Associate Professor of Sociology Meghan Burke (left) accompanied laureate Paige Buschman ’17 to the awards convocation
The shared physical space of Arnold Health Services (AHS) and Counseling and Consultation Services (CCS) was renovated this summer to provide space for all CCS clinicians to be together in one building, provide better flow for client visits, and create a shared check-in space for clients seeking assistance from either AHS or CCS. (From left) Resident Advisors Giana Biddle ’18, Dean Khrisat ’19 and Donald Brown ’17 show off the new waiting area providing more seating for CCS clients.
(Photo by Robert Frank III ’14)
More than 260 people – the largest crowd ever – attended the annual Benefactors Dinner, which brings donors and their student recipients together. Newly created scholarships are also announced, which this year included the Joni Williams ’82 Annual Scholarship. Williams (center) is pictured with her student recipients: Ryan Fisher ’17, a theatre arts major from Riverton, Ill., and Megan O’Donnell ’17, a financial services major from Bloomington. Monetary support from alumni and friends allows Illinois Wesleyan to provide more than $36 million in financial aid each year to more than nine out of 10 students.
(Photo by Marc Featherly)
Senior members of the women’s golf team (from left) Jackie Halden ’17, Lizzy Mavrogenes ’17 and Olivia Kief ’17 display the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin women’s golf title trophy. Mavrogenes noted the end of the fall season with this post on her Instagram account: “7 tournaments, 19 rounds, and 342 holes later, we made it through our final season of college golf.”
(Photo by former head women’s golf coach and current assistant coach Kathy Niepagen)
Accompanied by Mellon Center Senior Administrative Assistant Sharla Brown-Ajayi, the African Students Association spent Fall Break day touring the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, enjoying a networking dinner with Chicagoland professionals, and visiting Millennial Park, where Brown-Ajayi captured this photo of Emmanuel Ahonkhai ’17, an accounting major from Nigeria.
Running back Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore ’17 is having an outstanding senior campaign. Twice he’s been named College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin “Offensive Football Player of the Week.” He’s the CCIW rushing leader and also leads the conference in all purpose yards, kickoff return yards and scoring.
(Photo by Claire Hoverson ’17)
