NIH Division of Loan Repayment

Posted on September 8, 2014 by

From Sept 1- Nov 17, the NIH Division of Loan Repayment will be accepting applications for student loan repayment program for the areas of clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, or clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

To qualify, an applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, possess a doctoral-level degree (with the exception of the contraception and infertility research LRP), and have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of his/her annual institutional base salary.

In addition, applicants must devote at least 20 hours per week to research that fits within one of five program areas: clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, or clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Jim Carver ’08

Posted on August 25, 2014 by

Congratulations to Jim Carver who is the new principal at Unity East Elementary School in Tolono!

You can read more information here.

Bloomington-Normal in Top 50 College Towns

Posted on August 24, 2014 by

Bloomington-Normal was among the 50 best college towns in America!

You can see the list of the best 50 college towns here!

Nola Richardson ’08

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

Soprano Nola Richardson ’08 was the featured soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra last month. She is a graduate student at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, where she is a member of the Voxtet.

Andy Junk ’08

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

Andy Junk ’08 is an understudy in the Lifeline Theatre production of The Last of the Dragons. You can read more about the production here.

He is a member of “Carpeted Afterhours,” a Sketch Comedy group that performs in the Chicago area.

Thank you, alumni!

Posted on August 6, 2014 by

More than 5,000 alumni showed their support by making a gift to IWU in fiscal year 2014!

And for the second year straight, Illinois Wesleyan alumni have grown our alumni giving percentage. We are now at 23%!

THANK YOU for doing your part to keep IWU strong.

Mackenzie (Gebhardt) Fleming ’08

Posted on July 30, 2014 by

Mackenzie (Gebhardt) ’08 and Brandon Fleming had a baby girl, Reagan Evelyn Fleming, on July 29, 2014. Congratulations!

Katherine (Carl) Payne ’08

Posted on July 28, 2014 by

Katherine (Carl) Payne ’08 just joined the Information Systems faculty at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. Congratulations!

Ann Harding Retires

Posted on June 25, 2014 by

After decades of service to Illinois Wesleyan, Ann Harding retired this month as director of Alumni Relations.

You can read more about her retirement on the IWU News webpage.

Jacqueline Granados ’08

Posted on June 23, 2014 by

Jacqueline Granados of Chicago, IL (Class of 2008 – Business Administration major), married Brendan Reilly on June 7, 2014.

Pictured below are several Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters who were in attendance.

From left to right: Jessica Seils, Mackenzie (Gebhardt) Fleming, Jacqueline (Granados) Reilly, Jeni (Lange) Filippo, Veronica (Luporini) Fisher.

2008 Class News

Class Blog

Author Archives: