Marybeth is assistant editor, along with Barbara Klaw, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, and Margaret A. Simons, of Diary of a Philosophy Student, Volume 2, 1928-29 by Simone de Beauvoir. Published in June 2019 by the University of Illinois Press, this volume is the latest in the Beauvoir Series, a 7-volume collection of the writings of Simone de Beauvoir. Marybeth has been involved as contributing translator or editor for 6 of the 7 volumes.

See www.press.uillinois.edu/books/find_books.html?type=series&search=Sbw for more information about the Series.

See http://go.illinois.edu/s19beauvoir for more information on this latest volume.

You did it, Titans! You were the key to our success. On April 11, 2,205 donors collectively raised $518,316. And thanks to the generosity of our pacesetter challenge donors, our grand total is $776,316 (and still counting!)

This video captures a few successes from #AllInforWesleyan.  Check out the social media activity and revisit iwu.edu/all-in to see how your gifts made a difference.

Check out the All In Happy Hours taking place around the country. Show your Titan pride by spreading the word about All In for Wesleyan to your personal networks via social media, calls, texts, emails, etc.

You’ll have a great time while encouraging others to make an additional gift on All In and share stories about how IWU Unlocked Opportunities for each of us. Visit our webpage for more information and registration. 

Marie Zahorick ’93 graduated from Purdue University-Northwest with a Master’s in Family Nurse Practice and is a certified and licensed Family Nurse Practitioner.  Shannon Jarot ’93 was one of her preceptors as well as being one of her original instructors in nursing school.  She currently works at Edward Hospital in Naperville but is looking for a nurse practitioner position.

On April 11, alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends of IWU show your pride and support by being All In for Wesleyan. During this 24-hour giving day, let’s unlock opportunities together – you are key to our success!

Be All In, All Day, make an additional gift at iwu.edu/all-in and spread the word on social media using#AllInforWesleyan. Check out our social media toolkit!

Todd French ’93 is the founder of WineBerserkers.com, the world’s largest and most active online wine forum.

You can read more about Todd’s forum at the following link:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiebell/2019/01/10/where-to-find-the-years-best-wine-deals-berserkerday-january-27/#6357fdbf4f94

Thank-A-Giver Day (TAG Day) is on Monday, February 11. This day provides the IWU campus community with the opportunity to thank the donors who support Illinois Wesleyan. IWU celebrates each year in mid-February because it marks the symbolic point during the academic year – about 70% of the way through – when tuition dollars run out and support from alumni and friends, our endowment, and external grants kicks in for the remainder of the year.

Thank you to all donors who help make the IWU experience possible!

David Priess ’93 has been named chief operating officer of Washington, D.C.’s Lawfare Institute, known for the prominent Lawfare Blog that focuses on hard national security problems. David served at the CIA during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations as an intelligence officer, manager, and daily intelligence briefer. His private sector management experience in the past 15 years has focused on small organizations in and around the national security arena. He is also a writer and speaker on the presidency, intelligence, and foreign policy. His two books are The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents (2016) and How to Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives (2018).

David Priess ’93 has a new book published last week called How to Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives. You can read more about David’s book here.

Congratulations, David.

It’s almost game time for our 25th college reunion. On behalf of organizing committee, I hope that you are planning to return to Illinois Wesleyan University on October 5-7th to celebrate the best class in IWU history (the only class to be ranked #1 in the Midwest for four consecutive years).

We have planned a host of great activities for you and your family. We’ll be hosting a special Happy Hour for the Class of ’93 in downtown Bloomington on Friday night from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Tony’s Tacos. This will be a great chance for us to catch up and reminisce about our college days. We’re looking for special pictures from our college days so please send your favorite college photos to Melissa (Gadrinab) Beaver at shesacontender@hotmail.com.

On Saturday, we will have a special reunion tailgate at the football game and our reunion celebration on Saturday evening. A full schedule of reunion activities can be found at here. Please make sure to register and check out the Alumni website to see all of our classmates who are planning to attend. I’d also encourage you to reach out to your IWU friends and encourage them to come back for the 25th reunion.

We are hoping that our class will make a splash by endowing a scholarship in honor our 25th reunion. We need to raise $25,000 to create a scholarship that will be awarded annually to help a student attend IWU but we need your help! I hope you will join me in giving a gift to IWU in honor of our reunion ad to help the next generation of IWU students. To make a gift click here and note the Class of ’93 Endowed Scholarship Fund the notes section.

I look forward to seeing you soon!

Reunion Activities

Pre-celebration: Friday Oct. 5th, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Tony’s Tacos
105 W. Front St., Bloomington 

Dinner:  Saturday October 6th, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
McLean County Arts Center
601 N. East Street, Bloomington

See Reunion Information will be posted here.