Dr. Sandra Steingraber ’81 is a biologist, author and cancer survivor. Sandra will be sharing her life’s work regarding links between human health, cancer, and environmental toxins during a virtual event hosted by Wellness House (a nonprofit that provides free programming for people impacted by cancer) on June 4 at 6:30 p.m.
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Environmental studies major Leah Bieniak ’21 has been awarded a national Udall Scholarship for excellence in leadership, public service, and commitment to the environment.
Read more on Leah Bieniak ’21 Awarded National Udall Scholarship
Salowitz, former Illinois Wesleyan Sports Information Director, is a recipient of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read more on 2020 Special Awards Salute: Stew Salowitz (Illinois Wesleyan), Lifetime Achievement Award by Randy Kindred from “The Pantagraph”
Burke Nihill ’00 was recently promoted to President/CEO of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.
Read more on Titans Name New President: Burke Nihill Elevated to President/CEO as Steve Underwood Retires from Full-Time Role By Jim Wyatt from “Tennessee Touch”
Ben Killey ’99 is volunteering as an ER doctor with COVID Care Force (CCF). CCF is an organization founded by combining the resources of “Docs Who Care”, a staffing agency serving rural hospitals in the Midwest, and “Heart to Heart International”, a global disaster response organization. CCF was designed to quickly mobilize a group of healthcare professionals to deploy to hotspots and areas of critical healthcare staffing shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After signing up on April 27, Dr. Killey flew to the Navajo Nation in Gallup, New Mexico 4 days later.
The Navajo Nation is the largest Indian reservation in the United States at about 25,000 square miles, approximately the size of West Virginia. There are 5 healthcare facilities within this region, with Gallup Indian Medical Center the largest and busiest. After New York and New Jersey, the highest coronavirus infection rate in the U.S. is the Navajo Nation. Because of the overwhelming number of patients coming to GIMC, many patients are flown to Albuquerque or Flagstaff once stabilized. On May 1, the day Dr. Killey arrived, the Governor of New Mexico placed the city of Gallup on lockdown with all roads into the city closed to non-residents.
Before travel restrictions were put in place regarding COVID-19, a group of Illinois Wesleyan students opted for an Alternative Spring Break trip by volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Avery County, North Carolina.
Read more on Students Support Families in Need During Alternative Spring Break
Illinois Wesleyan University graduating senior Tatum Zsorey ’20 has been awarded the 2020 Technos International Prize in recognition of her academic excellence and her great contributions to broadening global awareness and understanding.
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Director of the Hart Career Center Warren Kistner ’83 offered insight into what the job market might look like for graduating seniors. “We are going to come out on the other side of this [pandemic] and things may likely will look different,” said Kistner.
Read more on With Job Offers Pulled Back, Career Advisors Urge College Grads To Stay Open-Minded By Cindy Hernandez from “WGLT Radio”.
Chad McGehee ’03 was named the University of Wisconsin-Madison athletic department’s first director of meditation training. McGehee said, “From a neuroscientific perspective, we have so much untapped potential in our minds. So here’s a way that we can start to explore ways of training the minds to improve, both in well-being and performance. And I don’t think those are mutually exclusive things. They’re deeply intertwined.”
Read more on Unique position as Badgers’ director of meditation training offers Chad McGehee chance to explore mental performance by Todd D. Milewski from “Wisconsin State Journal”
Molly (Ehlert) Lamb ’03 has been named the new executive director of the University of Illinois Springfield Center for State Policy and Leadership.
Prior, Lamb served as deputy director of the Office of Health Protection in the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). She had been with IDPH for 11 years.
Read more on Lamb to head Center for State Policy and Leadership at UIS from “The Lincoln (Ill.) Courier”.
Sixth-grade social studies teacher Kenneth French ’84 was named a finalist for the Vanderburgh County (Indiana) Outstanding Educators of the Year awards.
Read more on Outstanding Educator of the Year 2020: Middle School Finalists By Abbey Doyle from “The Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press”
Dr. Zerth discussed ER conditions and treating COVID-19 patients at Amita Hinsdale Hospital, in a story written by Pamela Lannom Lister ’88.
Read more on Hinsdale ER handling patient load well By Pamela Lannom ’88 from “The Hinsdalean”
Jessica Schaeffer ’11, Senior Director with LaSalle Network, recently appeared in two segments on ABC7 regarding how the coronavirus has impacted the labor market.
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