Laura (Cavallari) O’Connor ’04

Laura (Cavallari) O’Connor ’04 is a fiber artist whose current show will be on display at the Blue Moon Gallery in Grayslake, Illinois from October 22nd to December 18th. Laura’s current show features small, embroidered pieces with a political theme and embroidered, vintage photographs. The link to the upcoming gallery can be found here.

Byron Lubenkov ’04

Byron W. Lubenkov ’04 recently married Sarah Gillaspey in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 20th, 2022. They currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Plenty of Titans were in attendance celebrating, including: Alexander J. Laurie ’03 (Best Man), Elizabeth (Fischer) Laurie ’04 , Erin Milligan ’04, Tyler Bennett ’04, Jake Osterberg, Justin Gorson ’07 (groomsman), Jon Charak ’05, Jessica (Hohl) Achstetter ’07, Tim Achstetter ’06, Sean Moran ’05 (groomsman), Jeni Jena ’05, Prakrit Jena ’05, and Ajeet Bajaj ’04.

Homecoming & Family Weekend 2022

In the past two years we’ve witnessed the Titan community come together in new ways to share stories, expertise, and friendship. However, we have long awaited the chance to welcome you back to campus for a true Illinois Wesleyan Homecoming! We look forward to sharing a meal, a drink, and a story with all of you in person, September 23-25, 2022.

Click here for a full schedule of events and to register.

Joe Binder ’04

Joe Binder ’04 recently received the Carl Dahlquist Award from the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council for his paper, “Designed Polymer Particle Architectures for Waterborne Acrylic Pressure Sensitive Adhesives.” You can read more about the award here. Congratulations, Joe!

Lavanga Wijekoon ’04

Lavanga Wijekoon ’04, attorney in the Chicago office of Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has been elevated to shareholder, effective January 1, 2022. Lavanga handles district and appellate level actions in state and federal courts in Illinois and Iowa, and before agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Illinois Human Rights Commission. He also provides strategic advice and counsel to multinational employers on a wide range of international employment and compliance matters, including areas such as human rights compliance, global mobility programs and expatriate workforces, employment aspects of global M&A deals, general employment advice on workforces in the Asia-Pacific region and more.