On June 24th, 2016 James J. Schiffer ’14 and Kathleen E. Zeman were married to each other in Inverness, IL. Many of their alumni friends from IWU attended. Congratulations to the newlyweds!
Row 2 (Left to Right): Brady Olson ’14, Joe Lewis ’14, Vince Cefali ’13, Ben Sterrett ’12, Jordan Kuhns ’13, Matt Hohmann ’14, Brandon Carey ’12, Kassie Carey ’11, Brian Schaeffer ’10, Cara Filipiak ’11, Mike Filipiak ’10, Emily Szymski ’11
Alumni Dana Marlin (’14) and Kendall Held (’11) reconnected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to cheer for Held’s younger brother Ryan who competed in the Olympic Games. There was a lot to celebrate– Ryan took home Gold in the Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Both Marlin and Held swam together during their time at Illinois Wesleyan University. Dana currently lives in Rio de Janeiro with her husband.
Marlin ’14 and Held ’11
IWU Alumna Megan Dyer ’14 recently graduated from Northwestern University’s The Family Institute, earning a Masters of Arts in Counseling. Following her graduation, Dyer will work full time as an outpatient therapist at Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center, located in Skokie IL. Previously, Dyer held an internship there.
Abby Mills ’14, Miya Thalmann ’14, Megan Dyer ’14, Emily Shearer ’14 and Leah Tacchi ’14
Thank you for being All In For Wesleyan in so many ways.
You’ve Done Well, and Done Good!
A second year student in the Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin, Thomas Sobrya ’14 was awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) by the National Science Foundation.
Two publications coauthored by Sobrya were published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, one of which was also coauthored by fellow Alumni Jennifer Faust ’10 who is currently in a post-doc position in Canada.
More about Sobrya’s field of study and the Fellowship can be read here
During the Council for Illinois Wesleyan University Women Summit on February 26, Cathy Geehan ’14 presented “Female Tech Entrepreneurs in Jordan” at the Hansen Student Center as part of She Speaks, Petchakucha Powered Event.
Cavanaugh ’14 photograph by Robert Frank III
Interested in what has been happening at Illinois Wesleyan Univeristy since you graduated? You can sate your curiosity with this beautiful gallery of photos from the past month captured by Robert Frank III. Events recently have included a production of Hamlet, speaker Eboo Patel, and Thank a Giver Day.
View the gallery here
Nicole Besa ’14, who was known as Nicole Chamberlin during her time at Illinois Wesleyan, will be in the ensemble of The King and I at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Nicole Besa ’14