Georgia Nugent Named Interim President of Illinois Wesleyan University
S. Georgia Nugent, Ph.D., Kenyon College president emerita, has been appointed by the Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees to serve as interim president, effective August 15.
Community Greenhouse Blooms from Partnership
A group of first-year Illinois Wesleyan University students helped grow a community greenhouse from an idea to reality this spring, in collaboration with the West Bloomington...
Liu '21 Earns Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
Illinois Wesleyan University mathematics and physics double major Henryken "Minzhao" Liu '21 (Dalian, China) was recently selected from an international pool of candidates to receive an Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship from the Society...
Bantas '21 Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant
Gabriela Theadora "Theo" Bantas '21 is one of 75 students nationwide to receive a study abroad grant from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi which has enabled her to study in Finland this summer.
IBHE Grant to Support Internship Opportunities
Illinois Wesleyan University's Hart Career Center has been awarded a $27,803.64 Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education to support internship opportunities for IWU students who are Illinois residen...
Ames Librarians to Study Teaching with Primary Sources
'Teaching with Primary Sources' is the focus of an international study which Illinois Wesleyan is participating in, along with fellow institutions of higher education including Brown and Yale.
Six New Minors Added for 2019-20
In addition to the more than 80 majors, minors, and programs already available to students, Illinois Wesleyan is adding six new minors and concentrations for the 2019-20 academic year.
Esports Adds Fortnite Following Successful League of Legends Season
Illinois Wesleyan University is adding Fortnite to the IWU Esports Program, starting in the fall of 2019.
Dalton '19 Honored with 2019 Miracle Network Dance Marathon Distinguished Leadership Award
Illinois Wesleyan University graduate, Emma Dalton '19 has been awarded a 2019 Miracle Network Dance Marathon Distinguished Leadership Award.
Kalodimos '81 to Produce New PBS Show
Demetria Kalodimos '81 is producing and directing the weekly music and conversation show Barnegie Hall for PBS.