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 2007 meet this Challenge. Click this link to donate https://www.iwu.edu/all-in You can also see how 2007 is doing in the challenge.
You can see All In on campus by clicking here.
Illinois Wesleyan University’s New Music Café featured the works of Eric Malmquist ’07 and Stockholm-based composer Matthew Peterson. The concert took place on March 10 in Presser Hall’s Westbrook Auditorium. A Chicago-based composer, Eric’s work draws equally from modern styles, especially minimalism and post-modernism, and the influence of historical themes and early music.
Kerri (Bandurski) Johnson ’09 and Sean Johnson ’11 were married on May 30, 2015 at Evelyn Chapel on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus. Alumni in attendance included: Corey (Hills) Burgess ‘09, Joe Burgess ‘08, Colleen Caplice ‘09, Jackie Hill ‘09, Jenny Brosius ‘09, Kristin Bandurski ‘07, Erin (McKenzie) Roth ‘09, Dan McCarthy ‘09, Alex Roth ‘09, Michele Malinowski ‘09, Erin Murray ‘09, Erin O’Shea ‘09, Katie (Windsor) Duffy ‘09, Joe Duffy ‘09, Mira (Coleman) Kohorst ‘09, Carolyn (Shima) Gossett ‘09, Tanya (Hnastchenko) Sikorski ‘09, Claire, (Sheehan) Doran ‘09, Jordan Morris ‘09, Stosh Eichenauer ‘09, Tyler Swearingen ‘09, Patrick Homan ‘07, Tyler Smith ‘07, Andrew Freeman ‘07, Zach Freeman ‘07, Brian Nussbaum ‘08, Michael Kempf ‘11, Travis Rosenkranz ‘11, Doug Sexauer ‘11, Matt Schick ‘11, Duncan Lawson ‘11, Cailin (Bake) Lawson ‘11, John Koschnitzky ‘12, Caitlin Eskew ‘12, Stephen Rudnicki ‘12, Jake Sheley ‘05, Jordan Zimmer ‘12, Carolyn (Leonard) Zimmer ‘11, Andrew Gilmore ‘09, Lauren (Gianni) Gilmore ‘08, Edmond O’Callaghan ‘11, Kim Hess ‘83.
Natalie (Quinton) Ledford ’07 and husband Brad welcomed a daughter on Sept. 3, 2015. Quinnley Ledford and her brother live with mom and dad in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The Association for Women in Communications (AWC) has nominated Sarah Julian ’07 for the Crystal Award as the chapter’s top member of the year. Congratulations!
A link to the AWC’s website can be found here.
Charlene Carruthers ’07, a noted leader in the anti-police-violence movement, says her passion for activism was sparked while studying abroad as an Illinois Wesleyan student. Read more in a recent interview.
She also explains how her chapter of the Black Youth Project has become what the Chicago magazine calls “the most vocal and arguably most effective activist group in town” in this article.
Patrick Beary ’07 and his wife Amalia welcomed baby daughter Fiona Alfonsina Beary on Aug. 14, 2015. She weighed 8 lbs., 13 oz. Congratulations on your new addition!