Crystal Ocampo Fernandez ’18 spoke for TEDxIWU where she discussed being a Latina, being first generation college student, and how she found success studying abroad.

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Charged with designing an academic textbook cover, Ania Bui ’18 found inspiration beneath a soaring net hoisted in the air and illuminated by vibrant lights at the 2016 Adobe MAX Conference in San Diego, California.

Ania Bui ’18 holds Undergraduate Research and the Academic Librarian: Case Studies and Best Practices for which she designed the cover.

Read the full article on IWU’s webpage here.

Congratulations, Ania!

Biology major Brock Taylor ’18 of Mattoon, Illinois, has been named a 2017 Student Laureate by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois.The Lincoln Academy’s Student Laureate Awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors from each of the state’s four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities, and one student from the community colleges in Illinois.

Illinois Wesleyan Professor of Biology William Jaeckle joined 2017 Student Laureate Brock Taylor ’18 at the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Convocation.

Read the full article on IWU’s webpage here.

Congratulations, Brock!

A $500 grant earned by Illinois Wesleyan University student Savanna Steck ’18 will enable YWCA McLean County to serve healthier food to more than 330 children throughout the school year.

Melissa Breeden (L), senior director of YWCA Young Wonders, and Savanna Steck ’18 (R) collaborated on a $500 grant proposal which will enable the YWCA to purchase an industrial sink and faucet.

Find the entire article about Savanna’s work with the YWCA on IWU’s webpage here.

Congratulations, Savanna!

As a part of Homecoming 2017’s Back to College Classes, Professor Teddy Amoloza spoke about the IWU Freeman Asia Internship Program that has sent 77 students to Asia since summer 2015. Seven of the 34 interns who interned in Asia in summer 2017 shared their insights about what they described as a life-changing experience. These student presenters included: Laurence Henderson ’18, Ojaswee Shrestha ’18, Randi Wilson ’18, Christina Fitsalos ’19, Sean O’Carroll ’18, Olivia Heffernan ’18, and Linh Le ’19. The presentation, entitled “Titan Adventures in Asia”, may be viewed below.

Titan Adventures in Asia from IWU Video on Vimeo.

Check out their blogs at:  https://www.iwu.edu/news/2017/freeman-interns-share-blogs.html .

Ryan Donlin ’17, Robby Kuntz ’18 and Braden Poole ’16 are members of the band, The Red Scarves. This Chicago based pop-rock band formed at IWU, and credit their jazz and classical music studies as key to creating their songs. They recently performed here in Bloomington on Sept. 30. You can read more about it here

A record 34 Illinois Wesleyan students will intern at 14 sites in Asia, supported by a Freeman Foundation grant covering airfare, housing, a living allowance, and all internship placement and visa costs.

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