4/16/15 International Studies Program 24th Annual Senior Recognition Ceremony. The Technos Award recipient Olive Kemi Adeleye Adjumoke. Davidson Room, Memorial Center. Olive Kemi Adeleye Adjumoke. Photos by William Frank.

Kemi won the Technos International Prize, recognizing her academic excellence and commitment to international awareness and understanding.Kemi plans to teach English in a French-speaking country before she goes to graduate school to pursue a master’s degree. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Kemi!

2015-04-17 Physics student Margaret McCarter ’15, who won a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her research. Center for Natural Sciences. Photo by Marc Featherly

The National Science Foundation has awarded Margaret McCarter ’15 a three-year Graduate Research Fellowship – among the most competitive graduate fellowships nationwide. Read the full article here.

Congratulations Margaret!

Two students discussed the next steps they are going to take towards their future careers.  For the next two years, Amanda King an Environmental Studies major will be serving in the Peace Corp in West Africa.

Donald DeSalvo a History/ Secondary Education major will be working as a secondary mathematics teacher at a charter school called American Preparatory Academy at their new campus in Las Vegas, Nevada beginning this fall.  He is currently spending one month training at one of APA’s campuses in Utah, getting the opportunity to observe classes, do some teaching, and substitute teach before he moves to Las Vegas at the beginning of June. Read the full article and see the news clip here.

Tim Coonan ’15. who came to Bloomington-Normal from Europe, says he’s kept his brotherly bond strong at Illinois Wesleyan with brother Sean Coonan ’17.

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION recipient Nunzia Martino, THE KAY NELSON MEMORIAL ESSAY PRIZE recipient Olivia Anderson, and THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS PRIZE recipient Erica Kucharski

Among winners of the 2015 Creative Writing Awards at Illinois Wesleyan, Olivia Anderson ’15 won the Kay Nelson Memorial Essay Prize for her essay “Blood Tide” and Erica Kucharski ’15 won the American Poets Prize for her series of poems.  Read the full article here.

Congratulations Olivia and Erica!

Nathan  says a semester abroad in Barcelona was life-changing, and he’s returning to Spain this summer on scholarship for a month-long study abroad program.

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!