Student Loan Repayment Program

Posted on September 8, 2014 by jmacklin

From Sept 1- Nov 17, the NIH Division of Loan Repayment will be accepting applications for student loan repayment program for the areas of clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, or clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

To qualify, an applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, possess a doctoral-level degree (with the exception of the contraception and infertility research LRP), and have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of his/her annual institutional base salary.

In addition, applicants must devote at least 20 hours per week to research that fits within one of five program areas: clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, or clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Caleb Stevens ’03

Posted on September 8, 2014 by jmacklin

Caleb is a contributing writer for TheCityFix.com!

Caleb Stevens is the Property Rights Specialist for the Land & Resource
Rights initiative in the Governance Center. He works on the links between
community land rights and climate change mitigation, property rights and
sustainable cities, and engaging with governments and the private sector on
international standards in the land sector. Caleb also assists with an
online platform mapping community land rights.

Click here to read his full bio.

Andrea Weedman ’03

Posted on September 3, 2014 by jmacklin

Andrea has been welcomed as a new teacher to the Blue Ridge Intermediate Junior High and High Schools.

Click here to read her article in the Farmer City Press.

Congratulations, Andrea!

Blo-No Featured in Best College Reviews

Posted on August 21, 2014 by jmacklin

Bloomington-Normal was ranked among the 50 best college towns in America!

Find out where we’re ranked.

Daniel Sherrod ’03

Posted on August 15, 2014 by jmacklin

Newlyweds Daniel and his wife Samantha pose on the quad! They were married on June 28, 2014.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

YOU did it!

Posted on August 6, 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.

Katrina (Roloff) ’03 and Bob LeBlanc

Posted on August 6, 2014 by jmacklin

Katrina and Bob welcomed a new addition to their family: Tyler Robert LeBlanc born April 15, 2014!

Congratulations, Katrina and Bob!!

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!