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Admissions Counselors

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309-556-3031
800-332-2498 (US only)

International students should email international@iwu.edu.

High school counselors wishing to submit official materials and other general questions may be directed to iwuadmit@iwu.edu.

Search for your counselor by country, state or Illinois county

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 Milt Berwin

Regional Admissions Counselor

Recruiting territory: St. Louis regional, Illinois (Decatur and Champaign, Springfield, Southern Illinois), Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma

Contact: mberwin@iwu.edu

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Gavin Block

Admissions Counselor

Recruiting territory: Illinois (Western Suburbs, South and Southwest Suburbs), Indiana

Contact: gblock1@iwu.edu

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Olivia Braun 

Assistant Director of Regional Admissions

Recruiting territory: Illinois (North Shore, Rockford, Chain of Lakes), Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota

Contact: obraun@iwu.edu

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Alex Dawson ’23

Chicago Regional Admissions Counselor

Recruiting territory: City of Chicago and Ohio

Contact: adawson1@iwu.edu

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Kasey Evans '12

Dean of Admissions

Contact: kevans1@iwu.edu

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Rick Halberg

Admissions Counselor and Content Specialist

Contact: rhalberg@iwu.edu

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Michael Kellar

Associate Dean of Admissions

Recruiting Territory: Illinois (McLean County)

Contact: mkellar@iwu.edu

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Parker Penn '23

Admissions Counselor

Recruiting Territory: Illinois (Quad Cities, Peoria), West Coast — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Contact: ppenn@iwu.edu

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Claire Quist '18

Admissions Counselor

Recruiting territory: Chicago Regional (CARR member), Illinois (Evanston & Skokie, Northwest Suburbs), East Coast — Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermon

Contact: cquist@iwu.edu

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Kate Rybakova

Assistant Director of International Admissions

Recruiting territory: International Students (Europe, Australia, North America & South America)

Contact: erybakov@iwu.edu

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Andrew Starnes

Director of Transfer and Regional Admissions

Recruiting territory: Southern Regional (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Supervisor of transfer process

Contact: astarnes@iwu.edu

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Jasmyn Taylor '22

Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions and DEI Outreach

Transfer Students, Chicago Scholars

Contact: jtaylor6@iwu.edu

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