Upcoming Events

Regional Events

Million Meal Pack Event

Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 12:30 - 2 p.m.

Join your fellow Titans at the State Farm Million Meal Pack Event on Saturday, September 20! Thousands of volunteers come together to partner with U.S. Hunger to combat food insecurity in McLean County and throughout Illinois. Join a group of Titans at the 12:30 - 2 p.m. shift on Saturday, September 20!

Register here! (Select NPO, write in IWU; Volunteer for General Meal Packer)
Invite alumni, colleagues, students, and friends of IWU to join you!
Wear your IWU gear!

Saturday, September 20, 2025
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Grossinger Motors Arena
101 S Madison St
Bloomington, IL 61701

Minneapolis Titan Connection

Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 6 - 8 p.m.

You’re invited to reconnect with IWU alumni and friends! Don’t miss this opportunity to network with fellow Titans and hear from President Zenger about the exciting vision for IWU’s future - our new beginning. Join us for complimentary food and drinks at Edina Country Club. Catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and feel free to bring a guest who is also an alum or interested in learning more about Illinois Wesleyan University.

Thursday, September 25, 2025
6 - 8 p.m.
Edina Country Club
5100 Wooddale Avenue South
Edina, MN 55424

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From the Stacks

From the Stacks is Illinois Wesleyan University’s community book club highlighting alumni authors who have made a significant impact on the world of writing. This quarterly webinar series invites readers to engage with IWU writers in fiction, history, sports, and more, all from the comfort of their own homes. Join us for in-depth discussions and live Q&A sessions that take you inside your favorite stories.

Captivating Confidence: An 11-Step Guide to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Yourself and Own Your Inner Greatness by Bianca N. Cotton '11

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 7 p.m. CST

Bianca N. Cotton ‘11 is a Chicago native and alumna of Chicago Public Schools, with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University and a master’s degree from DePaul University. In her 2022 book, Captivating Confidence: An 11-Step Guide to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Yourself and Own Your Inner Greatness, Cotton talks candidly about her contrasting experience of smiling brightly on the outside and suffering silently on the inside. Through personal stories and practical steps, she takes her readers on a journey of personal growth, self-prioritization, and improved mental health.

Guest co-host Jessica Lothman '06 is an attorney with Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP with a practice focused on tax-exempt financings, and the current Treasurer of the Association for Women Lawyers (Milwaukee). Her path to practice went through a ten-year career focused on higher education administration, specifically international education, during which time she earned an M.Ed. from Marquette University, lived and worked in Cape Town, South Africa and Talavera de la Reina, Spain, and worked as a Study Abroad Coordinator at Marquette University. She graduated from IWU in 2006 with a major in sociology and minor in psychology, and was an original founder of the Council for IWU Women (which she is currently Chair of).

Audience members are encouraged to read Captivating Confidence: An 11-Step Guide to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Yourself and Own Your Inner Greatness prior to this virtual event and come prepared with questions for the author.