John Camardella ’03 visited campus on March 20, 2019, to share his experience working with Harvard University’s Religious Literacy Project. A teacher at Prospect High School, in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, John has transformed his social science curriculum to emphasize global religious literacy, and he has worked with students, parents and community members to advocate for religious literacy in civic society. During his campus visit, John first offered a workshop and presentation to dicuss his journey as an educator and how it led to his work with Harvard University’s Religious Literacy Project. Later that evening, he presented, “Trying to Live on the Edge of Next : How My Liberal Arts Education at IWu Prepared Me to Become a Teacher, Coach, Harvard Fellow and Global Citizen, ” at the Welcome Center Auditorium.

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!

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 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!

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 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!

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.

Check out the All In Happy Hours taking place around the country. Show your Titan pride by spreading the word about All In for Wesleyan to your personal networks via social media, calls, texts, emails, etc.

You’ll have a great time while encouraging others to make an additional gift on All In and share stories about how IWU Unlocked Opportunities for each of us. Visit our webpage for more information and registration.