The class of 1993 had 43 donors for All In!

Mary Carrick a Midwest-based singer and actress, released her debut album, Let’s Fly, on May 13, 2014.  A collection of songs ranging from the American songbook and cabaret to musical theater, folk and more, the recording features music by Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Craig Carnelia, John Bucchino, Jason Robert Brown, and Hank Williams, among other great songwriters.  Mary has co-produced the album with J. Gawf, resident music director of Opera Omaha.  The recording is available through Amazon.com, iTunes, CDBaby.com, and through her website, www.marycarrick.com.

A graduate of the School of Music and active in the School of Theatre Arts, Mary was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and the music fraternity Delta Omicron while at IWU. Today she maintains an active performance schedule as a cabaret and concert singer with arts organizations, cabaret venues and theatres across the Midwest. She resides in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband, Ben, and their two children.

Tariq Khan, the Fox network’s official Academy Awards writer and on-air commentator,

describes how his lifelong passion became a vocation.

Check it out here

Congratulations, Tariq!

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.  

Click the photo to see what exciting memorabilia Meg Miner – University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian – has requested.

Tariq Khan’s Homecoming Back to College Class, “All About Oscar – Everything You Wanted to Know About the Academy Awards.”