THANK YOU to all of our fiscal year 2015 donors! Illinois Wesleyan University‘s alumni participation rate has increased for the third year in a row thanks to the generosity of donors like you! Your support helps to ensure IWU is stronger and more affordable for current and future generations of Titans. You’ve done well, and you’ve done good! Go Titans!
Elizabeth (Stith) Lowery ’08 was married to Evan Lowery ’08 in Naperville, Illinois on July 11, 2015. Many IWU alumni were in attendance and a special appearance was made by Tommy Titan!Aditya Rajgarhia ’07 is CEO and founder of Instahyre.com, a career marketplace that connects the best talent with tech companies in India. The company launched in May 2014. He recently wrote the article “Interview Tips from a Start-Up Founder” for iamWire.
In May 2015, Rachel Slough ’07 graduated with a masters of science in marriage and family therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She accepted a job split between Family & Children’s Center Residential Treatment for Children and Adolescents and Peace of Mind Counseling, LLC, both in La Crosse, Wis.
Young Alumni Challenge: If our class reaches 24% participation, an additional gift of $2,500 will be made in honor of our class. Let’s move the Tommymometer to the top!
Without alumni support, IWU simply wouldn’t be the same. Time is running out to make a difference this fiscal year. Help to keep IWU moving forward and show your Titan Pride by making a gift before this Friday, July 31!
Josh Biere ’07 returned to campus March 31 to perform a tuba recital at IWU’s Westbrook Auditorium. The program included “Box of Justice” by alumnus composer Brian Baxter ’07.
Based in Montgomery, Illinois, Josh earned a master’s degree from Northwestern University after graduating from IWU. He is the principal tubist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and holds the principal tuba chair with the Kenosha (Wisconsin) Symphony. He regularly performs with the Chicago Composers Orchestra and has performed with the St. Paul (Minnesota) Chamber Orchestra.
Brian Baxter (b.1985) is a Chicago-based composer and drummer whose music is vigorous, direct, and heavily influenced by personal experiences of places and environments. Lawrence A. Johnson of The Classical Review has described Brian’s music as “smartly scored and makes effective impact with economy of means.” Having co-founded the Chicago Composers Orchestra, Brian serves as a co-Artistic Director and Board of Directors President overseeing all aspects of the organization. Brian’s passion for new music is equaled by his passion for music education and is put to work as Director of Operations with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras where he oversees more than 500 student musicians in a variety of orchestras and chamber music groups that perform across the Chicago area and around the world. Brian has received two Individual Artists Program Grant Award from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events and six consecutive ASCAP PLUS Awards. Brian holds degrees in music composition from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (M.M.) and Illinois Wesleyan University (B.M.).
