Marshall B. Garrett ’09 completed hisMaster of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and Performance at Mary Baldwin College, where he also received his Master of Letters in 2015. For completion of the MFA, his class and cofounded a one-year theatre company, Sweet Wag Shakespeare, in which Marshall directed two new plays (ONE WOMAN TOWN and SHAKESPEARE’S WAR OF THE ROSES), and played Guildenstern/Player Queen in HAMLET, Antonio in THE CITY NIGHTCAP, and Cloten in CYMBELINE. He is currently directing HENRY VI PART 2 for the American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp, and will be starting a theatre company in the fall.
Andrew Herrington-Gilmore ’09
Andrew ’09 and Lauren Herrington-Gilmore welcomed Mara Herrington-Gilmore on May 9, 2016. Congratulations!
Kaitlyn (Gosch) Strauman ’09
Michael and Kaitlyn (Gosch) Strauman ’09 welcomed their first Tiny Titan, Emma Jane Strauman on May 7, 2016. Congratulations!
Ken Hommowun ’09 and Julie (Hoppesch) Hommowun ’09
Ken and Julie Hommowun welcomed Ethan Gabriel Hommowun on May 4, 2016. Congratulations!
Kerri (Bandurski) Johnson ’09
Kerri (Bandurski) Johnson ’09 and Sean Johnson ’11 were married on May 30, 2015
at Evelyn Chapel on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus.
Attendees from IWU included:
All In For Wesleyan
It’s a great day to be a Titan! Are you All In?
Today is All In for Wesleyan at IWU. Dr. Randy Reed ’73 has offered to give $500 for each class year with 30 donors today, and an additional $500 for each class with 60 donors. Seriously – every dollar counts! Help the class of 2009 meet this Challenge. Click this link to donate https://www.iwu.edu/all-in You can also see how 2009 is doing in the challenge.
You can see All In on campus by clicking here.
Kerri (Bandurski) Johnson ’09
Kerri (Bandurski) Johnson ’09 and Sean Johnson ’11 were married on May 30, 2015 at Evelyn Chapel on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus. Alumni in attendance included:
Corey (Hills) Burgess ‘09, Joe Burgess ‘08, Colleen Caplice ‘09, Jackie Hill ‘09, Jenny Brosius ‘09, Kristin Bandurski ‘07, Erin (McKenzie) Roth ‘09, Dan McCarthy ‘09, Alex Roth ‘09, Michele Malinowski ‘09, Erin Murray ‘09, Erin O’Shea ‘09, Katie (Windsor) Duffy ‘09, Joe Duffy ‘09, Mira (Coleman) Kohorst ‘09, Carolyn (Shima) Gossett ‘09, Tanya (Hnastchenko) Sikorski ‘09, Claire, (Sheehan) Doran ‘09, Jordan Morris ‘09, Stosh Eichenauer ‘09, Tyler Swearingen ‘09, Patrick Homan ‘07, Tyler Smith ‘07, Andrew Freeman ‘07, Zach Freeman ‘07, Brian Nussbaum ‘08, Michael Kempf ‘11, Travis Rosenkranz ‘11, Doug Sexauer ‘11, Matt Schick ‘11, Duncan Lawson ‘11, Cailin (Bake) Lawson ‘11, John Koschnitzky ‘12, Caitlin Eskew ‘12, Stephen Rudnicki ‘12, Jake Sheley ‘05, Jordan Zimmer ‘12, Carolyn (Leonard) Zimmer ‘11, Andrew Gilmore ‘09
Lauren (Gianni) Gilmore ‘08, Edmond O’Callaghan ‘11, Kim Hess ‘83
Aaron Gierhart ’09
Aaron Gierhart ’09 recently published an article in Kappa Delta Pi’s New Teacher Advocate magazine. His article is titled “Curriculum Mapping to Meet State Standards” and is on pages 2-3 of the magazine. Mr. Gierhart teaches third grade at Millikin Elementary in Geneseo, IL. He holds a master’s degree in elementary education, specializing in elementary curriculum. In June, he will begin earning his doctorate in Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University.