March 17, 2025

News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community

Hear from R. Forrest Colwell Endowed Chair of English James Plath about one of Illinois Wesleyan's newest major offerings in Communication.

Carlock '26, Navarro '26 Receive Beckman Scholarships to Complete Biology Research 

A pair of Illinois Wesleyan University students, Peyton Carlock '26 and Jessica Navarro '26, have been selected to receive funding to complete long-term research through the Beckman Scholars Program.

Argus Earns General Excellence, Individual Awards from Illinois College Press Association

Illinois Wesleyan University’s student newspaper, The Argus, was awarded first place in general excellence for print editions at schools under 3,000 in enrollment, along with 10 individual awards for Titan staff during the annual Illinois College Press Association (ICPA) awards ceremony in Chicago last month.

University of Illinois Chicago

Retired Professor of Nursing at Illinois Wesleyan Dr. Carolyn Jarvis, a graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, made a gift to her alma mater to renovate the UIC College of Nursing auditorium. The updated space will be renamed the Carolyn Jarvis Auditorium.

Senior Leader Award Nominations

The deadline for Senior Leader Award nominations has been extended to Monday, March 17. Send nominations to dstudent@iwu.edu. Questions? Contact the Dean of Students office, 309-556-3111.

Starkey Award Nominations

Do you know an IWU staff member who deserves recognition for their loyalty, enthusiasm and outstanding contributions to the University? Nominations for the Max L. Starkey Service Award may be made by faculty and staff through this form, no later than March 21.

Campus Events

Campus events can be found in MyIWU under the Events & Calendars tab.

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Robert S. Eckley Endowed Professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Business and Economics Bryan McCannon recently attended the Public Choice Society annual meetings in Louisville. Along with presenting research, he gave a keynote lecture to graduate students titled "The Future of Public Choice Scholarship in a Classical Liberal Academia."

Yoga returns this week and continues through the end of April. Classes take place Mondays and Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Shirk Center Niepagen South Classroom with Kim Hayes.

In case no one has told you lately — you are amazing, strong, wonderful, kind, loved, worthy and there is no one like you. The world needs you.

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.