April 10, 2023

News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community

WGLT Radio

Courtney Turnbull, administrative specialist with the Office of Student Involvement, was elected as a school board member for Bloomington's District 87.

The Pantagraph

Illinois Wesleyan University is celebrating 10 years of giving on Tuesday, April 11, with the All In for Wesleyan campaign.

WMBD-TV

Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Kasey Evans '12 responded to the news of Iowa Wesleyan's closure and how Illinois Wesleyan is prepared to support students interested in transferring.

The Decaturian

Adjunct music professor Ingrid Kammin served as a judge for the Hollis Prize Competition Recital at Millikin University on April 1.

4 p.m., Beadles-Morse Courts — Men's Tennis vs Millikin

All In for Wesleyan

5 p.m., Horenberger Field — Baseball vs Illinois College — Streaming live at www.iwusports.com/watch/.

12 p.m., via Zoom — Lunch & Learn: Racial Solidarity - Concurrent Movements in the Western Hemisphere — Presented by Luis Cabrales-Vasquez '15.

4 p.m., Office of Multifaith Engagement, lower level of Evelyn Chapel — ReligiosiTEA — The Office of Multifaith Engagement supports the diversity of worldviews present at Illinois Wesleyan – religious, spiritual, and secular. We seek to provide a venue for asking meaningful questions – including questions about who we are and what we are for. All are invited to our weekly gatherings to meet our Multifaith Ambassadors and enjoy refreshments provided.

4 p.m., Vinyard Room, Memorial Center — Talk by Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Luke Wilson: "A Perfectly Free God Cannot Satisfice" — Sponsored by the Philosophy Department.

6:30 p.m., Horenberger Field — Baseball vs Knox — Streaming live at www.iwusports.com/watch/.

7 p.m., Tucci Stadium — Women's Lacrosse vs North Central — Streaming live at www.iwusports.com/watch/.

7:30 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall — Spring Jazz Concert — Sponsored by the School of Music.

7:30 p.m., Jerome Mirza Theatre, McPherson Hall — School of Theatre Arts: Faculty Choreographed Dance Concert — Celebrate spring with our biennial repertory dance concert, featuring School of Theatre Arts students performing choreography by our talented faculty! April 12-16. Sponsored by the IWU School of Theatre Arts.

4 p.m., Young Main Lounge, Memorial Center — Claudia Rankine: Reading and Q&A — New York Times best-selling author Claudia Rankine will visit campus for an evening of poetry and discussion, free and open to the public.

All Day, Ironwood Golf Course — Women's Golf - Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling

4 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library — Faculty Colloquium: Todd Fuist — Associate Professor of Sociology Todd Fuist will present "Power Moves: How Two Environmentalist Organizations Stood Up to Corporations and Won."

7:30 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall — Illinois Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra — Sponsored by the School of Music.

All Day, Ironwood Golf Course — Women's Golf - Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling

9 a.m.-Noon, Center for Natural Sciences and State Farm Hall — John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference — The program for the 34th annual John Wesley Powell Undergraduate Research Conference is available here. Join us in celebrating our students' scholarly and creative achievements and in welcoming our keynote speaker, Molly McCully Brown, M.F.A. Her presentation, "Building a Place for Our Bodies: A Reading + Talk," builds on our 2022-2023 intellectual theme: The Power of Place.

10 a.m., Beadles-Morse Courts — Men's Tennis vs Carthage

12 p.m., Horenberger Field — Baseball vs Elmhurst — Streaming live at www.iwusports.com/watch/.

1-3 p.m., Merwin and Wakeley Galleries, Joyce Eichhorn Ames School of Art and Design — Student Art Exhibition Reception and Awards Ceremony — Public reception for the 36th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition and BFA/BA Exhibitions with an with awards ceremony at 2 p.m. This year's exhibition was juried by Santiago Cal, a sculptor from Lincoln, Nebraska.

3 p.m., Horenberger Field — Baseball vs Elmhurst — Streaming live at www.iwusports.com/watch/.

10 a.m., Beadles-Morse Courts — Men's Tennis vs Carroll

2-4 p.m., Young Main Lounge, Memorial Center — Multicultural Senior Celebration — The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host our annual celebration recognizing the achievements of IWU's diverse senior students. 

6 p.m., Hansen Student Center — Student Senate General Assembly Meeting

Joe Ruskey '15 recently joined the Corporate & Securities Group at Maslon, LLP.

• Yoga takes place on Mondays and Thursdays in the Niepagen South Classroom, Shirk Center, with Rhendy Bradshaw from 12:15 - 12:55 p.m.
• Personal Fitness takes place on Tuesdays and Fridays on the east end of the Shirk Center track with Grace Redman from 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

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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.