Charlene Carruthers ’07 was included among a list of new leaders of social justice by REVOLT.

On Jan. 11, Brian Baxter ’07 performed selections from his album Book of Drum, a collection of original tracks exploring diverse sounds and rhythms of the drum set through the lens of his life in Chicago, as part of the St. Charles Public Library’s Sunday Concert Series. His wife Emily performed a trio of harp pieces written by her husband. Read more about the performance.

We are pleased to announce Adriane Powell as the director of Alumni Relations at Illinois Wesleyan University. Adriane has been an adopted Titan since 2010, and has lived in the Bloomington-Normal community for over 30 years. She loves to meet IWU alumni where they live, work, and play. Adriane has experience working with a diverse group of IWU alumni and is looking forward to continuing to connect with Titans all over the world! 

Self-portraiture work by Mel Keiser ’07 is part of an exhibit at the McLean County Arts Center that runs Jan. 9 through Feb. 28, 2015. Called “Self is a River,” the exhibit also features works by two other artists. Mel lives in Chicago.

“All of Mel Keiser’s work begins with images of herself,” wrote exhibit curator Melanie Scott-Dockery. “Although trained as a painter, she uses manipulation of photographs and video to record her investigation into her shifting identity. In the Mel-types, she tears away the surface of photos with tape, rubbing, and etching. Then coats the photos with encaustic. Her silhouette blends with the light and shadow of venetian blinds in Mel Mutations. Every piece removed and added to her subject is meant to show one more variation of herself.”