Rick King ’67 was recognized by the Florida State University College of Social Work among its 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients at a virtual event.
Read more on FSU Social Work celebrates distinguished alumni and scholarship recipients with virtual ceremony from Florida State University News by Anna Prentiss
Retired IWU Director of Alumni Relations Ann Harding and her husband C.P. make an appearance in the upcoming film One Night in Miami, executive produced by their son Chris. The Hardings can be seen at the front table in this photo.
Read more on B-N all over TV and movies! from The Pantagraph by Bill Flick.
Former CIA analyst David Priess ’93 spoke to the importance of a president elect receiving up-to-date intelligence prior to inauguration.
Read more on Ex-CIA analyst, Illinois Wesleyan University grad says Biden needs to see up-to-date intelligence data from The Pantagraph by Lenore Sobota
IWU counselors Bob Rogers and Christina Armstrong shared tips for navigating stress as college students return home for the holidays.
Read more on Central Illinois experts offer tips for dealing with holiday stress from The Pantagraph by David Proeber
Ianne Fields Stewart ’15 stars as Roberta in the Netflix hit, Dash & Lily.
Read more on ASFA grad lands role in hit Netflix Series from Bham Now by Irene Richardson
Zach Silver ’18, a Ph.D. student at Yale University working in Laurie Santos’ Comparative Cognition Laboratory and the Canine Cognition Center, was recognized for his work.
Read more on The Science of our Ancient Bond with Dogs from Smithsonian Magazine by Jeff Macgregor.
Kate Tombaugh ’07 won the 10th annual Mildred C. Miller International Vocal Competition and $3,000 prize in an all-mezzo-soprano edition hosted by the Pittsburgh Festival Opera.
Read more on Tombaugh ’07 Wins Mildred C. Miller International Vocal Competition by Illinois Wesleyan.
As the results of late-stage clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine are announced, Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group director Dr. Gregory Poland ’77 is providing his expert analysis.
Read more on Poland ’77 Provides Expertise on Coronavirus Vaccine Development by Illinois Wesleyan.
Titan Athletics announced the Legends Endowment for Athletic Excellence, enhancing the student-athlete experience at Illinois Wesleyan through the generosity of Jeff ’74 and Janet ’74 Solberg, Dr. Cal ’73 and Kris Atwell, Pat Busch ’78 and Michelle Zeller, Doug ’73 and Vicky Stewart, and Steve ’73 and Deb ’74 Wannemacher.
Read more on IWU Announces Legends Endowment for Athletic Excellence from Illinois Wesleyan.
The American Gastroenterological Association recognized the research of Vijeta Pamudurthy ’10 in their August 2020 issue of Gastroenterology. She is one of twenty-five fellows making huge strides in GI patient care. Viji works as a D.O. at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Read more on Meet the 25 fellows making huge strides in GI patient care from American Gastroenterological Association.
Justin Zamirowski ’97 was named Better Therapeutics’ chief commercial officer.
Read more on Justin Zamirowski Appointed as Chief Commercial Officer from Benzinga
Thomas Welge ’92 was named president and chief executive officer of Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. by the company’s board of directors.
Read more on Gilster-Mary Lee board names Tom Welge CEO by Josh Sosland from Food Business News
The latest edition of the Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, now in mailboxes and online, features Titans on the front lines of the pandemic response.
Illinois Wesleyan’s Dean’s List for the spring semester of the 2019-20 academic year included 831 students from 29 states and 16 countries.
Read more on Illinois Wesleyan Announces Spring 2020 Dean’s List
Stephanie Davis-Kahl, a member of Illinois Wesleyan’s library faculty since 2004, has been named University Librarian and Copyright Officer.
Read more on Stephanie Davis-Kahl Named University Librarian
Illinois Wesleyan University celebrated more than 380 graduating members of the Class of 2020 in a virtual Commencement ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 2.
Read more on Class of 2020 Honored at Virtual Commencement
Through Illinois Wesleyan’s Action Research Seminar, Katie Cavender ’21 earned a $3,310 “Beyond the Books” grant to fund a student literary and art journal for local high school students.
Read more on Cavender ’21 Earns Grant for Local High School Literary and Art Journal
Previously a scientific mystery, a team of six Illinois Wesleyan University student researchers recently resolved why increasing levels of thyroid hormone support faster rates of nerve growth within the eye.
Read more on Students Co-Author Peer-Reviewed Thyroid Hormone Research
The Hart Career Center’s annual First Destination Survey found that 97.2% of 2019 graduates were employed or enrolled in higher education programs within six months of graduating from Illinois Wesleyan.
Read more on Survey Finds 97% of 2019 Graduates Employed or Continuing Higher Learning
Qinfan Jiang ’12 was awarded the most prestigious Ph.D. dissertation award in musicology by the American Musicological Society, an Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowship for “Toward a Global Enlightenment: Music, Missionaries, and the Construction of a Universal History in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century China and Europe.”
She graduated from IWU in 2012 and went on to earn a Master’s in Music from Rice University. She is currently pursuing her PhD (also in Musicology) from Columbia University.
Faizal Chaudhury ’96, Vice President of Customer Centricity at Salliemae, recently joined the advisory board for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Philadelphia Chapter.
Read more on Faizal Chaudhury from CAIR Philadelphia.
Shannon Zenk ’95 has been named director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) at the National Institutes of Health. A registered nurse and leading nurse researcher, Zenk is currently Nursing Collegiate Professor in the Department of Population Health Nursing Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing, and a fellow at the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy. She is expected to begin her new role as the NINR director in early fall.
Read more on NIH taps Dr. Shannon Zenk as director of the National Institute of Nursing Research from National Institutes of Heath
Wendell and Loretta Hess Professor of Chemistry Ram Mohan, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 1992, was featured in the UMBC Magazine for winning his second Fulbright Teacher-Scholar Grant, to teach Green Chemistry in India.
Read more on Sharing a Love of Green Chemistry – Ram Mohan, Ph.D. ’92 from UMBC Magazine
Tonya Horn ’01, president of Rogards Office Plus and a past Central Illinois Business 40 Under 40 honoree, was featured in a series spotlighting local leaders.
Read more on Beyond the Boardroom: Tonya Horn by Jeff D’Alessio from The (Champaign) News-Gazette
Rob Wuethrich ’21 and Jimmy Morton ’22 of the Illinois Wesleyan University men’s golf team were chosen to compete in the 120th Annual North and South Amateur Golf Championships at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in North Carolina.
Read more on Wuethrich, Morton Earn North and South Amateur Championship Invites