Homecoming 2014 Off the Charts took place this past weekend.
You can look at social media posts from IWU Homecoming here.
I hope all attendees had a great weekend back on campus!
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Message from Adriane Powell, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
Thank you for reading and contributing to your class newsletter. I hope you enjoy receiving news about your classmates. Be sure to let us know when you have news to share!
Homecoming is October 17-19. Class years ending in 4 and 9 are reunion years. Our theme this year is Off the Charts. We are focusing on the 150th music themed events. Join us on Friday night for the Green Carpet Gala Concert & Reception at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. On Saturday morning, the Titan Pep Band Alumni Reunion will take place on the Quad while you enjoy the free Pancake/Sausage Breakfast. Saturday night, join us in the Young Main Lounge for Club Tommy. Check the brochure or www.titanpride.org for more details.
Please register soon!
I look forward to seeing you at Homecoming or another alumni event very soon.
Adriane Powell
Maria Gonzalez ’08
Award-winning artist Maria Gonzalez ’08 decided to turn her lifelong passion into her career path while enrolled at Illinois Wesleyan.
Read more about her work and accomplishments here: http://extranews.net/hispanic-heritage-month-pilsen-artist-pursues-her-passion.html
Lindsey (Miller) Marks ’08
Lindsey (Miller) Marks, OTD is a pediatric occupational therapist at North Shore Pediatric Therapy. You can read more about her position here: http://nspt4kids.com/author/lindseymiller/
Nate Erickson ’08 and Lauren Romano ’09
Nate Erickson ’08 and Lauren Romano ’09 got married this summer. Many alumni were in attendance. Class of 2008 graduates include Henry Szott, Ted Nichols, Al Krebs, Connor McGee, Meghan Gembara, and Ed Price. Class of 2009 graduates include Aly Krawczyk, Sharif Shawki, Dan Cumming, Michelle Bourgeouis, Imin Moriya, Shannon Stephenson, Rebecca Tong, Tom Kirn, Diane Teng, and Amanda Hentsch. Other alumni in attendance were Read Boeckel (’71) and Maria Mungai.
Congratulations!
Mentalist Chris Carter ’87
Did you see Mentalist Chris Carter ’87 at IWU in 2008? You can see him again on September 20, when he returns to perform at Family Weekend!
This is an article about him from 2007: https://www.iwu.edu/magazine/2007/spring/Carter.html
This link is for Family Weekend 2014: https://www.iwu.edu/activities/FamilyWeekend.html
NIH Division of Loan Repayment
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
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
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
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.