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It’s not too late to be added to the list!
We still need 163 alumni to step forward before July 31 to increase alumni participation 1% over last year.
*Check by visiting http://www.iwu.edu/annualreport/.
One of the two Ethics Bowl teams at IWU was awarded second place in the regional conference, earning a bid to compete at the national competition. With the support of the Office of the Provost and Student Senate, the qualifying team will travel to Jacksonville, Fla. in February 2014 to compete at the National Ethics Bowl competition.Both IWU teams competed in the Upper Midwest Regional Ethics Bowl in Chicago on November 23.
The qualifying team includes senior Ben White, junior Anh Dao, sophomore Steph McAtee and first-year students Brigitta Jakob and Jordan Staley. Seniors Jaret Kanarek, Jake Bates, Stephanie Fenty, Kent Larson and Jamal Smith constitute the other IWU team, which was a key element to the qualifying team’s success. First-year student Duc Nguyen has also helped with the team’s preparation.
Ben sent us an update: We tied one round, won one round, and lost one round. We tied Taylor I believe. I do not remember the names of the schools we won and lost to.
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.
Amanda Larsen is an intern at the Humanitarian Service Project, where she will complete her community service practicum while she studies Couple and Family Therapy at the Adler School of Professional Psychology.
Click the photo to see what exciting memorabilia Meg Miner – University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian – has requested.
Nick has recently begun volunteering as one of several instructors for Bloomington-Normal high school students looking to compete in the annual Black Data Processing Associates Coding Competition.
Christina Hoblin was Province College Leadership Award winner in national magazine for the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity.
Congratulations, Christina!
Dan La Rocca has earned All-Academic honors for his combined efforts in pole vault competition and in the classroom from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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.
