The Millennial
David Petreman is profiled in his journey to becoming “professor, poet, author and guru of Latin American culture.”

Congratulations David!

The Pantagraph
State Farm CEO Ed Rust Jr., a 1972 IWU graduate, dispelled rumors that the company will move jobs away from Bloomington during his remarks to the Illinois Wesleyan Associates on April 10, 2014.

Carol began her career in LaSalle National Bank Bond Department and later transitioned to the Wealth Management Group, where she obtained her Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP)SM designation, awarded by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.

• Named to Barron’s Top 100 Women Financial Advisors 2008 through 2013 and Barron’s Top 1,000 Financial Advisors 2010 through 2012*
• Named to Financial Times Top 400 Financial Advisors 2014**
• Named to REP’s Top 100 Wirehouse Advisors 2013 and REP’s Top 50 Wirehouse Women in America 2013***

Carol holds a Bachelor of Music Education cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University.

Carol sits on the Lincoln Park Zoo Women’s Board and the Illinois Wesleyan University Chicago Alumni Board. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

While working at LaSalle National Bank, Carol founded and directed the LaSalle Bank Employee Choir, which performed the National Anthem annually for the Cubs and White Sox, as well as holiday concerts. Carol also chaired the LaSalle Women’s Network.

She and her husband, Bill, live on the Near North side of Chicago.

IWU alumnae 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.

Way to go Class of ’75.  We had 19 donors to the “All In” Campaign!!!

Prof. George McGee portrays famous Kentucky historical figure, Henry Clay.  McGee appears as the politician and performs his life story as part of a group under the Kentucky Humanities Council. When he’s not doing that, you can find him teaching or directing a play in the Ruth Pearce Wilson Lab Theatre at Georgetown College.

You can read more about George in the following links.

http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/georgetonian/2014/04/professor-mcgee-takes-role-henry-clay/

http://visitshelbyky.com/2014/03/henry-clay-kentucky-chautauqua/

The class of 1970 had 31 donors for All In!

The class of 1971 had 25 donors for All In!

The class of 1972 had 12 donors for All In!