Summer 2014 issue highlights
COVER STORY
First-generation students find growing support to help them clear the many obstacles they face. (Photo by Marc Featherly)
FEATURE STORIES
For 25 years, IWU’s John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference has served as an academic rite of passage, condensing hundreds of hours of scholarly and creative exploration into one climactic moment.
Spirits ran high at May Commencement, while speakers called attention to the event’s deeper meaning.
Fueled by a passion to create, Aaron Reynolds ’92 parlayed his theatre background into success as a children’s author.
Retiring this spring, Ann Harding looks back on a career that helped change thousands of current and former IWU students’ lives for the better.
Students profiled in IWU Magazine as first-year students reflect on their journey to graduation this May.
MORE HIGHLIGHTS
Andrew Junk ’08 and Shannon Moffitt ’10 train at Chicago's renowned Second City Conservatory.
At Cincinnati medical center, alumni team up to save lives.
Robb McCoy ’99 creates weekly podcast to reach an even wider congregation.
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