Join the Minority Alumni Network at the Network Summer Picnic!

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If you are in the Chicago area, I would like to extend an invitation to the:
Network Summer Picnic 
 
Join the IWU Minority Alumni Network at this year’s annual picnic introducing new leadership who is building on the rich legacy while evolving alumni and student engagement. Meet Network chair, Mary (Miller) Wilson ’04, the leadership committee, and connect with fellow alumni and students. Also, meet students who participated in the Summer Enrichment Program.
 
Sunday, August 4, 2019  |  2 – 5 p.m.
 
At the home of:
Dave Darling ’79 and Genie Darling
17906 Golden Pheasant Drive, Tinley Park, IL 60487
RSVP by July 31, 2019
online or call (888) 498-2586.  
 
Debbie Burt-Frazier ’75

Dr. Karen Hockenyos (Yarnell) Goodwin ’71

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Dr. Karen Hockenyos (Yarnell) Goodwin, PhD, age 70 of Pagosa Springs, CO, passed away at home on April 24, 2019, surrounded by family after a year-long struggle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, (John G Goodwin, Jr.), two children (Sarah and Jacob), two grandchildren (Madeleine and Carson), siblings (Jon, Kris, and Mark) and their extended families.

You can read her full obituary here.

James D. “Jim” Robinson ’74

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James D. “Jim” Robinson, Jr., age 67, Normal IL passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. A service celebrating his life will be 3:00 PM Tuesday at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, IL. Rev. Jan Hazekamp will be officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 18th from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM at the memorial home. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be made to Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Jim will be remembered for his boisterous personality, as an enthusiastic runner, church involvement, and forever as a proud father.

You can view his obituary here.

Birda Buzan Ferguson ’75

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This has been a big year for alumna Birda Ferguson of the Class of 75! She became a grandmother on May 9, 2018 when William Lucas Oliveros, the first son of her daughter, Kirstin Ferguson Oliveros, was born. On February 1, 2019, she retired from First Presbyterian Church of Hackettstown, NJ where she had served as pastor for 9 years. She moved to South Carolina at the end of February with her husband, Glenn. Together, they are enjoying exploring the area and making new friends!