Taylar (Kuzniar) Klouda joins the trend of Found Object Costuming, creating green-friendly designs from common household items.  Taylar teaches painting and design at College of Lake County in Waukegan, IL.

Kate Tombaugh’s, “It Just Takes One,” a one-woman musical comedy she wrote and stars in, was performed Oct. 18-19-20 at the Prairie Fire Theatre at First Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 401 W. Jefferson St., Bloomington, IL.

Ingrid fell in love with Wicker Park Choral Singers when she first performed with the group in 2009.  A lifelong chorister, Ingrid passionately advocates music’s ability to transform lives, and strongly supports WPCS’s mission to share choral music with audiences across Chicago and beyond.  She is thrilled to now serve  WPCS as a board member.

Ingrid has held positions in development and marketing with the Washington National Opera, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, and is also a proud member of the St. Charles Singers.

Source:

http://wickerparksings.org/2013/10/12/ingrid-burrichter-stewardship-manager-chicago-symphony-orchestra/

As a world-traveling humanitarian worker, Shannon O’Rourke ’07 brings an international perspective to the late IWU President Minor Myers’ oft-quoted urging for new graduates to go forth into the world “and do good.” To read the rest of her story please click here.

With support from Kickstarter, Warwick Johnson ’07 has released a comic book, The Empty Grave: Daddy’s Little Girl.

Elizabeth Lanza ’07 was named among the “Top 10 Hot New Faces of Chicago Theater.”

On July 17, over 2,500 alumni and friends made gifts to IWU totaling over $450,000. Unless otherwise specified by donors, all the money raised went to student scholarships and financial aid.  The “All in for Wesleyan” challenge began when Illinois Wesleyan Trustee John Horton ’82 and his wife, Joann, offered a gift of $100,000 if alumni and friends could raise $50,000 in one day.  When that challenge was met, several more challenges followed — and each was fulfilled.  Howard ’60 and Sharon ’60 Fricke offered a $10,000 gift if 600 donors participated.  Ed ’62 and Lin Phelps then offered $25,000 for 1,000 total donors.  Korey ’00 and Heidi Coon offered a $15,000 challenge for 1,200 donors.  Dr. Mike Sombeck ’83 offered $25,000 if we could reach 1,500.  Finally, at the end of the day, Dr. Randy ’73 & Jodie Reed offered $25,000 and Ed ’62 & Lin Phelps added $10,000 more to match every new gift, dollar for dollar…up to a total of $35,000 in gifts before midnight.

It was an exciting day to be a Titan.  The challenge became about so much more than numbers and dollars and donors.  It provided our alumni and friends with a chance to share their pride and explain how much IWU means to them.  If you weren’t following these conversations on social media, you can click here to read them now.  THANK YOU to all of our loyal alumni and friends who made July 17 an incredible day for our school and our students.

In addition to performing with the Sugar Creek Symphony & Song, Jeremy Ayres Fisher is performing with Opera Saratoga in New York and in Savannah, Ga.  He earned a degree in voice performance from Northwestern in 2012.