Emeritus Associate Professor of Economics Robert (Bob) Leekley passed away on Tuesday, Jan.1. Prof. Leekley started teaching at Illinois Wesleyan in 1974, and from his first year to his 44th, his commitment to IWU and our students remained unchanged. His positive impact on generations of students and colleagues will not be forgotten. Read an obituary. A service will be held in the IWU Evelyn Chapel from 11-12 on Wednesday, January 9th.
The spirit of giving is all around us this holiday season, please consider giving the gift of bright futures to current and future Illinois Wesleyan University students. Your gifts provide opportunities and experiences that will be remembered for a lifetime.
Today is All In for Wesleyan at IWU. Dr. Randy Reed ’73 has offered to give $500 for each class year with 30 donors today, and an additional $500 for each class with 60 donors. Seriously – every dollar counts! Help the class of 2005 meet this Challenge. Click this link to donate https://www.iwu.edu/all-in You can also see how 2005 is doing in the challenge.
You can see All In on campus by clicking here.
The Illinois Wesleyan fiscal year is ending quickly on July 31. Have you renewed your support yet this year? *
It’s not too late to be added to the list!
We still need 163 alumni to step forward before July 31 to increase alumni participation 1% over last year.
*Check by visiting http://www.iwu.edu/annualreport/.
Greg Poland ’77, director of the Mayo Vaccine Research Group, delivered the Commencement address on May 1, 2005.
Austin Smith will be back on campus reading from his book, Almanac: Poems, with a Q&A session to follow in the Memorial Center, Davidson Room Thursday, March 20th at 4:30 pm. More events regarding Almanac: Poems have been planned by the English Department’s Sigma Tau Delta Society.
Gena (Rawlins) Melick and alumni Brian Rawlins ’01, Van Miller ’04 (aka “IronVan”), and Matthew Melick ’03 completed the 2013 Ironman Louisville competition, held on Aug. 24 in Louisville, Ky. Competitors swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles and ran a marathon. See the results.
As the director of human resources at The Horton Group, one of the largest privately held insurance brokers in the nation, Katie Cummins joined more than 50 other employers at this year’s IWU Internship Fair. Katie, who was an intern herself less than a decade ago, brings a unique perspective. As a student, Cummins took the advice of then-internship coordinator Ann Harding (now director of alumni relations), who suggested that she apply for an HR internship at Bloomington-based Afni. Now Cummins directs HR functions for Horton’s 300 employees. 
