Class of 2002 theatre alumna Margaret Hartmann is in her third year as an electrician and Lighting Console Programmer for the NBC TV series Chicago P.D. She previously worked as a master electrician and in lighting design for theaters in Chicago. She is a co-founder and farmer at Corner Farm Chicago and works with SOMOS Logan Square on housing issues in Chicago.
THANK YOU to all of our fiscal year 2015 donors! Illinois Wesleyan University‘s alumni participation rate has increased for the third year in a row thanks to the generosity of donors like you! Your support helps to ensure IWU is stronger and more affordable for current and future generations of Titans. You’ve done well, and you’ve done good! Go Titans!
Melissa Neis ’02, vice president of Parr Insurance Brokerage in Chicago, wrote articles on the share economy featured in Claims Management and Best’s Review. She was interviewed for an article on the rideshare insurance challenge featured in the Insurance Journal.
Click the link below to read the article.
http://claims-management.theclm.org/home/article/Prepare-to-Share
Congratulations Bahrat Raju, ’02 and wife Angela, who welcomed their new baby boy, Riyan Jay Raju on July 23rd.
Young Alumni Challenge: If our class reaches 24% participation, an additional gift of $2,500 will be made in honor of our class. Let’s move the Tommymometer to the top!
Without alumni support, IWU simply wouldn’t be the same. Time is running out to make a difference this fiscal year. Help to keep IWU moving forward and show your Titan Pride by making a gift before this Friday, July 31!
2015 Participation Goal: 5,286 Donors
• By July 31, 2015
Young alumni challenge:
• A trustee has agreed to make a $2,500 gift for every young alumni class (1999-2014) who reaches 24% or better before July 31.
• This means that for every class that hits 24%, IWU will be able to award an additional $2,500 scholarship to a deserving student.
• Also, an additional $2,500 gift will be made for any class that reaches 30%.
• All gifts count! Find out how your class stacks up by visiting
Mandi (Cioni) Perko ’02 (center) is featured, along with her two sisters, in a LaSalle News Tribune series on former Illinois Valley sports stars, “Where Are They Now?” Perko earned a master’s degree in reading at Illinois State University and has been teaching seventh grade English and reading at Beverly Manner Grade School in Washington since 2007.
Click the link to read the article!
http://newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=30&ArticleID=44769
Congrats Mandi!!
Stephanie Bush ’02, post doctoral researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, has the fun assignment to classify and name a particularly adorable octopus specimen.
Click the link below for more info!
http://www.sciencefriday.com/video/06/15/2015/isn-t-this-octopus-adorabilis.html