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Homecoming is October 17-19.  Class years ending in 4 and 9 are reunion years.  Our theme this year is Off the Charts. We are focusing on the 150^th Anniversary of the School of Music, with many music themed events.  Join us on Friday night for the Green Carpet Gala Concert & Reception at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. On Saturday morning, the Titan Pep Band Alumni Reunion will take place on the Quad while you enjoy the free Pancake/Sausage Breakfast. Saturday night, join us in the Young Main Lounge for Club Tommy. Check the brochure or www.titanpride.org for more details. Please register soon!

I look forward to seeing you at Homecoming or another alumni event very soon. – Adriane Powell

Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre, where Elizabeth K. Auman ’91 is managing director, was nominated for multiple Jeff Awards. The Jeff Awards celebrate the excellence in Chicago theater. Congratulations Elizabeth!  http://www.jeffawards.org/home/index.cfm

This summer our family traveled from St. Louis to Colorado. We took some pictures with our IWU friends and family while we were there.  I wanted to share them with you. – Kathy Solodar

#1 – Lisa Subar Fetters ’90 and Kathy Blattner Solodar ‘ 89 in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Lisa and I were best friends and  Elementary Ed majors and in the AOII house.

#2- John Solodar ’91, Kathy Blattner Solodar ’89 and Lisa Subar Fetters ’90 with our IWU banner in front of the Rocky Mountain National Park sign.

#3- Family gathering in Breckenridge, CO.  Three alumni, 1 current student and 1 future student! Kristin Solodar, class of 2017, Becky Blattner Rauff ’83, Kathy Blattner Solodar ’89, John Solodar ’91, Katie Solodar (class of 2024?)

Congratulations to Brad Forsyth ’91! He  has been named a college scout with the Miami Dolphins. From the Dolphin’s Press Release: Forsyth is entering his first season as a member of the Dolphins’ scouting staff after spending the past 20 seasons in various roles with the Buffalo Bills. For the past 18 seasons, he served as a college area scout with Buffalo after being elevated to that role prior to the start of the 1995 season. Forsyth began his career in the NFL in 1992 with the Bills as an intern in the team’s scouting department as well as assisting in coordinating training camp. He was a four-year letterman at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL, where he began his career as a wide receiver before moving to quarterback. Forsyth received his undergraduate degree in business administration from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1990. He went on to earn his master’s degree in sports administration from Illinois State in 1993.

After decades of service to Illinois Wesleyan, Ann Harding recently retired as director of Alumni Relations. Here is a photo of Ann in action promoting IWU Homecoming on local talk station WJBC. We will miss you Ann! To read more  visit IWU Campus News: http://www.iwu.edu/news/2014/06-alumni-director-retires.html

Admissions Dean Tony Bankston ’91 offered advice to students beginning their college application process. From The Choice Blog: http://www.thechoiceblog.com/2014/05/q-with-admissions-dean-tony-bankston_30.html

Here is a picture of IWU grad Kris Ford and I in the trauma bay at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. We were in SRU1 (shock resuscitation unit or trauma bay) awaiting the arrival of a patient with multiple gunshot wounds. Over the past few years, we have had fun trading IWU, Bruce Criley, and Bob Hippensteele stories in the trauma bay and the surgical ICU. I continue to be value my IWU education- every day! Each time I work on a solving a problem- whether in the OR, trauma bay, ICU, or lab, I think about Criley and Hippensteele. Working on manuscripts brings back fond memories of asking questions, researching, and writing papers in freshman seminar with Dr. Jerry Israel. I even still have my presentation at the Research Conference on my CV as presentation #1. – Tim

Sure, you may have complained about it at the time, but living in the dorms provided the most freedom many of us had experienced at that point in our lives. I met some of my best friends freshmen year on the third floor of Gulick Hall. Click to check out the cast of characters in the back row. To put some names with faces visit page 104 of the 1988 Wesleyana online archive.

The class of 1991 had 27 donors for All In for Wesleyan!

Over $838,000 was raised on this day.

Thanks to all who participated. If you missed it,

please make your gift  to the Wesleyan Fund.