We are pleased to announce Adriane Powell as the Director of Alumni Relations at Illinois Wesleyan University. Adriane has been an adopted Titan since 2010, and has lived in the Bloomington-Normal community for over 30 years. She loves to meet IWU alumni where they live, work, and play. Adriane has experience working with a diverse group of IWU alumni and is looking forward to continuing to connect with Titans all over the world!
Dylan Overstreet ’15 is among men’s basketball nominees for the 2015 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Allstate Insurance Company Good Works Teams. Also reported by the Paxton Record.
As part of his internship at the Bloomington-Normal Boys & Girls Club, Overstreer developed “Hardwork 2 Hoops” program which partnered with IWU basketball to offer two free camp scholarships for boys who demonstrated good behavior at the club and good grades in the classroom. He also helped develop a “Wish Wall” at the club that allows members to write down their wish for their club, such as something they want to do, a field trip or a program to be offered. A number of those wishes were granted and multiple field trips were funded.
Seniors Kate Dunaway, Julie Govedarica, Tess Bottorff, Emily Johnson, Alex Partipilo, Brie Siebert and Ashley Montijo made their final appearance for the Titans, playing in the school’s first ever national semifinal.
2014 Titans Women’s Soccer
Illinois Wesleyan University trio: Alan Russian ’15, Breck Seitz ’15, and Rachel Dolan ’17, president of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization at IWU, plans to launch a service to help fellow students buy and sell books from each other. All three represented IWU at a Startup Weekend at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in late November 2014.
photo by DAVID PROEBER, The Pantagraph
Google Search Yields Results for Student Intern
Computer science major Alan Russian ’15 has accepted a job offer from Google, after completing an internship in the company’s Los Angeles office last summer.
Hannah Eby ’15 has been named a 2014 Student Laureate by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, recognized for her outstanding academic commitment and extracurricular activities.
Congratulations Hannah!
Having interned in the Scottish government while the independence movement gained steam, Michael Kistner ’15 watched Thursday’s vote intently.
Click to read his interviews in The Pantagraph and Central Illinois Proud.
Republican and Democratic strategists are looking to college students to mobilize voters, including Wesleyan’s award-winning College Democrats chapter, headed by Brexton Isaacs ’15.
*Taken from Fox News
Tom Simmons ’15 was able to continue his academic pursuits and get paid this summer when he became a part of Illinois Wesleyan’s Eckley Summer Scholar and Artist Program.
*Taken from Southtown Star
Business Administration major Courtney Baird ’15 interned with NBCUniversal in Los Angeles for Brand Marketing.
Biology major Jeff Toraason ’15 was an Animal Care intern for Bloomington’s Miller Park Zoo.
Theatre major Iris Sowlat ’15 interned for Dramaturgy with Chicago Dramatists and also with Stage Left Theatre as an Assistant Director Intern.
English-Writing major Joe Ruskey ’15 interned with the McLean County Museum of History for Marketing and Development.
Another English-Writing major Theresa Ward ’15 was an intern with McLean County Arts Center and the Advocate BroMenn Center for Event Planning.
For more on their internship experiences, click here.
Congrats to you all on a summer well spent! Enjoy senior year!
