My Only Wife, the debut novel by Jac Jemc ’05 previously shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, has won the Paula Anderson Book Award. The award, for which Jac will receive $1000, is granted for the best work of literary fiction published by a small or independent press. She has also published a new story in the online literary magazine Bodega, and her first full-length collection of stories, A Different Bed Every Time, is due out in October 2014.
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.
Houska Dental Center (Bloomington) is pleased to welcome Dr. Sharon Molitoris to their practice. Sharon earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 2009. Since that time, she has dedicated herself to providing dental care to underserved populations through the Native American Health Service in New Mexico, and most recently, as Dental Director of the Logan County Department of Public Health.
Congratulations, Dr. Molitoris
Check out this video of Dave Milligan discuss the joys of his profession.
“It gives me energy working with them. I just really enjoy it.”
Congratulations on your accomplishments, Dave!
THANK YOU for continuing to make Illinois Wesleyan one of your giving priorities. It is YOUR support that makes IWU a truly transformative place for young people.
Lauren Waidzunas recently joined Anderson, Rasor, and Partners, LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Her legal practice is concentrated on defending healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, hospitals, and long-term care facilities and their staff members in Medical Malpractice and Long-Term Care Litigation.
Congratulations, Lauren!
