Christmas is upon us, Titans!

Wow! Just twenty-one days until Christmas, three weeks, yikes! I don’t know about you, my fellow Titans, but I’m feeling the pressure of the holidays. Thanksgivings was great, time spent with family and friends was wonderful, but now it is Christmas full-speed ahead! There is gift-shopping, holiday parties, year end responsibilities and plenty of activity(when will I get to the Xmas cards?) to go around. If you happen to have a college student in your household, he or she has finals looming. I have a law student who is taking finals and I think that I am more stressed out than he is!

I hope that you are able to take a moment or two to renew your spirit and not become overwhelmed with all of the holiday hub-bub. I often suggest that you give yourself a gift prior to Christmas. It can be a movie, a massage, an outfit, anything that pleases you and will rejuvenate your spirit. Don’t feel guilty about it, either, just enjoy. I also encourage you to post your holiday happenings here via the newsletter, send photos if you like. My wish for you all is to have a blessed and safe holiday season.

So, Season’s Greetings, Happy Holiday! Happy Chanukah, and Merry Christmas! I hope that Santa brings you something special, especially if you have been a good Titan! Best wishes to you and yours, and I will talk to you next year (or sooner -:-)

Peace,

Dr. Debbie Burt-Frazier, EdD

December 1, 2015 Giving Tuesday

#GivingTuesday is a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, groups and individuals around the world are coming together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.

As you consider giving this holiday season, please consider giving the gift of bright futures to current Titans. Your gift supports all the things that make an IWU experience unforgettable and unique! Gifts can be made online at www.iwu.edu/give or by calling 309-556-3091.

Thanks for keeping Illinois Wesleyan in mind this holiday season. Go Titans!
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IWU Alumni Association

Illinois Wesleyan University Alumni Association thanks Claudia Brogan ’77, Dr. Debra Burt-Frzier ’75, Dave Darling ’79, Sonny Freeman ’70, Carole Liske ’77, and Marianne Wolf-Astrauskas ’76 for renewing their commitment to serve IWU as members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Mike Sutter ’76 Named ‘Person to Know’

Mike Sutter ’76 was named one of 15 hospital, health system chief innovation officers to know.

Michael Sutter, Chief Innovation Officer, Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana, Ill.). Mike has been chief innovation officer since May 2014. He previously served as the health system’s executive director of IT and as clinical director of Carle’s Epic EHR. While at this position he was involved in the initiation of the first electronic record for the system’s physician practice. 

Mike also is a certified nurse anesthetist. Before working at Carle, Mike was involved with health technology projects with the U.S. Army.

Here is a link to an article with more detailed information:

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/15-hospital-health-system-chief-innovation-officers-to-know.html

Congratulations, Mike.

Rick Harrison ’75

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Rick Harrison ’75 completed his first book December 2009, Jacob Shall Be a Fire, a Catholic theological novel. Jacob presents a modern concept of how end times prophecy might play out in an entertaining novel and explores the Catholic view of prophecy in 150 pages of theological commentary that follows the story. Two more books are in the works, a 600 page review of the intelligent design evolution debate (available free in draft at Rick’s Web site, http://matthew1026.com), and an analysis of the UFO phenomena, still in the early phases of composition. Update, October, 2015: the novel has been removed from publication for extensive revision, nearly complete, and can be read free on the Website.

Homecoming 2015 -Titan Green Over Everything- 1975

Hey, 1975 Classmates!

Dr. Debbie Burt-Frazier here, and excited about being your new newsletter editor. Thanks, to our former editor, Dr. Bruce Storey who filled this post for many years. I attended Homecoming last month and had an absolute blast! It was our 40th reunion, classmates! My how time flies! I even managed to talk a couple of fellow alums to return with me, Jacelyn Chatman-Dale ’72 and Stephan Garnett ’75. We enjoyed the Alumni luncheon, we won the football game over North Park, and partied at Club Tommy’s. As an added honor, we got to meet IWU’s new president, Eric Jensen and his wife, Elizabeth, two awesome additions to Wesleyan. Sadly, we bid a fond farewell to President Dick Wilson and wife, Pat, who for 10 years provided excellent leadership to our Alma Mater Wesleyan.

Well. I could go on, but I must save some for my next post! Take care, Titans, and may you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Dr. Debbie

Claudia Brogan ’77 – Homecoming 2015

 


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I received a note from Claudia Brogan ‘77 about how much she enjoyed Homecoming. Below is some of what she sent.

“I had such a great time at IWU’s Homecoming this past weekend.

“During the alumni luncheon on Saturday, there was a great honoring and send-off of President Wilson. That was one of my favorite parts of the Homecoming festivities. It was a great time for people to celebrate his successes and to wish him well. Here’s a photo of one of my fellow Alumni Board members, the new President of the Alumni Board Ms. Elly Jones ’91 with President Wilson.

“I am now sending photo of the fall colors and decorations on campus: they did such a beautiful job!”