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For the first time in 20 years, Sarah Mmari ’97 (center) visited the IWU campus with her mother (left) and a family friend. Mmari, a native of Tanzania, returned to her home country after finishing her coursework in business administration in December 1996. “IWU gave me the tools to start my life in Tanzania,” she said. “When you graduate from here, you have the confidence to be able to do anything.” After working in banking for several years, Mmari now owns a small logistics company with her husband. Her visit to campus included a serendipitous meeting with Admissions Counselor Nicole Chlebek ’16, who studied abroad in Tanzania as a student. Chlebek recorded the visit with her phone. (Photo by Robert Frank III ’14)

Karolina Sierzputowska ’16 joined the Chicago Regional Alumni Committee

Jase Hoffman, Bobby Threm, Megan Threm (Hoffman) ’11, Mitch Hoffman, Jane Hoffman (Raab) ’84, and Landon Hoffman ’16 celebrate Homecoming 2016 at the tailgate.

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Multiple Class of 2016 alumni spoke with current students at the 2016 Internship Fair to help build connections with future employers. Christine Peterson ’16 attended on behalf of Allstate, Amy Dunn ’16 spoke about Marcfirst, and Thalia Novoa ’16 attended with The Immigration Project.

Cassidy Tarpey ’16 was interviewed in a “Shout Out” segment for the Chicago Tribune. You can view the full story here.

The annual early August picnic of the Minority Alumni Network celebrated this year’s Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) students and SEP alumni in addition to welcoming incoming students to IWU. Eugenie and David Darling ’79 hosted more than 100 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and parents. Inez Kitty White ’16 (left) photographs her son Malachi, who is held by SEP alumna Kamaya Thompson ’12. Myia Thompson ’11 is at far right.

During her fourth Global Brigade to Honduras in as many years, Meaghan Mormann (left) assists Assistant Professor of Nursing Noël Kerr in immobilizing a boy’s broken arm at the brigade’s medical clinic. The students in IWU’s Global Brigades chapter pay their own costs to attend (about $1,500 each) and must also collect or raise the money for most of the supplies and medications they need for their brigade. Mormann said the opportunity to volunteer with a brigade in Honduras “is one of the most precious gifts I’ve ever received.”