All In

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Brenda Milcik

The class of 2010 had 63 donors for All In!

Michael Gorman ’10

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Evagelia Analitis

Senior Web Developer Michael Gorman is attending the OmniUpdate User Training Conference, March 10-13. He will lead two sessions, “One Programmer and a Full Site Redesign,” and a taped session, “Benefits of XSL,” for use on the OmniUpdate corporate website.

Congratulations, Michael!

Dana (Kurzka) Zapata ’10

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Evagelia Analitis

Dana Zapata has recently been working on a magazine for the arts called The Pass In Review. It is a quarterly magazine for military veterans that focuses on helping veterans to be understood in the civilian community. Today, we published our inaugural issue. It is very exciting!

Congratulations, Dana!

IWU Thank a Giver Day

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Peter Ruther

THANK YOU for continuing to make Illinois Wesleyan one of your giving priorities. It is YOUR support that makes IWU a truly transformative place for young people.

Kyle Urquhart ’10

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Peter Ruther

Kyle Urquhart is excited to announce that he has recently accepted a position with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival as their Operations and Production Manager located in the heart of the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Jacob’s Pillow Dance is lauded worldwide as a “hub and mecca of dancing” (TIME Magazine), “one of America’s most precious cultural assets” (Mikhail Baryshnikov), and “the dance center of the nation” (The New York Times). “The Pillow” is a treasured 220-acre National Historic Landmark, a recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, and home to America’s longest-running international dance festival.

Elizabeth Schwarzrock ’10

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Evagelia Analitis

My Suburban Life

Nicholas Reinhart ’11 wrote a musical that will premiere

at the Madison Street Theatre in Oak Park,

featuring three fellow alumni in the cast:

Kyle Blair ’09
Erika Lecaj ’11
Elizabeth Schwarzrock

Congratulations on your recent achievements!

Natalie Cummings ’10

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Evagelia Analitis

Natalie Cummings wins District and Region Met Opera National Council Auditions,

and advances to Semi-Finals on March 23, 2014.

Here is a picture of Natalie and Rafael Moras, the other Region winner!

Congratulations, Natalie!

Charlie Sell ’10 in Congo

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Peter Ruther

“Charlie Sell is currently working for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the Grants Management Officer for the Organization’s Emergency Operations in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Eastern DRC is home to a protracted conflict that dates back to the Rwandan genocide in 1994. IOM, along with the broader humanitarian and UN community, has remained present in the conflict zones in order to provide basic humanitarian assistance and conduct return and reintegration of those displaced by the conflict. Charlie was previously a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Switzerland where he completed a Master’s degree in International Relations. Prior to his time in Geneva, he worked in Washington D.C. as a Federal Liaison for the Office of Governor Pat Quinn as part of the Dunn Fellowship program.”