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Thank You 2015 Donors!

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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 2014 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!

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Keri Leach ’14

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Recently, IWU alumna Keri Leach was featured in Peoria Journal Star‘s “Where are They Now?” column.

Leach was named the CCIW player of the year her senior year, after playing for Illinois Wesleyan softball for her final two seasons. Previously, Leach had played for Olympia High School in Stanford, Ill.

Currently working as a teacher’s aide at Olympia Middle School, Leach is also studying towards a master’s degree in education at Illinois State University.

In the interview with Peoria Journal Star, Leach said, “Playing for Wesleyan gave me the opportunity to succeed not only in softball, but in life as well.”

“I found myself able to work a part-time job, have a social life, thrive in the classroom and do well in softball,” Leach said.

Let’s Reach 24% Giving for the Class of 2014!

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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!

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Hello Class of 2014!

My name is Amelia Smith. I wanted to introduce myself because I am newly in charge of updating the Class of 2014 newsletter. If there is any news you would like to share with your classmates, from achievements to marriages, I’d be happy to add it to the newsletter. I can be reached through my IWU e-mail, asmith8@iwu.edu

It’s summer time, so there may be summer activities that you’re participating in that you may want to share! August will be here before we know it, and with it the new school year.

I look forward to working with the class of 2014 to share your news with your classmates!

Thanks,
Amelia

2015 Participation Goal: 5,286 Donors

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Young alumni challenge:

  • A trustee has agreed to make a $2,500 gift for every young alumni class correct(1999-2014) who reaches 24% or better before July 31.
  • This means that for every class that hits 24%, IWU will be able to award an additional $2,500 scholarship to a deserving student.
  • Also, an additional $2,500 gift will be made for any class that reaches 30%.
  • All gifts count! Find out how your class stacks up by visiting https://www.iwu.edu/giving/youngalumni.html

Jacob Bach ’14

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Jacob Bach ’14 married Holly (Koehler) Bach in Harvard, IL on April 25th, 2015. Alumni who attended included (from left to right) Brianna Yarwood ’14, Diane Trevor ’14, Emma Alcock ’17, Svenja Schroeder ’14, Nick Nelson ’13, Michael Resurrection ’14, Craig Rapp ’14, the groom, the bride, Aaron Guenther ’14, Mark Schuette ’14, Erin McMahon ’14, Tara Drazner ’14.

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Abby Lyons ’14

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Abby Lyons is a recent graduate from the music school and she is currently attending CalArts. This year, her song, “Send Me Off To Sea,” was selected out of 120 entries to be recorded for the CalArts Jazz CD 2015 at Capitol Records. She had the privilege to record with four other CalArts musicians in Studio A, where artists such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Foo Fighters have recorded! Amazingly enough, John Mayer was down the hall recording in Studio B right before their recording session. The final recording of the song can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/abby-lyons/09-send-me-off-to-sea. And here is the link to the complete CalArts Jazz CD 2015: http://jazzarchive.calarts.edu/album/2015. Capitol Records generously records the entire album (12 groups) every year entirely free for CalArts. The entire history of the Jazz CD can be found here:http://jazzarchive.calarts.edu/history.

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All In for Wesleyan Becomes a Tradition in 2015

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On AI'm-All-In-For-Wesleyan-icon 2014pril 9, Titans of all generations pulled together and showed their pride on the third annual All In For Wesleyan. More than 1,800 gifts of all sizes from 49 states and 17 countries totaled over $500,000 in support of Illinois Wesleyan University and our students. Our collective philanthropy served as an inspiration to the next generation as All In For Wesleyan firmly established itself as an Illinois Wesleyan tradition, both on campus and off. The class of 2014 had the most donors, 76 on April 9th and donations totaling $2,130.56.

Thank you 2014 Alumni for being “all in” all the time, and for continuing to make Illinois Wesleyan one of your giving priorities. If you have already made your gift this year, thank you! If you have not made your gift this year, I hope that you will join me as a donor and put us one more gift closer to our participation goal. You can make your gift by visiting iwu.edu/give. It is your support that keeps Illinois Wesleyan strong, and develops the next generation of leaders.

Your partner in support,

Van Miller ‘04

Director of Annual Giving