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.
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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pril 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
A paper co-authored by three then-undergraduates was accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Zoology. Titled “Eggshell porosity covaries with egg size among female House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) but is unrelated to incubation onset and egg-laying order within clutches,” its authors include Abbey White ’14, Alex Lang ’14, Lauren Podgorski ’13, Associate Professor of Biology Will Jaeckle and George C. and Ella Beach Lewis Endowed Chair of Biology Given Harper.
Assistant Professor of Nursing Wendy Kooken and School of Nursing alumna Jen Boll ’14 presented “Development of a Measure of Nurse Vigilance from the Patient’s Perspective” at the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) 2015 Annual Research Conference, April 16-19, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Juan Gomez ’14 and Maddie Greybar ’15 were engaged with President Wilson standing by immediately after commencement.
Congratulations!
Meghan Gradle and Benjamin Lamm were married March 9, 2015 at Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando, FL. In attendance were other IWU alumni including Amy Gradle ’12, Jennifer Bjorklund ’15 and Kevin Roenitz ’15.
Congratulations to the happy couple!
Today is All in for Wesleyan 2015! All gifts made today will be matched by an anonymous donor (up to $75,000).
And this year, there’s a twist. Let me explain.
Gifts to the Wesleyan Fund support student financial assistance and also the little, but essential, things that create the Illinois Wesleyan experience. So today we’re celebrating these little essentials — the unsung heroes. Make a gift today and your name could appear next to one of these items for a limited time.*
Give today and your name could be selected to grace the hot spot, the WESN microphone, and other pieces of campus that will be announced throughout the day. (Learn more)
Give today and your gift will be matched by an anonymous donor.
Give today and show that you’re proud to be a Titan!