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)
A large turnout of alumni, students, faculty and staff enjoyed The Network (MAN) Reception at Homecoming. Pictured from left: Ashley Keith-Phillips ’06, Kyauna Bradley ’17, Tiana Booth ’06, and Marvin Street ’06.
(Photo by Lori Ann Cook-Neisler)
Art major Lucy Sanchez designed and painted a mural entitled “La Lucha de Colores” (“The Struggle of Colors”) for the Multicultural Center on campus.
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Evan Mok-Lamme ’17 and Landon Piccatto ’17 discussed their funded internships from the Karis Foundation at in info session from the IWU Center for Human Rights and Social Justice.
Emily Diehl ’17 was featured in a Wesleyan article about her internship and experiences with Progressive Impressions International, a Bloomington-based direct mail marketing provider.
Emily Diehl ’17 (right) first interned at Progressive Impressions International in summer 2015 along with classmate Cam Weber ’16
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Thanks to the Betty Ritchie-Birrer Endowed Study Abroad Fund, Lucy Sanchez ’17 was able to study abroad during her time at IWU.
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As part of Associate Professor of Biology Will Jaeckle’s lab group, Tana Smithsakol ’17 works on a new method of staining starfish larvae. “I’m doing everything by myself,” Smithsakol said of his independent lab research, “so there is no ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.” A biology major, Smithsakol plans to apply to medical school after graduation. (Photo by Kim Hill)
At his internship at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Philippines, biology major Piotr Barnas ’17 samples rice to run a polymerase chain reaction study. Barnas was one of 26 IWU students interning in Asia this summer, thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Freeman Foundation that covered students’ airfare, housing, and all internship placement and visa costs.
IWU Preview Day brought hundreds of visitors to campus. Ambassador Yolanda Juarez ’17 (far right) leads a tour of prospective students and their families. (Photo by Kim Hill)
Eckley Scholar Martha Aguirre ’17 discusses her research progress with Chair of Educational Studies Irv Epstein. Aguirre is comparing ways students and teachers in two different countries are resisting the privatization of public education. She is one of five students spending their summers conducting research under the mentorship of a faculty member. Established in 2012, the Robert S. and Nell B. Eckley Scholars and Artists Program provides a stipend of $4,000 for each student scholar. Epstein is also the Ben and Susan Rhodes Endowed Professor in Peace and Social Justice. (Photo by Kim Hill)
Music theatre major LeeAnna Studt ’17 applies stage makeup to a participant during the Young Artists in Theatre camp. As assistant director of the camp for fifth through eighth graders, Studt handled choreography and costume design for a special youth adaptation of The Aristocats. This year marked the second year for the camp.
Martha Aguirre ’17, Boryana Borisova ’17, and Paige Buschman ’17 developed research skills through the Summer Eckley Scholarship program at IWU.
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