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Stephany Breau graduated from Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport Rhode Island on November 15,2013. She was commissioned as an Ensign in the US Navy and is currently stationed at Norfolk Virginia Naval Base.

Congratulations, Stephany!

Click the photo to see what exciting memorabilia Meg Miner – University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian – has requested.

Samantha Krueger and Sean Cavenagh ’13 were sworn in today as Peace Corps Volunteers in Mozambique. Sean will be serving in Quissico, Inhambane and Samantha will be serving in Cuamba, Niassa, both in Mozambique, for two years.

Congratulations!

Josh Conrad ’12 has self-published an ebook, CyberWorld: The Legend of Alaxeria.

TangleKnot Theatre in Chicago presented Joan Holden’s Nickel and Dimed as its inaugural production July 19 through Aug. 11.

TangleKnot’s Artistic Director Dani Snyder-Young is assistant professor of theatre arts and head of the Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts program at Illinois Wesleyan. She also directed Nickel and Dimed, with alumna Britnee Ruscitti ’10 who served as assistant director. Curtis Trout, director of the School of Theatre Arts, was the production’s scenic designer. Alumnus Tristan Meredith ’12 was lighting designer, and Celeste V. Kelley ’13 designed Nickel’s costumes. Antonio Gracias ’12 was the production’s sound designer. Current student Sarah Menke ’15 received an Eckley Summer Scholar fellowship to serve as assistant stage manager and audience development and outreach associate. The project was funded in part by an Illinois Wesleyan Artistic and Scholarly Development grant to Snyder-Young and Trout.

Understanding of the language of basketball helped Olivia  Lett hurdle language barriers while playing professional basketball in Spain last winter.

Erick Henderson was published research in the spring issue of The Journal of Global Health based on his time in Kenya helping people with vision problems.  Henderson was a past recipient of the  “25 under 25” award sponsored by Global Youth Service Day which recognizes young leaders making outstanding contributions to the Bloomington-Normal community.