Former Bradley University men’s basketball coach Jim Molinari ’77 was inducted into the Bradley Athletics Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Jim!

Read more about his accomplishment here.

Thank-A-Giver Day (TAG Day) is Monday, February 10. This day provides the IWU campus community with the opportunity to thank donors who support Illinois Wesleyan. IWU celebrates each year in mid-February because it marks the symbolic point during the academic year – about 70% of the way through – when we rely on support from alumni and friends, our endowment, and external grants.

If you would like to be celebrated as a donor today, you can make a gift at iwu.edu/give.

Zelotes Toliver ’70 will perform his Spirituals concert live at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY on February 23. His concert will include iconic African American Spirituals. For more information about the concert and the work of Zelotes, click here.

Best of luck, Zelotes!

Zelotes Edmund Toliver (Photo by Bernd Paulitschke)

Dave Darling ’79 has been nominated by his peers and approved by the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board again, as a Leading Lawyer for 2020. The distinction of being named a Leading Lawyer has been earned by fewer than 5% of all lawyers licensed to practice law in Illinois. Congratulations, Dave!

I truly hope that your holidays will be filled with good food, good drink and good cheer. Take time to reflect on 2019 and look forward to the promise that 2020 may bring. Share the love. Not just with your friends and loved ones, but with all mankind. Please, be kind, be safe and be happy. Here is a video wishing you a Happy Holiday from IWU.
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At the Southeast Regional Conference of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence nurses society in Columbus GA. 10-05-19, Lucinda (Cindy) Cline Bufford BSN, RN, CWOCN was awarded the Georgia State recognition award. It was in recognition of her contribution, service, outstanding leadership, and dedication to the advancement WOC nursing. Cindy has been a Wound, Ostomy and Continence nurse at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta GA for 20 years and has worked there as an RN for 37 years.

Susan Meister ’74 reports that she is enjoying retirement, and has taken up piano after 50 years of not playing. She makes quilts for a shelter for homeless pregnant women, sings in Springfield Choral Society as well as her church choir, attends Bible Study Fellowship, and has been elected Regent of the Springfield Chapter of the Daughters of the American revolution. She and her husband are enjoying their two grandchildren, who are the children of their daughter Dr. Katherine Cheng (IWU class of ’04), a commander and dentist in the US Navy. Dr. Cheng is stationed with her husband at Naval Station Great Lakes.

Congratulations to Dr. Debbie Burt-Frazier ’75 , who has been elevated to full-time professorship in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Science at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio where she teaches academic and research writing and introduction to literary studies. She also remains Adjunct faculty in Wilberforce University, teaching English and Communications.

Walter Otey ’76 was the guest conductor of the Oak Ridge Community Band in Oak Ridge, TN on October 6. Walter directed the band in the performance of William Schuman’s “When Jesus Wept”. To read more, click here.