Kayla has been promoted to Corporate Sponsorships and Marketing Coordinator of the Chicago Blackhawks. The campus AMA chapter is bringing her to speak on Oct. 23, 6 p.m. in Hansen.

Nurman Noor from Indonesia went on to the University of Wollengong and is now a Junior Medical Officer at the Northern Sydney Local Medical District. His hospital is in Hornsby. NSW in the Sydney area. He was quite active on campus and with I-Society. He had a knack for balancing things on his head.

Andrea recently completed a dual masters in nursing at Loyola University Chicago and works at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University as an Oncology Nurse Practitioner.

Anthony Pavone has successfully graduated from John Marshall Law School in Chicago receiving his Juris Doctorate.

He passed the Illinois Bar this past February and is now practicing as an attorney with the law firm of Loss & Pavone in Lombard, Illinois. He is also pursuing an LLM (Masters of Law) in Estate Planning.

Our 5 Year Reunion is almost here!

Looking forward to seeing you all back on campus for Homecoming 2013 and our 5-year class reunion!

Here is a full schedule of events, but some highlights include:

Friday, October 11th
11:00 a.m.                          20th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Outing at Crestwicke Country Club

5:30-7:00 p.m.                      President’s Reception for reunion classes (including Class of 2008!)

9:00 p.m.                           Class of 2008 Reunion Kick-off at Elroy’s

Saturday, October 12th
8:15 a.m.                          Capt. Ryan Beaupre Memorial Scholarship 5K run/walk

10:00-11:00 a.m.                   Greek Alumni Network (meet at your chapter house)

11:30 a.m.                          Alumni Award Luncheon (Shirk Center)

1:30 p.m.                          Football Game – including tailgating from 10:30 a.m.!

5:00-8:00 p.m.                      All Titan Homecoming Celebration, featuring “Club Tommy”

8:00 p.m.                         Young Alumni Walk

Sunday, October 13th
10:30 a.m.                        Class of 2008 Closing Brunch

Looking forward to seeing you all back on campus for Homecoming 2013 and our 5-year class reunion! Don’t forget to register on www.TitanPride.org.

Stay up to date with our plans on our Facebook Group.

Maria Gonzalez is the first-place winner in “The Illustrator Elite” Hand Drawn Competition. Her work is featured in the August 2013 edition of PRINT magazine, a premier design publication.

Gonzalez said, “As a college student, I interned at several advertising agencies in the creative department. This enhanced my love for design. I was fascinated by the idea of using design to tell a story.”

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.

Melynda Chlebek ’08 was sworn in as a new police officer in Romeoville.