Broadway World
Ryan Simpson is making his Theater at Monmouth (Maine) directing debut with My Father’s Dragon.

Congratulations Ryan!

WEEK/WHOI TV
Senior Web Developer Michael Gorman discussed the state’s new transportation plan, aimed at making biking easier and safer.

Andrew Junk ’08 and Shannon Moffitt ’10 are graduating from the Second City Conservatory in Chicago, a 13-month process that involved two auditions. They will perform in a final graduate show on Mondays beginning May 5 through June 16.

Congratulations!

The class of 2010 had 63 donors for All In!

 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 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!

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 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.

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 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!