Another ’99 News wrap-up

Posted on September 15, 2014 by

Hi all, here are a few items from a backlog of ’99 news!

Amanda (Sebolt) Hjerpe ’99 and Erik Hjerpe had a baby girl, Anja Elyse, on June 27, 2013.
Crea Fusco ’99 had twin boys, Leo and Ford, on June 29!
Ethan Karolczak has joined Mundelein High School as a social studies teacher.
Rick Lindquist ’99 (hey, who, me?) was promoted to Instructional Technologist at Illinois Wesleyan on Aug. 1. Rick has worked in Information Technology Services in various roles since 2000. He replaces the former Instructional Technologist, Patrick McLane, who retired in May.
Jason Spoor-Harvey was interviewed for an article with the Daily Herald discussing his work as a social studies teacher covering 9/11 as a historical event.

YOU did it!

Posted on August 13, 2014 by jmacklin

More than 5,000 alumni showed their support by making a gift to IWU in fiscal year 2014!

And for the second year straight, Illinois Wesleyan alumni have grown our alumni giving percentage. We are now at 23%!

THANK YOU for doing your part to keep IWU strong.

47 Alumni Needed

Posted on July 31, 2014 by jmacklin

IWU’s fiscal year ends TODAY – July 31 – Thank you if you’ve already made your annual gift!

Now help us find the 47 additional alumni donors we need to reach our participation goal by today. Organizations view alumni participation as the metric that measures alumni satisfaction. It affects IWU’s ranking, bond rating, and ability to earn grants, so make your gift today at iwu.edu/give to keep IWU strong! Every donor counts!

163 Alumni Needed

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Brenda Milcik

Join other IWU supporters by renewing your gift at www.iwu.edu/give.

The Illinois Wesleyan fiscal year is ending quickly on July 31. Have you renewed your support yet this year? *

It’s not too late to be added to the list!

We still need 163 alumni to step forward before July 31 to increase alumni participation 1% over last year.

*Check by visiting http://www.iwu.edu/annualreport/.

Class updates!

Posted on June 24, 2014 by

Hold on to your hats ’99ers, here is a bundle of updates:

Ethan and Karen Karolczak welcomed their son Brian Andrew on October 25, 2013
Christy Tucker and David Pleet announced the birth of Emilia Isabel, born 5/2/13
Crea Fusco now has an MD from Rush University Medical School, and is expecting twins late June 2014 with spouse Gena Hendrix Fusco
Director of Alumni Relations Ann Harding has retired from Illinois Wesleyan. Ann started working in the Career Center in 1988.

Congratulations everyone!

Summer Reading

Posted on June 20, 2014 by

2014 is the 10th year of the IWU Summer Reading Program for incoming students. This is also the 10th year I’ll be participating as a reading group facilitator. The idea of this program is to gently introduce our freshmen to some intellectual activity during the orientation week that is usually filled with move-in activities.

The book selection for this summer is The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse. You can read this old NPR feature if you’d like to know more about the book.

Students are broken up into discussion groups that are facilitated by one or more faculty, staff, or alumni “grown-ups”. I’ve been asked to invite any alumni reading this blog to take part:

If you would like to participate in an alumni-only book discussion group in Bloomington, Chicago or Washington DC, please click here to register or contact your area Alumni Regional President directly.

· RSVP for the on-campus book discussion group on Friday, August 20, 6-8pm.

· Wednesday, September 3rd the author will be discussing his book at the President’s Convocation at 11 am at Westbrook Auditorium in Presser Hall, IWU.

Steve Raparelli ’99 update!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by

Steve Raparelli '99 I got a message from Steve Raparelli ’99 the other day. After some time in the Chicago area he has recently moved to Washington state. Steve works as a Teacher of Visually Impaired students for Seattle Public Schools. When not teaching braille, assistive technology, and cane skills he enjoys taking advantage of the beautiful northwest by skiing and hiking. Great to hear from you, Steve!

“All In for Wesleyan” made for a big day indeed

Posted on April 18, 2014 by

Hello all,

43 members of the class of ’99 participated in the big annual one-day fundraising event “All In”.

In case you missed it, here is a summary of all the fun. Well, maybe not all of the fun. Look up #iwuchallenge on Twitter and Instagram to see some examples of what went on all day:

Commencement Address

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Brenda Milcik

Linda Wertheimer H’99, one of the nation’s most renowned political correspondents, delivered the Commencement address on May 2, 1999.

http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/commencement_docs/49/

Kris Sturgell ’99 and other IWU alums perform!

Posted on April 1, 2014 by

This past December, Wayne Messmer, ’72, Jaime Rukstales ’98, Kris Sturgell ’99, and Carolyn (Franz) Berger ’05, performed with the Anthony Kawalkowski Orchestra in a holiday show, “The Love and Peace of Christmas.”

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