Homecoming Ceremony Honoring Veterans and First Responders

As IWU celebrates Titans Around the World at Homecoming this weekend, we will also honor our alumni who served worldwide as veterans and first-responders, including Captain Ryan A. Beaupre ’95. We will remember Ryan and all veterans and first-responders who have given their lives in the service of others and our country. Presenting the colors will be American Legion Color Guard Post 635 Normal and Post 56 from Bloomington. The ceremony will take place this Saturday, October 14th at 12:45 p.m., prior to the Homecoming Football game at Tucci Stadium and will include the National Anthem sung by Wayne Messmer ’72. Classmates and friends can view the ceremony on streaming video live at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/iwu/

Homecoming 2017

 Homecoming 2017 is right around the corner!

You can register now here

A few noteworthy events:

  • Back to College Classes Friday and Saturday – The Ames Library, Beckman Auditorium
  • Family Fun on the Quad Saturday 8:30-11 – Eckley Quadrangle
  • Titan Tailgate Featuring Local Food Trucks Saturday 10AM-1PM – Shirk Center Parking Lot
  • “Club Tommy” Saturday, 6-9pm (Cost: $20) – Young Main Lounge in the Memorial Center

You can see the full schedule of Homecoming 2017 events here

Darcia Kunkel ’91 Book Debut

Darcia Kunkel ’91 released both paperback and kindle versions of her debut book, 40-Something and Fried in April. With humor and honesty, Darcia documents the ups and downs of a 40-something mother of three, wife, author, and editor. A former military spouse, she writes on topics including motherhood, Christian inspiration, military spouse transition, practical cooking, and the struggles of perfectionism.

You can find this and more in the Spring 2017 edition of the Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine – the excerpt above was on page 32. 

Darcia asked to share this on our class page as she has many ties to the Class of 1993!

Todd Stocke ’93 Sourcebooks

Todd Stocke ’93, vice president and editorial director of Sourcebooks, discussed the success of their Jabberwocky imprint, through which Sourcebooks became the 16th largest children’s publisher in the U.S. 

You can find the article at the following link.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/73798-bookexpo-2017-sourcebooks-celebrates-a-decade-of-jabberwocky.html

Heléna Klumpp ’93 Partner in D.C. Law Office

Heléna Klumpp recently joined the law firm Ivins, Phillips & Barker as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Heléna, who has over 20 years of experience as a tax lawyer, is now a member of the firm’s corporate tax and tax policy practice groups. She and her husband, Bill Emery, and their children, Catherine and Joseph Emery, relocated to Vienna, Virginia from Evanston, Illinois, where Heléna had been serving as VP-Tax for Baxter International Inc.