Glenda Jansma ’83 with her 2015 Legacy Graduate, Gwenyth Naftzger.

Brookdale Senior Living President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Ohlendorf ’82 will transition to an enhanced role as president as the current chief operating officer steps down.

Here’s the link with more information. http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2015/06/brookdale-shakes-up-c-suite-begins-search-for-new.html

Michael Tipsord ’81 will become CEO of State Farm Insurance in September, at the recommendation of current CEO and fellow Illinois Wesleyan graduate Ed Rust Jr. ’72, who will remain board chairman.  http://www.pantagraph.com/business/state-farm-names-tipsord-ceo-rust-remains-board-chairman/article_1ffd4c88-a044-5ee0-bec9-2d78d9535320.html

VSA Partners, where Pat Palmer is a partner, is featured in Crain’s for its expanding work as a multi-media agency not just a design firm.

Steve is a member of the faculty at UW-Milwaukee, designs shows around Wisconsin, and serves as a theatre consultant on new building projects.  Recent credits include The Detective’s Wife and Picnic for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre; Lysistrata, Anton In Show Business, Laughing Stock, MilWonky Style, and Ruined at UW/M; and Tin Woman, Miracle on South Division Street, Saloon, and Once A Ponzi Time at Peninsula Players where he’s worked since 1997.   Regional credits include shows for Northlight Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Organic Theatre, New American Theatre, and a Joseph Jefferson nomination for Woman In Black at The Theatre Building.

Dr. Boatman has recently been named to “topDentists” in 2014 and 2015. He has a solo dental practice in Troy, IL that he opened in 1989.

Scott Lovero ’80 received his Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from Concordia University Chicago on May 7th, 2015. Scott has been teaching in a self-contained bilingual 3rd grade classroom at Pershing Elementary in Berwyn, IL for the past three years and will be returning for the 2015/2016 school year.

On April 9, Titans of all generations pulled together and showed their pride on the third annual All In For Wesleyan. More than 1,800 gifts of all sizes from 49 states and 17 countries totaled over $500,000 in support of Illinois Wesleyan University and our students. Our collective philanthropy served as an inspiration to the next generation as All In For Wesleyan firmly established itself as an Illinois Wesleyan tradition, both on campus and off. The classes from 1980-1989 had 214 donors on April 9th and donations totaling $68,836.83.

Thank you 1980-1989 Alumni for being “all in” all the time, and for continuing to make Illinois Wesleyan one of your giving priorities. If you have already made your gift this year, thank you! If you have not made your gift this year, I hope that you will join me as a donor and put us one more gift closer to our participation goal. You can make your gift by visiting iwu.edu/give. It is your support that keeps Illinois Wesleyan strong, and develops the next generation of leaders.

Your partner in support,

Van Miller ‘04

Director of Annual Giving

Bill Braksick ’88 was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on May 2, 2015.  You can click here too view a Pantagraph article on Bill’s accomplishment.

Congratulations, Bill!

The Knights with Eric Jacobsen, Conductor and Dawn Upshaw, Soprano will perform at Ravinia 2015 at Martin Theatre,Sunday, July 05, 2015.  Gates open at 1 pm and performance at 7 pm.

https://www.ravinia.org/ShowDetails/Index?id=999