Campus Headlines

Neighborhood Investment Fellows Connect Classroom Learning with Housing Challenges in Bloomington
A group of six Illinois Wesleyan University students is spending the summer interning at local west side nonprofits and learning about community challenges that are no longer abstract concepts discussed in classrooms.

IWU Associates Connect Community and Campus
Community leaders, alumni and friends of Illinois Wesleyan University gathered for the IWU Associates' Bourbon & Champagne event. The celebration reflected the renewed momentum of an organization that is helping strengthen connections between the...

Rising Titan Orientation Prepares Incoming Students for Illinois Wesleyan
The transition to college can bring excitement, uncertainty and plenty of questions for incoming Illinois Wesleyan University students and their families. Rising Titan, IWU's summer orientation program, is designed to answer those questions while...

Lindquist Awarded Women in Optics Scholarship
Wanda Lindquist, a 2026 Illinois Wesleyan graduate who was among the first at the University to study quantum information science, has been awarded a 2026 Women in Optics Scholarship by SPIE as she pursues graduate studies in optical sciences.

Luvunzu Selected for Yale Norfolk School of Art Residency
Illinois Wesleyan University student Prosper Luvunzu '27 has been selected to attend the Yale Norfolk School of Art residency this summer, becoming part of one of the nation’s most selective undergraduate art programs

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Spring 2026 Dean's List
Illinois Wesleyan University announced the Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2025-26 academic year, which consisted of 883 students from 29 states and 18 countries.

Breakthrough Prize Recognition Reinforces Value of Liberal Arts Education for Dean Miller ’92
Dean Miller '92 contributed to a series of experiments while in graduate school more than 30 years ago, work which continued for decades and has collectively received the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Nearly 99% of 2025 Illinois Wesleyan Grads Employed or in Graduate Programs
Nearly 99% of Titans from the class of 2025 were employed or continuing their education within six months of graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University, according to the annual First Destination Survey conducted by IWU’s Hart Career Center. ...

Illinois Wesleyan to Launch First-of-its-Kind Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Quantum Science and Engineering Program
Illinois Wesleyan University has announced the creation of the Fisher Center for Interdisciplinary Quantum Science & Engineering, a first-of-its-kind undergraduate program that brings together multiple areas of study to better prepare students for...

Kwarten ‘28, Oiler ‘29 Receive Beckman Research Scholarships
Annabelle Kwarten ‘28 and Ashley Oiler ‘29 have been chosen to receive undergraduate research fellowships through the Beckman Scholars Program.