2000-2001 Archived IWU News Releases

July 17, 2001 - Illinois Wesleyan University To Host "Real World Bloomington"
June 28, 2001 - List of IWU Graduate Candidates for 2001
June 28, 2001 - Health Professions in the 21st Century: Explore Your Options
June 26, 2001 - IWU Announces Spring 2001 Dean's List
June 20, 2001 - 10th Annual Minority Academic Achievement Recognition Ceremony at IWU, Sunday, June 24
June 15, 2001 - IWU Hosts Sports & Scholars Camp June 17-22
June 11, 2001 - Two to Retire at Illinois Wesleyan University
June 04, 2001 - Art Exhibit:Painted Portraits: Past and Present On Exhibit at Illinois Wesleyan
May 15, 2001 - Alumni Piano Recital, Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m.
May 04, 2001 - Press Conference: National nursing shortage, Tuesday, May 8 at 11 a.m., Peoria
May 04, 2001 - Illinois Wesleyan University Student to Receive Theological Stipend
May 04, 2001 - 9th Edition of "The Park Place Economist," Published by IWU Undergrads
May 04, 2001 - Jess Klein and Pamela Means to feature at IWU's Blue Moon Coffeehouse, May 19 (Saturday) at 8 p.m.
May 02, 2001 - IWU Music Fraternity to sing at Chicago's Wrigley Field
May 01, 2001 - WILLIAM T. KEMPER FOUNDATION--COMMERCE BANK TRUSTEE AWARDS IWU $100,000 GRANT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ITS LIBRARY
April 27, 2001 - IWU Junior Earns Brown Fellowship
April 25, 2001 - Guest Recital: Edward Laut, cello, April 28 (Saturday) at 7:30 p.m.
April 24, 2001 - IWU Student Receives Scholarship
April 24, 2001 - IWU Senior Earns Outstanding Marketing Student Award
April 23, 2001 - Summer Cello Camp at Illinois Wesleyan University, July 15-29
April 23, 2001 - Art Exhibits: Judith Geichman and Anne Hughes, May 2-26, Merwin and Wakely Art Galleries
April 20, 2001 - Illinois Wesleyan University Kicks Off New Recycling Program
April 19, 2001 - Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen To Address IWU Commencement on May 6
April 18, 2001 - IWU Political Science Professor to Receive the 2002 DuPont Award for Teaching Excellence
April 17, 2001 - The "Comedy Hypnosis of Dale K," Sponsored by IWU's Student Senate, April 21 (Sat.) at 1 p.m.
April 13, 2001 - Professor of Environmental Science Eric Pallant to Address IWU's 12th Annual John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference, April 21 at 9 a.m.
April 13, 2001 - IWU Hosts the 12th annual John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference, April 20-21
April 13, 2001 - Catch the first team script writing effort by Mara Hesed and Duke Nova, two 1996 IWU graduates: The Making of Finley Smith , April 17-22
April 13, 2001 - Concert: Limited Edition, April 21 (Saturday) at 7:30 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium
April 13, 2001 - IWU's C.H.A.M.P.S invites Gloria Bradley, to speak on women in athletics in the new millennium, April 18, 7:30 p.m.
April 11, 2001 - Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament, April 22 (Sunday), Ironwood Golf Course
April 10, 2001 - Carole Myscofski to Receive DuPont Teaching Excellence Award at Honors Convocation, April 18 at 11 a.m.
April 06, 2001 - Illinois Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble, pre-tour concert, April 17 (Tuesday) at 8 p.m.
April 05, 2001 - Hear the IWU Symphonic Winds, under the direction of Roger Garrett, April 20 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m.
April 05, 2001 - Coming to the Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Tom Landa and the Paperboys, April 20 (Friday) at 8 p.m.
April 05, 2001 - The Underground Series presents: Stevie Starr, "The Regurgitator," Apr. 17 (Tues.) at 8 p.m.
April 05, 2001 - Arun Gandhi, a speaker of international acclaim, will be at IWU, Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m.
April 04, 2001 - IWU's Wellness Fair to be Held April 19th
April 03, 2001 - First Honoree, IWU Names First Starkey Award Recipient
March 30, 2001 - Tenth Annual Recognition Celebration Honors IWU Faculty and Staff
March 30, 2001 - University Chapel Hour, "Celebrating Our Methodist Heritage: 'An Old Time Methodist Meeting',"
April 4 (Wed.) at 11 a.m.
