August 19, 2024

News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community

Local Titans and Friends Invited to Back to School BBQ on Friday

Join local IWU alumni, faculty, staff and friends to kick off another successful academic year with a BBQ celebration at 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the Shirk Center parking lot. Guests can meet President Sheahon Zenger, hear live music from the Rusty Pickups featuring Brian Beam '91, and enjoy food, beverages and Titan camaraderie. The event is free and pre-registration is highly recommended.

Record Number of Student Athletes Named Academic All-Americans

A school-record number of Illinois Wesleyan University students have been recognized for their high achievement in both athleticism and academics, with 10 Titans named as Academic All-Americans for the 2023-24 school year. IWU's total of 160 awardees since 1970 ties for 24th across all NCAA Divisions and tenth among Division III institutions. 

Summer Internships Prepare Titans for Future Careers

Illinois Wesleyan University students made the most of their summer by completing internships that allowed them to explore career paths and gain real-world job experience.

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Updated plans for The Petrick Idea Center, featuring a 15,000 square foot space adjoining the Ames School of Art & Design, were shared by director of the center, John Quarton. Also reported by WGLT. Read more about the project.

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Niall Mulcahy '15 said he fell in love with the community after attending IWU, and chose to stay and serve as head coach of the Bloomington High School football team.

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Former President S. Georgia Nugent shared her top five favorite local restaurants before bidding farewell to the community last month.

• Dr. Morgan Riley '20 joined the practice at Zozzaro Chiropractic and Rehab in Normal.
• Christine Melko-Ross '89 was appointed as the senior vice president for global operations for the entertainment agency Outback Presents.
• A panel was held at the Association for the Sociology of Religion in Montreal featuring Associate Professor of Sociology Courtney Ann Irby's latest book "Guiding God's Marriage: Faith and Social Change in Premarital Counseling." Irby also recently co-authored a chapter in "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion, Gender and Sexuality" with Cesraéa Rumpf '01 titled, "Self-Work as a Moral Project: Gender, Faith, and Therapeutic Authority in Marriage Preparation and Reentry Programs."

Yoga will return on Monday, Sept. 9, with Kim Hayes from Blooming Life Yoga Studio. We will continue with Mondays and Thursdays from 12:15-12:50 p.m. in the Niepagen South Classroom in the Shirk Center.

In the meantime, Kim has offered our employees an unlimited monthly pass to anyone who would like to attend for 1/2 off the regular price. That would make it only $60 to attend unlimited classes in August. This is for August only. To view the class schedule at Blooming Life, visit www.bloominglife.studio. If interested in the deal, please email Kim directly at kimhayeshomes@gmail.com so she can sign you up. 

Laurine Brown, who taught public and environmental health at IWU for 20 years, passed away Aug. 11, 2024. A celebration of life service will take place at 11 a.m. on Sept. 7 at IWU's Evelyn Chapel followed by a gathering at Joslin Atrium. An obituary is available here.

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.