Bertschi '05 Continues Cardiovascular Research through Nurse Educator Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Nursing Lydia Bertschi '05 is continuing to research cardiovascular disease in Haiti as the recipient of a 2019 Nurse Educator Fellowship.

New Students Arrive for Orientation
This week we welcome the Class of 2023 to campus for Turning Titan Orientation, with a full schedule of activities through Sunday, Aug. 25. We're excited to bring these newest members into our phenomenal community of Titans!

Borisova '17 Serves as Library of Congress Junior Fellow
Boryana Borisova '17 experienced the integrated analog and digital collections and services of the world's largest, all-inclusive library while serving as a junior fellow with the Library of Congress this summer.

• The fall sports season gets underway with scrimmages for men's and women's soccer and volleyball this week.

Indiana Mixer 
Tuesday, August 29

5-7 p.m.
Connect with alumni and friends at Blind Owl Brewery for happy hour. Appetizers will be provided.

24th Annual Titan Alumni and Friends Golf Outing  
Monday, September 9

Noon start; 5 p.m. dinner
Join us for the 24th Annual Titan Alumni Golf Outing at the Mistwood Golf Club in Romeoville, Illinois.

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In recent highlights, Frankie Faison '71 stars as Ron in the NBCUniversal drama "The Village," which premiered March 19 in prime time. Faison is a veteran actor of stage and screen, with over 100 credits to his name.

• Professor of Religion Robert Erlewine gave a talk, "Banishing Hegel from the Garden of Eden: Samuel Hirsch, Hegel, and the Question of Idolatry" at Dartmouth College on Aug. 13.
  
  
• Assistant Professor of English Brandi Reissenweber has published:
  • the short story "Ordinary Exiles" in Another Chicago Magazine;
  • the short story "What's Left of Streeterville" in The Southeast Review; and
  • a scholarly article, "Before the First Draft: Cultivating Inspiration and Creative Insight in the Classroom" in Journal of Creative Writing Studies.

• The SPIE Optics + Photonics meeting is the largest international, multidisciplinary optical sciences and technology meeting in North America,consisting of 70 independent conferences along with a significant trade show. Once again, IWU B. Charles & Joyce Eichhorn Ames Professor Gabriel Spalding chaired the largest of these conferences, which highlighted Nobel Prize winning work, including a special session recognizing Nobel Prize winner and SPIE Fellow Arthur Ashkin. Spalding has served for 16 years on the Optics + Photonics Technical Organizing Committee for Nanoscience + Engineering.