Campus News

Alumni Named Illinois Wesleyan Trustees Three alumni were named to Illinois Wesleyan's Board of Trustees and the current officers were re-elected to serve for the coming 2014-15 academic year.

Google Glass Sparks University Projects One of the first universities in the state accepted into Google's Glass Explorer program, Illinois Wesleyan has selected 14 participants to conduct proposed experiments over the next year.

State Farm Hall Inspires Collaboration Through technology and innovative use of classroom space, State Farm Hall inspires new ways to teach and learn, as featured in the latest IWU Magazine.

Sports

• A total of nine athletes will represent Illinois Wesleyan University in the NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 22 to 24 at Selby Stadium and George Gauthier Track in Delaware, Ohio, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University.

• The Titans ended their season in the NCAA Division III Softball Super Regional, hosted at IWU Field.

> Find more highlights at www.iwusports.com.

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In recent posts from the class of 1994, Jason Mierek began a new position as Visiting Project Manager for the Humanities Without Walls initiative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read more.

Upcoming

> See May Term Facility Hours


Tuesday, May 20

• 4:30 p.m., Evelyn Chapel – The Beauty of Illumination – Conversations with the St. John's Bible, with guest speakers from Augustana and the Benedictine Monastery, Rock Island.

• 7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – Film: "Up Heartbreak Hill" – Introduced by Chair of Sociology/Anthropology and Associate Professor of Anthropology Rebecca Gearhart. “Up Heartbreak Hill” chronicles the lives of three Native American teenagers in Navajo, N.M. as they navigate their senior year at a reservation high school.


Wednesday, May 21

• 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1-3 p.m. – IWU Peace Garden Volunteering – Contact Amanda King at aking@iwu.edu or Katarina Waszak at kwaszak@iwu.edu. (Also on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 & 25)


Thursday, May 22

• 2:30 p.m., Room 103, State Farm Hall – Museums and Cultural Heritage: Who Decides What to Preserve? – Michael Wiant, director of Dickson Mounds Museum, will deliver a lecture as part of the May Term Speaker Series.

• 7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – Film: "District 9" – Introduced by Associate Professor of Political Science Kathleen Montgomery and Betty Ritchie-Birrer '47 and Ivan Birrer Endowed Professor William Munro.

• 8 p.m., E. Melba Johnson Kirkpatrick Laboratory Theatre – Play: F2M – (Performances continue, same time and place, on Friday and Saturday.)


Friday, May 23

• 6:30 p.m., Hansen Student Center – An Evening of Indian Dances – Part of the May Term Event Series.


Monday, May 26

Memorial Day (NO CLASSES)


> Find more on the Events Calendar

Kudos

• Research by Professor of Physics Gabe Spalding and collaborators to create a sonic tractor beam was featured in Nature. (subscription required)

• A new composition by Lisa Ragsdale '72 received its premier performance in St. Paul, Minn., by members of "The Renegade Ensemble," and another concert of her works is planned. Read more in the online Class Newsletter.


> Find faculty publications and research and creative activity on the University website or Digital Commons @ IWU.

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