October 17, 2023

News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community

The Pantagraph

Professor of Theatre Arts Curtis Trout explained the scene design behind the School of Theatre Arts recent musical production of Carrie. Nancy Steele Brokaw '71 also reviewed the production as a "well-crafted Halloween tale."

WGLT Radio

Director of The Petrick Idea Center John Quarton said the Bloomington-Normal area could be seen as an entrepreneurial hub, especially with the future addition of The Petrick Idea Center on IWU's campus.

SW News Media - Minnesota

Will Dusek '23 plays Frankie Valli in the Chanhassen Dinner Theater production of "Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons" in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Kim Hayes from Blooming Life Yoga instructs yoga on Mondays and Thursdays from 12:15-12:50 p.m. in the Shirk Center Niepagen South Classroom. 

"Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in the way of your thinking." - Marcus Aurelius

Assistant Professor of Theatre Michelle Cowin Gibbs was recently a guest on the Cohort Sistas podcast, a program that celebrates the experience and expertise of Black women and non-binary doctoral degree holders.

Prianka Sharma '07 received the Environment, Energy, and Resources Section Outstanding Committee Award from the American Bar Association for work on the 2022-23 Endangered Species Committee.

Lincoln Biederbeck '81 was named vice president of business development for USSI Global.

The IWU Student Nurses Association is hosting a canned food drive for The Salvation Army through a Haunted Stevenson event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 at Stevenson Hall. Cost for entry is one canned good item.

Professor Emeritus of History Paul Bushnell passed away on Sunday, Oct. 15 in Bloomington. He taught at Illinois Wesleyan from 1966 until his retirement in 2013. While at IWU, Paul began teaching one of the first African American history courses in the country. He was also a past member of the Bloomington-Normal Black History Project and a longtime advocate for diversity issues on campus. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Campus Weekly is an electronic newsletter from Illinois Wesleyan's Office of Communications, edited by Julia Perez, assistant director of communications. To submit items of interest, email  webedit@iwu.edu .