Aaron Reynolds gave a presentation on his book, Creepy Carrots, which is a Caldecott Honor Book, a New York Times bestseller, and has been nominated for the Monarch Award. Check it out here!
Congratulations, Aaron!
Aaron Reynolds ’92
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IWU Thank a Giver Day
THANK YOU for continuing to make Illinois Wesleyan one of your giving priorities. It is YOUR support that makes IWU a truly transformative place for young people.
Meg Miner Request
Otto Tomes ’92
James Martin ’92
I graduated from IWU in 1992 from the School of Music and went on to study at the Juiliard School. I have a new CD that is being released this month called “Wake Up Singin’!” and wanted to let everyone know. It is a holiday collection of Spirituals, Art Songs, and Hymns by African American composers.
“All in for Wesleyan,” a Historic Day of Giving
On July 17, over 2,500 alumni and friends made gifts to IWU totaling over $450,000. Unless otherwise specified by donors, all the money raised went to student scholarships and financial aid. The “All in for Wesleyan” challenge began when Illinois Wesleyan Trustee John Horton ’82 and his wife, Joann, offered a gift of $100,000 if alumni and friends could raise $50,000 in one day. When that challenge was met, several more challenges followed — and each was fulfilled. Howard ’60 and Sharon ’60 Fricke offered a $10,000 gift if 600 donors participated. Ed ’62 and Lin Phelps then offered $25,000 for 1,000 total donors. Korey ’00 and Heidi Coon offered a $15,000 challenge for 1,200 donors. Dr. Mike Sombeck ’83 offered $25,000 if we could reach 1,500. Finally, at the end of the day, Dr. Randy ’73 & Jodie Reed offered $25,000 and Ed ’62 & Lin Phelps added $10,000 more to match every new gift, dollar for dollar…up to a total of $35,000 in gifts before midnight.
It was an exciting day to be a Titan. The challenge became about so much more than numbers and dollars and donors. It provided our alumni and friends with a chance to share their pride and explain how much IWU means to them. If you weren’t following these conversations on social media, you can click here to read them now. THANK YOU to all of our loyal alumni and friends who made July 17 an incredible day for our school and our students.
Ann Harding
Message from Ann Harding, Director of Alumni Relations
Thank you for reading and contributing to your class newsletter. What a great way to build class loyalty and to stay connected. Reading about each other is great, but coming back to homecoming is the BEST way to reconnect with IWU.
This year, homecoming is October 11-13. You will be receiving the homecoming brochure in the mail very soon. Plus you can review all the details and get yourself registered on titanpride.org
Our theme this year is A Class Act. I think you’ll see that everything we have planned this year will offer you a fun filled weekend with most activities free for everyone!! Class years ending in 3 and 8 are reunion years.
Besides registering for homecoming; I have one more request of you. I would like each of our 565 incoming first year students to have a welcome letter in their mail box when they arrive on August 20. Would you please write a note and send it to me at 1001 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 61702-2900? Offer this new Titan a piece of advice, something to look for on campus or in the Bloomington Normal community or a fond memory you had of your first semester on campus. Be sure to sign it! If you’re able, please make several copies of your letter. I need 565 letters!!!
Lastly, thanks to all of you who made a gift to IWU this year. I’m sure you have read President Wilson’s messages about the increased need for financial aid to attract the best and the brightest to fill our classes. Without your generous support to the Wesleyan Fund, we will lose young people who really want to be a Titan, but need more help, financially.
My best~
Ann
Gregg Garofalo ’92
I got engaged in the fall of 2012 to Rebekah Williams of Chatsworth, GA. We are getting married on October 11 in Palm Coast Florida at a small reception with family. Rebekah is an attorney practicing Personal Injury law in Chicago, and I practice elder law and estate planning from my Chicago Office and Bloomington Office. We split our time between our Chicago home and Bloomington home.
Stacey (Jones) McClenathan ’92
Bee-line Communications, Inc, a Libertyville agency, announced today that it has signed on to be featured in season two of AMC’s unscripted series “The Pitch.” The series chronicles advertising agencies as they prepare campaigns to try and win a major new piece of business. “The Pitch” first premiered on AMC in April 2012 and earned a Critic’s Choice nomination for best reality series – competition. Season two consists of eight, one-hour episodes and is premiering Thursday, August 15 at 10pm.
Bee-line Communications is headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois and counts companies such as Motorola, Johnson Controls, Abbott, International Capital Group, The Field Museum and the CyberKnife Cancer Institute of Chicago among its clients. “We are very excited about the opportunity to showcase who we are and what we do at Bee-line on our episode of ‘The Pitch,’” said Stacey McClenathan, Founder and CEO of Bee-line Communications.
Congrats!
Thomas Smith ’92 – Awarded for Excellence in Teaching
Thomas More Smith (BA ’92), a Finance Professor with the Goizueta Business School, was awarded the William H. Fox Crystal Apple Award for Emerging Excellence at the 14th annual Crystal Apple awards ceremony on Feb. 25, 2013. Nine Emory teachers were commended for excellence in teaching. Crystal Apples honor faculty members who go above and beyond in their search for knowledge and involvement within the Emory community. The nine professors were chosen from more than 600 nominations this year. The event is run entirely by students — from the nomination process to presenting the awards.
http://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/02/er_crystal_apples/campus.html
Thomas is center of back row.