Thank you to Matt Tatro ’03 for speaking to Fred Hoyt’s Marketing 339 class in October about his experience as Director of Sales at Radiant Logic!
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TAG Day 2020
Thank-A-Giver Day (TAG Day) is Monday, February 10. This day provides the IWU campus community with the opportunity to thank 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 we rely on support from alumni and friends, our endowment, and external grants.
If you would like to be celebrated as a donor today, you can make a gift at iwu.edu/give.

Jessica Shull ’03
Jessica Shull ’03 returned to Illinois Wesleyan to share advice with current students regarding how to create and control a digital personal brand to help them land a job. To read more about her time at IWU and the power of personal branding, click here.
Keep up the great work, Jessica!
Samantha Buccini ’03
Samantha Buccini ’03 and her husband Dan welcomed baby boy Alexander Marco Buccini on June 8, 2019.
Congratulations to the Buccini family!
Chad McGehee ’03
Chad McGehee ’03 offers mindfulness- the practice of using mental exercises to cope with mental/emotion strains- as a way of training to develop meditation skills that will allow athletes, law enforcement officials, and students to better handle stress. Click here to read more about Chad and his work with mindfulness.
Click here to watch “Wisconsin Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor finds his edge through yoga”
Click here to read about Chad’s work with the football team of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Keep up the great work, Chad!
Max Levendel ’03
Max Levendel ’03 is the new manager of the Kenton Theatre in the town of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Max says he is “…really tremendously excited. It’s been a dream of mine for about 20 years to run a venue like this…” To read more about Max’s accomplishment, click here.
Congratulations, Max!
All In Results
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.
All In for Wesleyan
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!

Tracie Crane ’03
Tracie Crane ’03 celebrated her 15th anniversary with Jacobs Technology. She is a Deputy Department Manager on the main engineering services contract at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. She helps supervise nearly 400 engineers, scientists, and technicians.
Congratulations, Tracie!
Steven Messina ’03
Steven Messina ’03 has been named the executive director of advancement at Marist High School in Chicago, IL. You can find more information about his accomplishment here.
Congratulations, Steven!