IWU Summer Reading Program

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Join the new academic tradition known as the Summer Reading Program.  Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are reading:

brando skyhorse book cover

 The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse.

  • If you would like to participate in an alumni only book discussion group in Bloomington, Chicago or Washington DC, please click here to register or contact your area Alumni Regional President directly.
  • Click here to RSVP for the campus book discussion group on Friday, August 20, 6-8pm.

Wednesday, September 3rd the author will be discussing his book at the President’s Convocation at 11 am at Westbrook Auditorium in Presser Hall, IWU.

Christina Hoblin ’13

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from left to right: JJ Novak '16, Christina Hoblin '13, Kelly Lamorena '14, Jenna Haimes '14

from left to right: JJ Novak ’16, Christina Hoblin ’13, Kelly Lamorena ’14, Jenna Haimes ’14

Christina and a few other IWU students have been performing in the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (CAST) in Iowa!

A performance of “Wonderful Town”, which was awarded a Tony Award for Best Musical, ran from July 24 to August 2. Jenna Haimes ’14, played the lead role of Ruth. Christina was joined in the orchestra by fellow Titans, JJ Novak ’16 and Kelly Lamorena ’14.

Congratulations to you all on an exciting experience!

YOU did it!

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More than 5,000 alumni showed their support by making a gift to IWU in fiscal year 2014!

And for the second year straight, Illinois Wesleyan alumni have grown our alumni giving percentage. We are now at 23%!

THANK YOU for doing your part to keep IWU strong.  

47 Alumni Needed

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IWU’s fiscal year ends TODAY – July 31 – Thank you if you’ve already made your annual gift!

Now help us find the 47 additional alumni donors we need to reach our participation goal by today. Organizations view alumni participation as the metric that measures alumni satisfaction. It affects IWU’s ranking, bond rating, and ability to earn grants, so make your gift today at iwu.edu/give to keep IWU strong!  Every donor counts!

all in tutu

Ben White ’13 – Ethics Bowl Team Member

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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.