January 27, 2025

News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community

Spring Gallery Exhibits Explore Family Dynamics, Tethers to Technology

The complexities of family and the relationship between technology and alienation are the focus of respective spring exhibits in Illinois Wesleyan’s Merwin and Wakeley Galleries in the Joyce Eichhorn Ames School of Art and Design.

The Pantagraph

Students, scholars and literature lovers gathered in Ames Library on Saturday, Jan. 25, for 10 hours to read all 10,000-plus lines of "Paradise Lost." The event was organized by Joanne Diaz, Isaac Funk Endowed Professor of English.

The Pantagraph

Colby Powers '24 of the Colby Powers Quintet opened for IWU's Director of Jazz Reginald Lewis in his Two Tenor Quintet at an event on Saturday, Jan. 25, at Jazz Upfront in Bloomington. Powers said IWU gave him the chance to “explore all the facets of music" and that Lewis had a big influence on his journey.

The Pantagraph

Kate Wilson '27 competed for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair Queen of 2025 in Springfield Jan. 16-19.

Al Jazeera

Associate Professor of Psychology Amanda Vicary spoke on a segment about the ethics of using true crime stories as content for entertainment.

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.