Homecoming Weekend Coming up Soon!

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There is less than a month until Homecoming Weekend! While counting down the days until we are back on campus, it might be fun to reminisce about the time we spent at IWU. I have fond memories of walking around campus and hanging out on the Quad on warm fall afternoons. Would you like to share a favorite IWU memory? Even if you can’t to make it to Bloomington for Homecoming Weekend, please feel free to share a memory or add a comment below.

If you are still deciding on which events to attend during Homecoming Weekend, the International RSO Fair is highly recommended. It will be on Saturday (10/14) at the Hansen Student Center, Center Court from 11 am – 1 pm. Come learn more about our multicultural registered student organizations (RSOs) and enjoy activities and musical performances. A light lunch will be provided, so please register either online or by phone by 10/8. For more details, visit the Homecoming Facebook page or the International RSO Fair Facebook event.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Reunion

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The members of Iota Zeta Chapter, ret. of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will hold a reunion during IWU Homecoming Weekend October 13-17, 2017. Please join us on Friday, October 13 at 5pm at Tommy’s or Saturday, October 14, at 2 pm in the Ames Library Rotunda (top floor) as we remember and celebrate all Illinois Wesleyan University sorors.  Iota Zeta chapter was established on the IWU campus in 1972.

Homecoming 2017

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 Homecoming 2017 is right around the corner!

You can register now here

A few noteworthy events:

  • Back to College Classes Friday and Saturday – The Ames Library, Beckman Auditorium
  • Family Fun on the Quad Saturday 8:30-11 – Eckley Quadrangle
  • Titan Tailgate Featuring Local Food Trucks Saturday 10AM-1PM – Shirk Center Parking Lot
  • “Club Tommy” Saturday, 6-9pm (Cost: $20) – Young Main Lounge in the Memorial Center

You can see the full schedule of Homecoming 2017 events here

Marianne Wolf-Astrauskas ’76

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Marianne Wolf-Astrauskas ’76 has been elected as the president of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). The NFPW is an organization consisting of men and women pursuing careers in communications. Congratulations Marianne!

From left: Katherine Keniston (Oregon) Secretary; Marianne Wolf-Astrauskas (Illinois) President; Marsha Hoffman (Iowa) Immediate Past-President; Karen Rowley (Louisiana) Treasurer and Gwen Larson (Kansas) Vice President


Steve Preis ’74 is Looking to Share Adventures!

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Hello everyone! What have you all been doing the last 43 years? Have you enjoyed your life’s journey? I sure have. I recently retired after a 40+ year career of teaching and serving as a school administrator. My journey began as an American Studies major where Paul Bushnell and Bob Bray somehow found a way to guide me through the challenge of higher education. After a earning a degree in Jr. High Education at the big school in Normal, I began my teaching career in Pekin, Illinois being a part of a brand new school, Broadmoor Jr. High. I concluded my career by opening and serving as principal for ten years at Desert Meadows School, in Laveen, AZ.

I want to encourage you to share your life’s journey with the Class of ’74 and all of the other great alumni and staff that call Illinois Wesleyan home. I know for a fact that our lives have not always been as we thought or planned when we entered our dorms for the first time. Two great examples are my friends Ned Carter and Roger Lirely. Ned told me in the spring of 1974 that he was going to study in Sweden for a year. He has now earned multiple degrees and raised a wonderful family in Sweden. He visits family and friends back here in the states. Roger was a pre-med student. Today he heads the Department of Accounting, Finance and Business Law at the University of Texas, Tyler. Those are great journeys full of twists and turns. Let’s hear yours! I can be reached at scooterv@icloud.com

Homecoming Countdown!

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It’s less than two months until the 45th Reunion of the Class of 1972. I hope you are planning to attend. The campus should be beautiful in October. If, like many of us, you have not been back to campus for years, you can print out a handy map from the website. Check out the schedule of Homecoming weekend events, dig out some Titan green attire, and make plans to come to Wesleyan October 13-15.

Fall colors and Holmes and Shaw Halls.

Class of 1975 Note from Debbie Burt Frazier

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Hello Titans!

These are some exciting times, in which we live. Thirty-eight years ago, in 1978, I was 26 years old. That was the year of the last total solar eclipse. I made a pin-hole viewer out of an old shoebox and took a look, for myself. Tomorrow, I will be blessed to witness another one, this time with special protective sunglasses. Maybe you remember your last solar eclipse, I sure hope so. This time you may have children or grandchildren to share in the excitement. Not to mention being in a whole new century, this time. Take care and enjoy!

As summer winds to a close, and ushers in autumn, please take the time to reflect and count your many blessings, my fellow Titans. I hope that you can look forward and see many more of them ahead. I trust that your summer included some vacation time, some respite, and a little discovery. Nature will soon unfold its season of many colors, autumn. Coming this fall, and every fall is homecoming at Illinois Wesleyan. I hope that you, like me, are planning to come home. There is simply nothing as grand as walking across the QUAD under the shade of the many magnificent trees.

As we get closer to October 13th, homecoming weekend, I will share more information with you. You should have already received your postcard reminder, which previewed the weekend’s events. One pretty special celebration is the 25th anniversary of the Minority Alumni Network, M.A.N. for short. There will be a Saturday, evening gala beginning at 8pm in Hansen on Saturday, October 14th. Please, plan to attend, if you do not have a class dinner. We would be glad to have you share in our celebration.

Well, I have to run now, no not literally! (smile) Talk to you again, soon.

DRBF
IWU -Newsletter
Debbie Burt-Frazier, August 20, 2017

Patrick Drazen ’74

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Patrick Drazen (’74) has recently had his third book published by Hamilton Press. Titled “Holy Anime! Japan’s View of Christianity”, it examines Christianity’s status as a minority religion in Japan and the liberties that are taken in portraying it in manga (comic books) and anime (cartoons). Congratulations, Patrick!