Dan a member of  Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Lambda Delta and Omicron Delta Epsilon economics honorary society has elected to the Capital One Academic All-District® 7 baseball team and will be on the ballot for the Capital One Academic All-America® Team. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Dan!

Four new IWU graduates Charlotte Silver, Caitlin Arrington, Devon Redlin, and Kasia Tomaszynska have won competitive positions to teach in Japan starting this fall. Charlotte will be teaching at Technos College in Tokyo and Caitlin, Devon, and Kasia with the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Charlotte, Caitlin, Devon, and Kasia!

Nikolay spent last summer as a financial analyst intern for BlackRock, Inc in London. This summer he started working full time as a  financial analyst for BlackRock, Inc. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Nikolay!

Josie Linman ’15, working with RAS as an intern and grant writer, submitted a video to the Midwest Technical Institute $10,000 grant contest, and your vote could help!

Amelia Smith won a fellowship to teach english in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, an Austrian city located in the Southern Alps. Afterwards Amelia will be applying to graduate school in philosophy. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Amelia!

On April 21,2015 Illinois Wesleyan’s School of Music presented a concert featuring student compositions. Seniors that performed at the concert include:

• Hadrian’s Wall by Zach Siegel
  • Zach played the trombone
• Cathryn Volk played the piano in From Theories and Dreams, by Megan Cherry ’17 and in L’hiver coule en rouge, by John Gardner ’17
• Natalie Hoijer played the flute in Solve for X, by Samuel Mullooly ’16
• John Cossio sang Because I Could Not Stop For Death (Text: E. Dickinson), by Tommy Bravos ’17
• Old Flames, by Ayethaw Tun ’15, Ryan Donlin ’17, Robert Kuntz ’18
  • Ayethaw Tun played the guitar
• Ayethaw Tun played the electric bass in Teeth, by Ryan Donlin ’17
• Lauren Schafer ’15 sang soprano in Teeth, by Ryan Donlin ’17
• Other performers:in Teeth, by Ryan Donlin ’17 include Eric Novak ’15, Nick Castellanos ’15, Jordan Lipes ’15, Kate Ford ’15

The full article can be read here.

Congratulations to the student composers, conductors, and performers!

On April 16,2015 members of the Illinois Wesleyan community gathered at the Civic Engagement Banquet to honor the service of IWU students. Honored members of the class of 2015 are: Nathan Douglas, Lexia Swope, Amanda King, Jordan Collins, Emily Bugg, and Blair Wright. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Nathan, Lexia, Amanda, Jordan, Emily, and Blair!

Following the commencement ceremony on May 3,2015 Juan Gomez ’14 proposed to Maddie Greybar ’15. President Wilson stood nearby and witnessed the proposal.

Congratulations Juan and Maddie on your engagement!

Physics major Kyle Connour became the first to publish research conducted at Illinois Wesleyan’s observatory. His detailed observations led to the observatory’s designation as an official observing site. Kyle is taking the next step towards his goal of working for NASA as he joins the University of Colorado Boulder’s Ph.D. program in planetary science. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Kyle!