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.
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Head Swimming Coach, Teresa Fish, was elected to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Board of Directors.
Jim Ott ’91 was named the NCAA Division III Dave Williams Coach of the Year by the Golf Coaches Association of America for a second-straight year.
Emily Cour ’02 was promoted by Brandt to associate general counsel and named assistant corporate secretary to a number of recently created Brandt subsidiaries.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting international travel, members of Illinois Wesleyan’s Collegiate Choir sang in the Cape Town and Stellenbosch regions in South Africa during Spring Break, where they were subsequently honored for their performance at a renowned cultural festival.
professors during the 2019-20 academic year: Ann Eckhardt ’03, nursing; Robert Erlewine, religion; Will Jaeckle, biology; and Michael Theune, English.
Acclaimed actor Frankie Faison ’71 appeared on the cover of Theta Chi’s quarterly magazine, The Rattle, this winter. The issue includes an extensive Q and A interview covering a range of topics, including his decisions to attend IWU and pledge Theta Chi.
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.
Salowitz, former Illinois Wesleyan Sports Information Director, is a recipient of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Lifetime Achievement Award.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Molly (Ehlert) Lamb ’03 has been named the new executive director of the University of Illinois Springfield Center for State Policy and Leadership.
Sixth-grade social studies teacher Kenneth French ’84 was named a finalist for the Vanderburgh County (Indiana) Outstanding Educators of the Year awards.
Dr. Zerth discussed ER conditions and treating COVID-19 patients at Amita Hinsdale Hospital, in a story written by Pamela Lannom Lister ’88.
Jessica Schaeffer ’11, Senior Director with LaSalle Network, recently appeared in two segments on ABC7 regarding how the coronavirus has impacted the labor market.