Babawande Afolabi ’10 is the founder of the airline startup, Green Africa Airways. It is set to begin operations this June.

Last fall, Michael Lankford ’10 celebrated his 10 year wedding anniversary with his wife and the 1st birthday of his third child! He is also running a successful business with Northwestern Mutual.

Congratulations to Vijeta Pamudurthy, MD. who was recognized in the August 2020 issue of Gastroenterology. She is one of 25 fellows making large strides in GI care. You can view the article here, and to view her abstract, please click here. Once again, congratulations!

Matt Wennmaker ’10 was named executive director of the Illinois Junior Golf Association in February 2020. Matt previously served as the IJGA’s associate executive director. An All-American golfer at Illinois Welseyan, he is the organization’s first executvie director to have played in the IJGA events growing up. Matt joined the IJGA full-time in 2011–he served an internship in 2010–and has previously served as a tournament manager, manager of communications and events, director of communications and events, and senior director of programming. Congrats!

Congrats to Chris Unger ’10, who has joined the downtown Denver, Colorado firm of Wells, Anderson & Race, LLC in 2019. His practice is dedicated to insurance litigation and insurance bad faith.

Thank-A-Giver Day (TAG Day) is Monday, February 10. This day provides the IWU campus community with the opportunity to thank donors who support Illinois Wesleyan. IWU celebrates each year in mid-February because it marks the symbolic point during the academic year – about 70% of the way through – when we rely on support from alumni and friends, our endowment, and external grants.  

If you would like to be celebrated as a donor today, you can make a gift at iwu.edu/give. 

Karley (Bridgewater) Keller ’12 &
Doug Keller welcomed their son,
Brooks Bridgewater Keller
on January 25th, 2020.

Congratulations to the Keller Family!

Thank you to Sean Dwyer for speaking to Fred Hoyt’s Marketing 339 class in November about experience in sales!

Sean shared his experience: “Ultimately I was down there to talk about my journey from being in their seats at IWU to transitioning to a career in people interaction. I discussed that their ability to blend a strong work ethic with the empathy and passion for people would transition anywhere, at any company in a sales position. I really stressed visualizing what makes them happy and surrounding themselves with like-minded people. Not just in their career pursuits, but in life.”

Great job influencing fellow Titans, Sean!