Iota Rosebud newsletter!
(top row) Vicki Cox ’70 Lois Hamm Thurner ’68
(middle row) Sandy Thompson ’71 Sally Simpson ’70
(bottom row) Carol Pedigo Phoenix ’67 Ann Sauer Ragsdale ’69
Sara “Sally” Simpson was recently featured in the Sigma Alpha Iota Rosebud newsletter!
Sara recently toured some Civil War Battlefields. She played an alto saxhorn built about 1857 for spectators at the 150th Anniversary Reenactment of the battle of Chickamauga, GA. She also played at the Illinois Monument at Shiloh and placed flowers on the grave of her great grand uncle at the National Cemetery in Corinth, Mississippi. Sara still resides in Bloomington-Normal and plays regularly with the Community Concert Band and the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band.
The class of 1970 had 31 donors for All In!
Professor of Hispanic Studies Carmela Ferradans edited and translated Incessant Beauty: A Bilingual Anthology of Ana Rossetti’s Poetry, published by 2LeafPress (April, 2014). Ana Rossetti’s poetics translation into English was done by R. Forrest Colwell Professor of American Literature Robert Bray; the book’s cover design is by Spencer Sauter.