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
Show your Titan Pride!
From now through July 31, you can receive a pair of Illinois Wesleyan socks with your gift of $25 or more. All proceeds, unless otherwise designated, will support current students through the Wesleyan Fund.
These limited edition socks are only available through the end of the month.
Get yours by making a gift of $25 or more at titanpride.org/socks today!
(This offer only applies to individuals who make a gift of $25 or more by July 31. Limit 1 pair per donor.
Per IRS regulations, the $10 cost of the socks is not tax-deductible.)
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
Today is All In for Wesleyan at IWU. Dr. Randy Reed ’73 has offered to give $500 for each class year with 30 donors today, and an additional $500 for each class with 60 donors. Seriously – every dollar counts! Help the class of 2014 meet this Challenge. Click this link to donate https://www.iwu.edu/all-in You can also see how 2014 is doing in the challenge.
You can see All In on campus by clicking here.
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
Samantha Olson ’14, a second-year graduate student in the University of Illinois’ Biomedical Visualization program worked to design the new logo for the National Museum of Health + Medicine Chicago.
In the announcement article on the new logo, Olson said “My peers had also developed beautiful, insightful logos. We all pushed each other in the project, and that family-like support is why I love my graduate program at UIC.”
More about the design of the logo and Olson’s work on it can be read here
