Campus Headlines - 2012
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 | Knaack Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Biology (pre-med) major and soccer player Lauren Knaack '12 is among 58 student-athletes nationwide to be awarded a postgraduate scholarship by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, based on academic and athletic performance. |
 | NSF Funds Wesleyan Study of Social Exclusion Gaining insights into the causes and impacts of social exclusion will be the goal of a three-year National Science Foundation-funded study conducted by two Illinois Wesleyan psychology professors and their students. |
 | Grider Named Scholar of the Year Chemistry major Ronald Grider '12 has been named a 2012 Collegiate Scholar of the Year by the Illinois Heartland Section of the American Chemical Society. |
 | Opera Singer Pfortmiller to Speak, Perform Acclaimed baritone Kyle Pfortmiller '92 will visit campus to teach master classes, speak about his career - an upward climb from regional companies to The Met - and perform. |
 | Campus Mourns Forrest Frank Illinois Wesleyan University mourns the recent death of Dr. Forrest J. Frank, who was a member of the chemistry faculty for 34 years until his retirement in 1999. |
 | Whalley '09 Honored for Gypsy Performance Music Theatre alumna Katie Whalley '09 won a Craig Noel Award for Best Featured Performance in a Musical for her portrayal of Louise, later Gypsy Rose Lee, in "Gypsy: A Musical Fable." |