March 30, 2001 - Bonnie St. John Deane to Address Illinois Wesleyan Associates Luncheon, April 5 (Thurs.) at noon
March 27, 2001 - East Meets West:Volgograd Chamber Orchestra to perform with IWU Civic Orchestra: The Story
March 27, 2001 - IWU Civic Orchestra to Perform with Russia's Volgograd Chamber Orchestra April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
March 26, 2001 - The Arianna String Quartet to perform at Illinois Wesleyan University, Saturday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.
March 23, 2001 - Blue Moon Coffeehouse: Singer-songwriter SONiA, Mar. 31 (Saturday), begins at 8 p.m.
March 23, 2001 - Funny Bone Comedy Club presents: Comedian Tim Young, April 7 (Saturday) at 8 p.m.
March 23, 2001 - Jewish Passover Celebration, April 5 (Thursday) at 5:30 p.m.
March 22, 2001 - BFA/BA Sr. Show & Annual Soph. Show on exhibit in the Merwin & Wakeley Art Galleries, April 4-27
March 22, 2001 - IWU Percussion Ensemble, April 1 (Sunday) at 3 p.m. in Westbrook Auditorium
March 20, 2001 - IWU Jazz Ensemble, senior night, March 30 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m.
March 19, 2001 - Reverend Carol Lakota Eastin will present "Facing the Four Directions: A Path to Healing," March 28 (Wed.) at 11 a.m.
March 16, 2001 - Photo opportunity & Kick-Off Luncheon for Sixth Annual IWU Volunteer Weekend, March 30 & 31
March 16, 2001 - Seminar at IWU: Complementary Options in Women's Health: Making Our Own Choices, March 31 (Sat.)
March 14, 2001 - The Golf War: a film depicting conflict that arose when villagers resisted a golf course development, March 29 (Thurs.) at 7 p.m.
March 09, 2001 - The New Music Café at IWU on March 13 (Tues.) at 8 p.m.
March 09, 2001 - IWU Collegiate Choir to Tour, check here for locations, dates and times
March 08, 2001 - Environmental Poet Gary Snyder to Visit IWU March 13
March 07, 2001 - IWU's Student Newspaper Names 2001-2 Staff
March 07, 2001 - Faculty Credo Chapel: Jared Brown, IWU professor of theater arts, Becoming a Mensch: A Work in Progress, March 14 (Wed.), 11 a.m.
March 07, 2001 - Multimedia presentation: Glenn Gass, associate professor of music at Indiana University, March 14 (Wed.) at 7 p.m.
March 05, 2001 - Sarah Weddington, winning attorney for Roe v. Wade, to speak at IWU, March 8 (Thursday), 7:30 p.m.
March 02, 2001 - IWU Student Newspaper Celebrates a Winning Year
March 01, 2001 - IWU Presents the musical: Cabaret, March 6-11
Feb. 28, 2001 - The IWU English Dept. to sponsor a reading by Novelist and painter: Alfred Kessler, March 8 (Thurs.)
Feb. 27, 2001 - Minnesotan Heads to Hawaii, IWU Grad Works at Dolphin-Research Facility
Feb. 27, 2001 - Funny Bone Comedy Club presents: Comedian Elvira Kurt, March 10 (Saturday), at 8 p.m.
Feb. 26, 2001 - Art Exhibits: The Lexicon Series Presented by Lynda Lowe and Georgiana Nehl & Pamela Staker-Matson (sculpture) in the Merwin and Wakeley Art Galleries, March 5 (Monday) - March 31 (Saturday)
Feb. 26, 2001 - Who Teaches the Teachers? IWU's educational studies department answers those questions
Feb. 23, 2001 - Cowboy Poet Rudy Gonzales to perform at IWU on March 7 at 7 p.m.
Feb. 22, 2001 - Drunken Driving Program Set for IWU on March 7
Feb. 21, 2001 - Harlem Renaissance Theme of Two March Programs
Feb. 20, 2001 - IWU Faculty Granted Advancement in Rank, Tenure, Sabbaticals
Feb. 20, 2001 - Guest Recital, Charles Whetherbee on violin, March 6 (Tuesday), 6:30 p.m
Feb. 20, 2001 - Artist's lecture: Michael O'Malley, Feb. 23 (Friday), 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Feb. 19, 2001 - ADAAWE's Six Women Musicians to Energize IWU, March 2 at 8 p.m.
