Marie (Tarbell) Zahorick ’93 has been a lactation consultant for almost nine years. She recently graduated from nursing school and is now working as an RN-Lactation Consultant at Edward Hospital with Shannon Jarot ’93. Shannon is also an RN-Lactation Consultant and was Marie’s nursing school instructor. Shannon also just finished school and is now a Family Nurse Practitioner as well.
Congratulations to both of you.
John Fish, who led the Urban Studies Program in Chicago which enabled many IWU undergrads to build an understanding of urban issues, passed away this past week.
Click here for his obituary and details of his memorial service.
I can’t believe it will be May tomorrow and almost 21 years since our graduation from Illinois Wesleyan.
“Go forth and do well, but even more go forth and do good.” – former IWU President Minor Myers, jr. This quote was noted in the 1993 Commencement files. Find more about this famous commencement quote by going to https://blogs.iwu.edu/asc/2014/02/03/quote/
I was recently going through old pictures and found this from our Commencement day. Share your favorite memory or photo from that day!
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.
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.
