Jessica and Scott Rzepka welcomed Charles Scott on August 1, 2018. Congratulations!
Jessica (Jones) Rzepka Welcomes Tiny Titan
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Homecoming Awards Ceremony
Join IWU at this year’s Homecoming to recognize Debo Olaosibekan on his achievement. The awards ceremony is Friday, October 5th; Debo will also be announced as the winner at the October 6 football game during halftime. Register to attend at https://www.iwu.edu/homecoming.
To learn more about Debo’s achievements, check out our recent class newsletter post.
Susanna Ludwig Welcomes Tiny Titan
Debo Olaosebikan Named Outstanding Young Alumnus
The 2018 Robert M. Montgomery Outstanding Young Alumnus will be presented to Debo Olaosebikan ’06 Alumni Award at Homecoming on October 5th at the Alumni Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Center’s, Young Main Lounge in recognition of outstanding professional achievement and civic leadership. Olaosebikan is the chief technology officer and co-founder of Gigster, a smart software development service utilized by top businesses including Staples, Airbus and MasterCard. Olaosebikan came to Illinois Wesleyan from Nigeria as a Presidential Scholar at 16 years old and was named the IWU Anderson Scholar for 2005-06. Olaosebikan pursued graduate-level physics at Cornell University, where he represented Cornell in a collaboration with MIT, Stanford and Caltech to build the world’s first electrically activated silicon laser, a project supported by $6 million in grants. Olaosebikan has demonstrated his dedication to promoting education through a variety of scholarships and educational opportunities for students in Nigeria, including CATCH AFRICA, a scholarship competition for secondary school students. A link to the full article may be found here.Homecoming 2018
Professor Elizabeth (Susie) Balser
Illinois Wesleyan is very sorry to inform you that Professor Elizabeth (Susie) Balser, faculty member in Biology for more than 20 years, passed away last month following an extended illness. Susie was recognized as an expert on the anatomy of echinoderms. Her passion for invertebrate animals inspired the creation of three new courses at IWU. Both as an instructor and as a research mentor, Susie challenged students to carefully study the natural world and make their own discoveries.
All In For Wesleyan
Tuesday, April 3rd is our day of giving at Illinois Wesleyan and this year’s theme is
Think Bigger!
Not only is today a day for giving, it’s a day to celebrate IWU and all of the things that make it special. Last year, our class had an impressive 43 donors, let’s try for 50 this year! We contributed $2985. Our goal this year is $3500! Think of the impact this can make for IWU students and their families!
Click here to learn more and to donate on Tuesday, April 3rd.
Help spread the word using #AllInForWesleyan and take advantage of our social media toolkit.
Katie Salo Serves on Caldecott Award Committee
Katie Salo (’06) served on the 2018 Randolph Caldecott Award committee. The winner this year is Matthew Cordell for his book Wolf in the Snow. The committee chose four honor books as well. They are: Big Cat, little cat by Elisha Cooper, Crown illustrated by Gordon C. James and written by Derrick Barnes, A Different Pond illustrated by Thi Bui and written by Bao Phi, and Grand Canyon by Jason Chin. The awards will be given in June at the American Library Assocation’s Annual conference.
Details on the award/ award winner, and a link to more about the award and the selection process can be found here.
Congratulations to Katie on this awesome achievement!
Kyle Brigham in Forbes Magazine Online
Kyle Brigham ’06 is the Director of Client Relations at Marcel Digital and was recently featured in an article entitled ‘How To Turn Your Clients Into New Business Machines” from Forbes Magazine online. The article details the many methods that businesses can use to make adjustments to their marketing efforts, as well as shift to focus more on current client relationships to acquire more new businesses. Brigham offers his two cents on the art of digital marketing as a form of demonstrating value to existing clients from an agency standpoint, “If paid search is driving the right converting customers and it is currently limited by budget, showing an increase of X for a projected result of Y can be a great way to show the value of an increase. Sometimes an agency will find that the data gives it a complete no-brainier choice to present to the client in that it would be insane not to move forward with an opportunity.”
Congratulations on being featured, Kyle, and thanks for the advice!
Check out the full article from Forbes.com here.