Feb. 16, 2001 - William Bolcom Guest Composer at IWU's 2001 Symposium of Contemporary Music
Feb. 16, 2001 - IWU Announces Winner in High School Composers Contest
Feb. 15, 2001 - IWU Students Rank No. 2 in U.S. on CPA Test
Feb. 15, 2001 - "Celebrating Our Academic Legacy," Founders' Day 2001 Marks IWU's 150th Anniversary, Feb. 21
Feb. 14, 2001 - Harriett Rust Portrait to be Unveiled by IWU
Feb. 14, 2001 - Kate O'Neill (Ph.D.), assistant professor, Div. of Resource Institutions, Policy, and Management, University of California-Berkeley to speak, Feb. 26, 7 p.m., ISU Bone Student Center
Feb. 12, 2001 - NAACP President Kweisi Mfume to Speak at IWU's Soul Food Dinner, Feb. 22
Feb. 07, 2001 - Henry Charles Memorial Concerto Aria-Concert Spotlights Three IWU Students
Feb. 06, 2001 - University Chapel Hour, "Bring Back St. Valentine," Feb. 14 (Wednesday) at 11 a.m.
Feb. 06, 2001 - Financial Aid, Admission Workshop Slated for IWU, Feb. 18
Feb. 05, 2001 - The 14th Annual IWU Juried Student Art Exhibition, Thur., Feb. 8 - Wed., Feb. 28
Feb. 05, 2001 - "A Green World Bank?: Producing Dams and a Global Environmental Science in the Mekong," Michael Goldman to speak at IWU, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 05, 2001 - The Underground Series presents Comedian & mind reader Christopher Carter, Feb. 17 at 9 p.m.
Feb. 01, 2001 - Jonathan Shay, psychiatrist, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs in Boston, to speak at IWU Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 31, 2001 - IWU Announces Fall 2000 Dean's List
Jan. 31, 2001 - University Chapel Hour: "Racial Reconciliation: Above and Beyond the Call of Political Correctness," Feb. 7 (Wednesday), 11 a.m.
Jan. 29, 2001 - Self-taught musician, Ella Jenkins, in Concert at IWU, Feb. 3 (Saturday) at 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 26, 2001 - IWU School of Theatre Arts presents An Evening of One Acts to the McPherson Stage Jan. 30 - Feb. 4
Jan. 26, 2001 - Illinois Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble, Feb. 2 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 25, 2001 - University Chapel Hour, Faculty Credo Talk, Jan. 31 (Wednesday) at 11 a.m., Evelyn Chapel
Jan. 25, 2001 - Funny Bone Comedy Club presents: Stand-up comedian RETTA, Feb. 2 (Friday) at 8 p.m.
Jan. 25, 2001 - Faculty Recital: R. Kent Cook, piano, Feb. 1 (Thursday) at 8 p.m.
Jan. 23, 2001 - Blue Moon Coffeehouse: Singer-songwriter Ellis Paul, Jan. 26 (Friday) at 8 p.m
Jan. 23, 2001 - Designing a World That Works presented by Speaker David W. Orr, Jan. 30 (Tuesday) at 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 22, 2001 - New Book, Co-edited by IWU Prof, Probes Use of Native American Mascots by College, Pro Sports Teams
Jan. 22, 2001 - Vance Gilbert to feature at IWU's Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m
Jan.19, 2001 - The Underground presents hypnotist Frederick Winters, Jan. 27 (Saturday) at 9 p.m.
Jan. 17, 2001 - Richard N. Katz, vice president of EDUCAUSE, to speak at IWU, Jan. 22 (Monday) at 4 p.m.
Jan. 16, 2001 - The 26th Annual IWU Jazz Festival, Jan. 20 (Saturday), 8 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 15, 2001 - The Underground Series presents comedian Matt Cooper, Jan. 19 (Friday) at 8 p.m.
Jan. 15, 2001 - Gay Rights Advocate Judy Shepard to Address IWU Campus, Jan. 23 (Tuesday) at 7 p.m.
Jan. 11, 2001 - Funny Bone Comedy Club presents: Michael 'BlackJack' Wilson, Jan. 13 (Saturday), 8 p.m
Jan. 11, 2001 - A Festival of Spirituals in Honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 17 (Wed.), 11:00 a.m.
