Homecoming 2017 Just Around the Corner

Homecoming 2017 Registration is now open!

Come celebrate our first Homecoming as alumni October 13-15.  Let us know if you’re coming by registering here.  You can also view the homecoming schedule of events at iwu.edu/homecoming. And don’t forget to attend Club Tommy in the Young Main Lounge on Saturday night to visit with alumni, family, friends, faculty and staff.

Since this years Homecoming is “Titans Around the World” please share any IWU pictures and memories you have from study abroad, international students and alumni, or the theme.  Remember to follow IWU Homecoming on Facebook to stay up to date on all Homecoming news.  Use the hashtags #IWU_HC17 and #IWU_AroundTheWorld to share your posts with fellow alumni!

We can’t wait to see everyone back on campus in October!!

Class of ’17 Physics Majors Directly Entering the Workforce

Dino Karas: Internship at FermiLab from mid-June until the end of Fall. If all goes according to plan, he will then stay on at FermiLab for the rest of the year, before going to graduate school the following year.
Ian Simmons: Solar Panel Engineer, at a start-up company in Seattle, Omnidian Solar.
Fiona Breyer: Analyst position at United Airlines.
Sam Kim (an IWU Physics minor): Software Engineer, at Epic, a medical software company.
We are so proud of all of our Physics majors for having 100% placement after graduation!

Class of ’17 Physics Majors Placed into Dual-Degree Programs

Keon Kim will complete his (Physics+Mechanical Engineering) 3:2 dual-degree program at Wash U.
“Air” Li will complete her (Physics+Computer Engineering) 3:2 dual-degree program at Wash U.
Huy Do is completing his (Physics+Electrical Engineering) 3:2 dual-degree program at Wash U.
Phil Kesik will complete his (Physics+Mechanical Engineering) 3:2 dual-degree program at University of Illinois-Chicago
Adam Muellers will complete his (Physics+Mechanical Engineering) 4:2 dual-degree program at University of Illinois-Chicago
Jake Thaker will complete his (Physics+Mechanical Engineering) 3:2 dual-degree program at Illinois Institute of Technology
John Derrig will complete his (Physics+Mechanical Engineering) 3:2 dual-degree program at SIUE.
Arham Sattar will complete his (Physics+Electrical Engineering) 3:2 dual-degree program at Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Kyle Moody will complete his (Physics+Agricultural & Biological Engineering) 4:2 dual-degree program at UIUC.

Class of ’17 Physics Majors placed into Masters Programs

Shane Zhou: Masters program in Materials Science & Engineering at Georgia Tech, and has also arranged a paid summer research internship in the Physics Department at Georgia Tech.
Matt McGill: Masters program in Mechanical Engineering (“Control Systems”) at the University of Minnesota.
Jake Nave: Masters with a thesis program in Mechanical Engineering at University of South Florida.
Troy Southard:  Masters program in Mechatronic Systems Engineering (“Robotics”) at Denver University.
Alexis Liu: Masters program in Computer Science at the Seattle campus of Northeastern University.
Regine Sun: Masters program in Statistics at Columbia University.