Alumni of Color Collective (ACC)
Welcome!
Alumni of Color Collective (ACC) provides meaningful opportunities for minority alumni to engage with the Illinois Wesleyan community through social, educational, and service activities. These activities are intended to support diversity and inclusion initiatives among undergraduates at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Formarly known as "The Network." ACC was formed in 1991 to celebrate and support the proud heritage of minority students at IWU. Alumni of Color Collective's mission is to showcase accomplishments of diverse alumni, provide the conduit to support incoming and current minority students, and assist IWU in achieving a student population that is racially and ethnically diverse.
- Recruit incoming MALANA students
- Mentor current students.
- Provide networking opportunities
- Raise funds for minority scholarships and diversity initiatives
- Promote giving to IWU
- Operates under the authority of the Alumni Association
- Elected officers serve on the Executive Council, which manages the group's programs
- ACC executive board, governs the Alumni of Color Collective and elects its own officers
- Programs are generally organized with Alumni Association support and participation
- Alumni activities are coordinated with the Office of Alumni Engagement
- Mary Miller '07
- Qiana Cryer-Coupet '06
- Cecilia Mendoza ’13
- Deon Hornsby '97
- Tony Gray '98
- Ansel Johnson ’81
- Debbie Burt-Frazier ‘75
- Phyllis Barker '73