Jan. 03, 2001 - 5 Countries in 49 Days, IWU Biology Major Recounts Trip of a Lifetime
Dec. 19, 2000 - John Wesley Powell, Trailblazing IWU Prof-Scientist Subject of New Biography
Dec. 07, 2000 - IWU Biology Major Headed to Semester At Biosphere 2 Ecology Laboratory in Arizona
Dec. 07, 2000 - Media News Conference for Gospel Festival speaker, Roger Wilkins, Jan. 14 (Sunday), 4 p.m., Henning Room, IWU Memorial Student Center
Dec. 07, 2000 - Roger Wilkins, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Lawyer, Scholar to Address 11th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Gospel Festival at IWU, Sunday, January 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 06, 2000 - IWU Professor Frederick B. Hoyt to Judge EFFIE 2001 Awards for Advertising
Dec. 04, 2000 - Christmas Candlelight Carol Service returns to IWU Dec. 14 &15 at 7:30 p.m. in Evelyn Chapel
Dec. 01, 2000 - Jack Horenberger, Longtime IWU Coach, Dies
Nov. 29, 2000 - IWU Welcomes New Bookstore Manager
Nov. 29, 2000 - IWU Kwanzaa Celebration Set for Dec. 6
Nov. 21, 2000 - IWU University Chapel Hour: Student Senate AIDS Awareness Service, Wed., Nov. 29 at 11 a.m.
Nov. 21, 2000 - Cleve Jones, founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, at IWU, Tues., Nov. 28
Nov. 21, 2000 - IWU Civic Orchestra to perform, Fri., Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m., Scottish Rite Temple, Bloomington
Nov. 21, 2000 - IWU Chamber Singers In Concert, Thurs., Nov. 30th at 8 p.m. in Evelyn Chapel
Nov. 20, 2000 - IWU Students Produce Christmas CD
Nov. 20, 2000 - IWU Art Students and Alumni Connect on the Internet
Nov. 20, 2000 - IWU Choral Ensembles' Annual Christmas Concert, Sun., Dec. 3, at 3 p.m., Holy Trinity Church
Nov. 20, 2000 - Willy Porter to feature at IWU's Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Saturday, Dec. 2
Nov. 17, 2000 - "IWU Goes Green", Illinois Wesleyan Strives to Be Environmentally Friendly
Nov. 15, 2000- Metropolitan Opera Judges Award Honorable Mention to IWU Soprano
Nov. 09, 2000 - IWU Associate Director of Development Receives Fund Raising Award
Nov. 06, 2000 - Domestic Melancholia and New Works, Art by Karin Broker and Tyler Hewitt, on Exhibit at IWU
Nov. 02, 2000 - IWU Remembers the Forgotten War
Nov. 02, 2000 - IWU's "Underground" Series presents Poet and performer Steve Coleman, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m.
Oct. 30, 2000 - Singer/songwriter Susan Werner to perform at IWU's Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m.
Oct. 27, 2000 - IWU Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Steven W. Eggleston, to perform, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 27, 2000 - Holocaust Survivor Addresses Diversity and Adversity at Illinois Wesleyan University
Oct. 27, 2000 - IWU to Stage Pedro Calderon de la Barca's Life is a Dream
Oct. 27, 2000 - Gore vs. Bush, IWU Students Lean Towards "The Lesser of Two Evils"
Oct. 25, 2000 - The Funny Bone Comedy Club presents Comedian Frances Dilorinzo, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.
Oct. 25, 2000 - IWUJazz Ensemble concert, Friday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Westbrook Auditorium
Oct. 24, 2000 - IWU Student Accepted in National Marketing Competition
Oct. 24, 2000 - Illinois Wesleyan Senior Named Lincoln Laureate
Oct. 23, 2000 - Rev. Gregory Dell, IWU class of 1967, to speak at Chapel Service, Nov. 1 at 11 a.m., Evelyn Chapel
Oct. 23, 2000 - IWU's Annual Fall Choral Concert, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. in Westbrook Auditorium
Oct. 19, 2000 - Hip Hop Star Busta Rhymes to Hit Bloomington-Normal, at IWU's Shirk Center, Nov. 7
Oct. 18, 2000 - Guest Speaker, William Cronon, to present an environmental history lecture with slides, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 17, 2000 - IWU to "Make a Difference" on Oct.28
Oct. 16, 2000 - IWU Librarian Sue Stroyan Named Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
Oct. 16, 2000 - 9th Annual Great Illinois Book Fair at IWU, Sunday, Nov. 12, in the Shirk Center
Oct. 16, 2000 - Tanya Remenikova and Alexander Braginski to appear in a Guest Recital at IWU, Oct. 28
Oct. 16, 2000 - Karen Savoca with special guest Don Conoscenti to perform at IWU's Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Oct. 28
Oct. 13, 2000 - IWU Professor Receives 13th ASCAPLU$ Standard Award for Music
Oct. 12, 2000 - IWU Sesquicentennial Homecoming 2000, Nurse to Receive Award for Professional Excellence
Oct. 12, 2000 - Faculty Recital at IWU: Professor Shawn Neely, Percussion, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.
