Highlights
Alumna Receives Fullbright Award
The United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently that Lauren Ostrowski has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship. The 2005 Illinois Wesleyan University graduate will teach English part-time at a secondary school and continue her graduate studies at a local university in Madrid.
Alumnus Wayne Messmer Recognized
Known as "The Voice of Wrigley Field," Wayne Messmer, a 1972 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, was one of four people inducted into the 2010 Signature Sinfonian class of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia on July 7.
Alumnus Receives John V. Bergen Award
Illinois Wesleyan University alumnus Charles Hawker received the John V. Bergen Award at the annual Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Leadership Conference March 23 in Baltimore.
Alumni Elected to University Board of Trustees
The Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees elected Trustees and a slate of officers at the May 11 annual meeting. Elected to the Board for the term expiring in 2012 are Mary E. Crego, Todd M. French and Byron S. Tucci.
Faust Receives NSF Graduate Fellowship
Recent Illinois Wesleyan University graduate Jennifer Faust has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
Alumni Making Careers in E-Communications
E-blast, pay-per-click, tweet, update, blog – all of these are tools of social media marketers, a job that didn’t even exist 10 years ago. Now many people, including some Illinois Wesleyan University alumni, are using the Internet and e-communications as an integral part of their careers.
Alumnus Competes in U.S. Open at Pebble Beach
Bennett Blakeman '09, currently a graduate student at Loyola University, proved the "open" in U.S. Open by qualifying to compete among the world's elite golfers.
Betz Named New Registrar
Leslie Betz '93, currently associate dean of the graduate school at Bradley University in Peoria, will return to her alma mater as Illinois Wesleyan's new Registrar.
Another Award for Gardner
Eric Gardner '89 has won a prize recognizing his book, Unexpected Places: Relocating Nineteenth-Century African American Literature, as the best scholarly monograph on American periodicals published in the past three years.
Graduate Makes International Opera Debut
Sarah Sipll '01, an elementary music teacher in the Chicago area, won a competition to perform opera in Mexico, where she received rave reviews.
Alumni Elected to University Board of Trustees
The Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees elected Trustees and a slate of officers at the May 11 annual meeting.
Elected to the Board for the term expiring in 2012 are Mary E. Crego, Todd M. French and Byron S. Tucci. Elected to the Board for the term expiring in 2013 are Daniel E. Jameson and W. Thomas Lawrence.
Shelbyville Woman Chosen as “One of the Outstanding Women You Should Know”
Attorney Elizabeth Eberspacher Nohren '98 was chosen among "Outstanding Women You Should Know," an award that highlights Central Illinois women who make a difference with their professions and contributions to society.
Journal journey traces sabbatical steps
The Rev. Laura Koppenhoefer '83 left journals to help her congregation to share in the journey during her grant-funded sabbatical.
Alum gives Commencement address
Actor David Pires '87 gave the Commencement address at Spoon River College.
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