Author Archives: Cheryl Wallace

About Cheryl Wallace

I work in Shanghai, China at an education management company and I love every second. Keeping up-to-date with my alma mater is important to me and I look forward to hearing from you! If you have Illinois Wesleyan class of 2009 updates to share, feel free to message me!

From Adriane Powell, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

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Greetings, Titans!

For all of you who attended Homecoming, I hope you had a wonderful time visiting campus, reuniting with fellow classmates, and making memories to last a lifetime. If you took photos while you were here, please send them to classnews@iwu.edu with names and captions. We will post them to your Online Class Newsletter. Check here to see if you or your friends were featured in the campus Homecoming Album.

We were thrilled to offer outstanding Back to College classes taught by our talented alumni and esteemed faculty. If you weren’t able to attend the Back to College classes, you’re in luck! Click here to view the classes available.

Alumni award winners, Kyle Pfortmiller ’92, Sean Parsons ’01 and Kris Condon ‘84 gave heartfelt tributes to faculty mentors and their alma mater at the Oct. 18 Homecoming luncheon where they were honored. Those speeches can be viewed here.

Please take a few minutes and give us your feedback so that we can make Homecoming even better. We hope to see you next year. Mark your calendars for October 9–11, 2015!

Go Titans!

Adriane Powell
Office of Alumni Relations
Illinois Wesleyan University

Fresh Produce Pop-Up Stands in West Bloomington

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Illinois Wesleyan University student Jenny Prochotsky ’16 (Libertyville, Ill.) has organized a gleaning project to distribute free fresh produce at pop-up produce stands in west Bloomington. As the project continues to grow, she’s been able to collaborate with IWU alumni, like Daniel Burke ’09. Daniel worked to have Electronic Benefits Transfers accepted at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market.
Thanks to their efforts, more than 700 residents have received fresh produce through this project.
Read more about the project here.

From Adriane Powell, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

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Homecoming 2014

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 Anniversary of the School of Music, with many 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

Derrick L. Tillman-Kelly ’09

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Derrick L. Tillman-Kelly ’09 recently completed his doctoral candidacy exams in the higher education and student affairs program at The Ohio State University. Last month, he started a new position as Special Assistant to the Director in the Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) at Ohio State. Congratulations, Derrick!

Lauren Romano ’09 and Nate Erickson ’08

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This summer, Lauren Romano ’09 and Nate Erickson ’08 were married!

A number of IWU alums were in attendance, including: Aly Krawczyk ’09, Sharif Shawki ’09, Dan Cumming ’09, Michelle Bourgeouis ’09, Imin Moriya ’09, Shannon Stephenson ’09, Rebecca Tong ’09, Tom Kirn ’09, Diane Teng ’09, Amanda Hentsch ’09, Henry Szott ’08, Ted Nichols ’08, Al Krebs ’08, Connor McGee ’08, Meghan Gembara ’08, Ed Price ’08, Maria Mungai, and Read Boeckel ’71.

IWU alumni at Lauren and Nate’s wedding

New NIH Loan Repayment Programs

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From September 1 to November 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.