Oct. 12, 2000 - The Funny Bone Comedy Club Presents Comedian Kivi Rogers at IWU Oct. 27 at 8 p.m.
Oct. 11, 2000 - Music Healing Expert to Visit IWU
Oct. 10, 2000 - Sesquicentennial IWU Homecoming Honors Alums, Features Campus Festival
Oct. 09, 2000 - Mike Kelleher, Democratic Candidate, 15th Congressional District to discuss science/technology issues at IWU, Oct. 24
Oct. 06, 2000 - Congressional Candidate Debate, 15th Illinois District, U.S. House of Representatives at IWU Oct. 12
Oct. 05, 2000 - The Bach Four (piano) presents Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier," at IWU Oct. 15
Sept. 29, 2000 - Fifteen Presidential Scholars Recognized at IWU
Sept. 28, 2000 - IWU to Participate in Online College Fairs
Sept. 27, 2000 - Art Exhibits: Oct. 3 - Oct. 29, Fred Brian '50: The Emeritus Years in the Merwin Art Gallery, Sharon Bladholm (sculpture) in the Wakeley Gallery
Sept. 25, 2000 - IWU Wind Ensemble in concert, Sept. 29 (Friday), 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 25, 2000 - IWU Funny Bone Comedy Club presents Buzz Sutherland, Sept. 30, 8 p.m.
Sept. 22, 2000 - Rev. James E. Fouther Jr., will present, "Total Recall" at University Chapel Hour, Oct. 11, 11 a.m.
Sept. 22, 2000 - Classic Opera, IWU Presents The Marriage of Figaro in October
Sept. 22, 2000 - IWU Senior Experiences Broadcast Journalism with Summer Internship
Sept. 22, 2000 - IWU Receives 3rd Award for Campus Landscapes from Bloomington City Council
Sept. 21, 2000 - IWU Dance Team to sponsor dance clinic for grade schoolers Sat., Oct. 7, at IWU's Shirk Center
Sept. 19, 2000 - University Chapel Hour: A Service of Yom Kippur, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m.
Sept. 18, 2000 - IWU Student Composition Recital, Westbrook Auditorium, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m.
Sept. 15, 2000 - Popular Musician/Comedian, Stephen Lynch, to Visit IWU, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m.
Sept. 15, 2000 - Architectural Historian to Speak in Conjunction with IWU's 150th Birthday
Sept. 15, 2000 - IWU Celebrates 150 Years in Education with Birthday Party
Sept. 13, 2000 - Chicago Area Sesquicentennial Celebration for IWU Set for Sept. 23
Sept. 07, 2000 - The Arianna String Quartet to Perform at IWU Friday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.
Sept. 06, 2000 - IWU to Host Conference on Religion and Universities in the 21st Century
Sept. 05, 2000 - IWU Joins Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Project
Sept .05, 2000 - IWU Coffeehouse Concert Series Kicks Off with Local Favorite, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m.
Sept. 01, 2000 - A&E Network Documentary Probing Airliner Crashes Features IWU Alumnus
Sept. 01, 2000 - Sharon Callner (drawing and painting) Exhibit, IWU Wakeley Gallery, Sept. 5-29
Sept. 01, 2000 - Phillip E. Robinson (sculpture) Exhibit, IWU Merwin Gallery, Sept. 4-29
Aug. 29, 2000 - Treasure of Rare Books Slated for IWU Display, Sept. 12 -Dec. 7
Aug. 28, 2000 - National Merit Scholars in IWU Freshman Class
Aug. 28, 2000 - DNA Discoverer, Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist to Address Convocation, Marking IWU's 150th Birthday
Aug. 28, 2000 - IWU Announces New Faculty Members
Aug. 24, 2000 - IWU's 2000-2001 Student Profile
Aug. 23, 2000 - IWU's 150th Anniversary Celebration;Yearlong Series of Events Planned to Mark Milestone
Aug. 17, 2000 - Geoffrey L. Story, Jr., Endowed Scholarship Fund Established at IWU
Aug. 17, 2000 - IWU Chapel Programs Stress Diversity in 2000
Aug. 07, 2000 - Congressional Candidate Debate at IWU Oct. 12, 7-8:30 p.m.
Aug. 01, 2000 - IWU's Roger Garrett Debuts "Extended Clarinets!"