Jennifer Amling-Michael and Kevin Michael welcomed a baby girl into their family on April 30, 2013. Her name is Carolyn Joyce Michael. Congratulations!
Jed Shasteen
Jed and Tamara Shasteen had a baby boy, Gabriel Shasteen
Ann Harding
Message from Ann Harding, Director of Alumni Relations
Thank you for reading and contributing to your class newsletter. What a great way to build class loyalty and to stay connected. Reading about each other is great, but coming back to homecoming is the BEST way to reconnect with IWU.
This year, homecoming is October 11-13. You will be receiving the homecoming brochure in the mail very soon. Plus you can review all the details and get yourself registered on titanpride.org
Our theme this year is A Class Act. I think you’ll see that everything we have planned this year will offer you a fun filled weekend with most activities free for everyone!! Class years ending in 3 and 8 are reunion years.
Besides registering for homecoming; I have one more request of you. I would like each of our 565 incoming first year students to have a welcome letter in their mail box when they arrive on August 20. Would you please write a note and send it to me at 1001 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 61702-2900? Offer this new Titan a piece of advice, something to look for on campus or in the Bloomington Normal community or a fond memory you had of your first semester on campus. Be sure to sign it! If you’re able, please make several copies of your letter. I need 565 letters!!!
Lastly, thanks to all of you who made a gift to IWU this year. I’m sure you have read President Wilson’s messages about the increased need for financial aid to attract the best and the brightest to fill our classes. Without your generous support to the Wesleyan Fund, we will lose young people who really want to be a Titan, but need more help, financially.
My best~
Ann
Benjamin J. Nelson
I recently received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of South Carolina Beaufort
Mike Portwood
Started a Social and Emotional Learning program as Principal at diverse middle school. Troy Middle School educates students from Joliet, Shorewwood, and Channahon IL.
Matthew Schuldt
Matthew Schuldt recently accepted a new role as Portfolio Manager at Adage Capital Management LLC in Boston, one of the largest hedge funds in the U.S. Matt spent the previous seven years at Fidelity Management & Research as a mutual fund Analyst and Portfolio Manager. Matt lives in Wellesley, MA with his wife and two kids.
Anne McConnell
Publications, Performances, and Exhibitions = I published _Approaching Disappearance_ in February 2013 at Dalkey Archive Press. The book focuses on the work of Maurice Blanchot, one of the most influential figures in French literature and criticism in the 20th century. My study applies his thought to the reading of short fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, Nathalie Sarraute, and Louis-Rene Des Forets.
Heidi Keller Force
Heidi & Bill Force announce the arrival of their daughter — Farrah Keller Force born on December 22, 2012.
Kristen Schau
Kristen Schau, Class of 1999, married Robert Mourad in a beautiful ceremony in Beverly Hills, CA on July 28, 2012. The couple will resice in Beverly Hills, CA as well.
Kristine Jacobs Whiteaker
Kris Jacobs Whiteaker and her husband John welcomed their first son, Sean Jacob, on August 3, 2012.