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 https://www.iwu.edu/giving/youngalumni.html

On April 9, Titans of all generations pulled together and showed their pride on the third annual All In For Wesleyan. More than 1,800 gifts of all sizes from 49 states and 17 countries totaled over $500,000 in support of Illinois Wesleyan University and our students. Our collective philanthropy served as an inspiration to the next generation as All In For Wesleyan firmly established itself as an Illinois Wesleyan tradition, both on campus and off.

The class of 2003 had 42 donors on April 9th and donations totaling $4,615.83.

Thank you 2003 Alumni for being “all in” all the time, and for continuing to make Illinois Wesleyan one of your giving priorities. If you have already made your gift this year, thank you! If you have not made your gift this year, I hope that you will join me as a donor and put us one more gift closer to our participation goal. You can make your gift by visiting iwu.edu/give. It is your support that keeps Illinois Wesleyan strong, and develops the next generation of leaders.

Your partner in support,

Van Miller ‘04

Director of Annual Giving

{photo by Bev Horne (cropped)}

Alumni connections helped bring best-selling author Aaron Reynolds ’92 to speak at the Warrenville school where Christy Heins ’03 is library director.

To read more about this visit, click on this link: https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150508/news/150508798/

Gretchen Grabowski ’03 was named senior project manager at Percept Research, a leading management education market research consultancy.

Today is All in for Wesleyan 2015!  All gifts made today will be matched by an anonymous donor (up to $75,000).

And this year, there’s a twist.  Let me explain.

Gifts to the Wesleyan Fund support student financial assistance and also the little, but essential, things that create the Illinois Wesleyan experience.  So today we’re celebrating these little essentials — the unsung heroes.  Make a gift today and your name could appear next to one of these items for a limited time.*

Give today and your name could be selected to grace the hot spot, the WESN microphone, and other pieces of campus that will be announced throughout the day. (Learn more)

Give today and your gift will be matched by an anonymous donor.

Give today and show that you’re proud to be a Titan!

Steve Brook ’03 is entering his sixth season as manager of the River City Rascals, an independent baseball team in O’Fallon, Missouri, that has seen success under his leadership. Click on the following link to read more: http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4931106

Nursing alumna Allison Paul ’03 is the new executive director of Hospital Sisters Health System St. John’s Children’s Hospital and Women’s Services. Click on the following link to read more: http://springfieldbusinessjournal.com/2015/02/meet-allison-paul/

Congratulations!