From Adriane Powell, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

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 1719. 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

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

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

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.

YOU did it!

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.