The class of 2005 had 67 donors for All In!

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.

This past December, Wayne Messmer, ’72, Jaime Rukstales ’98, Kris Sturgell ’99, and Carolyn (Franz) Berger ’05, performed with the Anthony Kawalkowski Orchestra in a holiday show, “The Love and Peace of Christmas.”

Ashley Locke, English alumna and archivist at the University of Chicago libraries, shared her insights on library science, library studies programs and her work as an archivist on March 28, 2014. Her presentation was titled Careers in Library Science, and took place in Room 202, State Farm Hall.

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!