Class of 2012 alumna, Emily Line, is returning to her Titan roots as a new staff member for Illinois Wesleyan! Emily has recently joined the staff as an IWU Admission Counselor. She has previously worked as an admissions advisor at Lake Superior State University and is a member of the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling and the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
Congratulations, Emily, and welcome back to IWU!
THANK YOU to all of our fiscal year 2015 donors! Illinois Wesleyan University‘s alumni participation rate has increased for the third year in a row thanks to the generosity of donors like you! Your support helps to ensure IWU is stronger and more affordable for current and future generations of Titans. You’ve done well, and you’ve done good! Go Titans!
The class of 2012 exceeded the 24% challenge! At least eight young alumni challenges were met in 2015, resulting in $20,000 of additional scholarship support for IWU students!
Since graduating IWU with a double major in psychology and international studies, Erin has taught English in Thailand and South Korea. She also worked in a high school in America with special education students, which prompted her to undertake her Masters of Education in Applied Behavior Analysis.
For the final two months of her Masters program Erin will be working with an organization called “The Step” in Eastern Kazakhstan. The Step was established by a group of mothers whose children have autism. The region has very few specialists and services for these children. She will be working directly with the children, as well as training the staff and parents in ABA methods. She will also be collaborating with one of her professors to write up research articles about her work there.
Class of 2012 alumnus Stephen Rudnicki was recently selected as the boys basketball coach and a social studies teacher at West Carroll High School in Savanna, IL. Noting Stephen’s experience as a basketball player at both Evanston Township High School and our very own Illinois Wesleyan, the West Carroll Athletic Director arranged Stephen’s introduction to both the public and the media in June. Check out this article from the Rockford Register Star for additional information.
Congratulations to Stephen from the class of 2012!
Class of 2012 Physics alumnus, Taiyo Wilson, was awarded a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship. Taiyo is a current PhD Candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Receipt of this fellowship will enable Taiyo to collaborate with top researchers in the field in addition to traveling to various NASA research centers to conduct his research. The full feature written by Illinois Wesleyan can be found here. For additional information regarding Taiyo’s research on continuum-kinetic hybrid framework for chemically reacting flows, check out the NASA press release.
Please join me in congratulating Taiyo for this accomplishment!
Amanda Williams, a class of 2012 English major and alumna, was awarded Hollins University’s Academy of American Poets Prize, the Gertrude Claytor Poetry Prize on April 28. Amanda is a class of 2016 MFA student at Hollins University. The Gertrude Claytor Poetry Prize is awarded to the best poem or group of poems written by an undergraduate or graduate student at Hollins University.
Please join me in congratulating Amanda!
Young Alumni Challenge: If our class reaches 24% participation, an additional gift of $2,500 will be made in honor of our class. Let’s move the Tommymometer to the top!
Without alumni support, IWU simply wouldn’t be the same. Time is running out to make a difference this fiscal year. Help to keep IWU moving forward and show your Titan Pride by making a gift before this Friday, July 31!
Only 6 more donors are needed to reach 24% giving for our Class by July 31.
Every Gift Counts!
Young alumni challenge:
(1999-2014) who reaches 24% or better before July 31.