Dylan Overstreet ’15

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.

Dylan Overstreet '15

Alan Russian ’15 and Breck Seitz ’15

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.

2015 Seitzand  Russian, and Dolan '17 New Buisness

  photo by DAVID PROEBER, The Pantagraph

 

Summer of Students: Interns

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!