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Jan. 11, 2021
News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community |
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Titans In The News
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| WGLT Radio |
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Dr. Gregory Poland '77 discussed the difficulty of convincing enough people to take the COVID-19 vaccine to achieve herd immunity on WGLT's "Sound Ideas." |
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| The (Galesburg, Ill.) Register Mail |
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Jordan Koehler '19 was named head golf coach at St. Mary's (Ind.) College. |
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| The Pantagraph |
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All IWU students, whether or not they live on campus, are required to undergo COVID testing before the spring semester, as they did at the start of the fall semester. |
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| LiveDesign |
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Illinois Wesleyan's production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot was featured in a series reflecting on the creative, innovative moments in lighting design in 2020. |
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| The San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Married theater artists Bryan and Katie (Whalley) Banville '09 shared how they've coped with the shutdown of live performances during the pandemic. |
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| The (Champaign) News-Gazette |
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Booker T. Washington STEM Academy fifth-grade teacher Todd McCannon '01 used his artistic skills to creatively engage students when instruction went remote, creating chalkboard murals for his Zoom background. |
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| Chicago Tribune |
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When she's not playing basketball at Illinois Wesleyan, Emily Kleffman '24 crochets for charity. |
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| The Pantagraph |
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The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, which includes Illinois Wesleyan, announced plans to resume winter sports on Jan. 23.
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| The Pantagraph |
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Athletic trainers like Illinois Wesleyan's Bill Kauth are adjusting to new demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| WGLT Radio |
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Kate Tombaugh '07 topped 155 other mezzo-sopranos in the Mildred C. Miller International Competition. |
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| Broadway World |
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Raven Stubbs '13 is the new program director for PlayMakers Laboratory, a Chicago nonprofit offering educational programming focused on storytelling, theatre and social-emotional skills. |
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| The Edwardsville Intelligencer |
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(Subscription required) Ryan Jumper '00, now an associate judge in the Third Judicial Circuit, was featured in a "Where are they now" spotlight.
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| WGLT Radio |
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Retired IWU Professor of Economics Mike Seeborg offered insight on the surge in retirements due to COVID-19. |
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| WGLT Radio |
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| As the pandemic forces many small businesses online, students assist the Small Business Development Center of McLean County at Illinois Wesleyan in offering support. |
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| WGLT Radio |
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Student enrollment at Illinois Wesleyan is expected to hold steady for the spring term, said Dean of Students Karla Carney-Hall. |
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| The Pantagraph |
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Former IWU men's basketball coach Scott Trost was among those included in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame's Class of 2021. |
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| Class Newsletter Highlight |
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Keep up with the latest news and photos from your classmates! When you visit your Class Newsletter, you can subscribe via email by submitting your address under "subscribe to my posts."
In recent highlights, Cathy Coons Agasar '85 published the book, The Gift of Loss: Transforming Tragedy. It chronicles her journey from unfathomable heartbreak and suppression of emotions to the incredible gifts of the healing process after the sudden death of her first husband. Learn more. | |
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Kudos |
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• Josefina Bañales '14, with Professor and Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Meghan Burke and former IWU professor Kira Hudson Banks, has published "The impact of a diversity intervention on White college students' colour-blind racial attitudes," in the journal Whiteness and Education. Bañales is now Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology and the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Madeline Johnson '24 was chosen to sing the solo in an international collaboration between Glyndebourne Youth Opera (outside of London, England) and Minnesota Opera's Project Opera. See the video they created.
• Assistant Professor of Nursing Amy Funk was selected as a member of the U.S.-Russia Social Expertise Exchange COVID-19 Response Public Health Working Group (PHWG). Four Americans and four Russians were selected for participation in this initiative. The goal of the group is to develop ideas for a bilateral project aimed at addressing the following health priorities in the U.S. and Russia:
• Promoting safety and self-care among at-risk populations in both countries
• Developing innovative solutions for disease detection and case management
• Providing health-related services to vulnerable populations
• B. Charles and Joyce Eichhorn Ames Professor of Physics Gabriel Spalding delivered a talk entitled, "Shaping Light in Time & Space," for the winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
• Taylor Williams '18 graduated a semester early from Southern Illinois University School of Law on Dec. 12, 2020. A Bloomington area native, Williams will return to Bloomington to work at a local law firm. She also received the McLean County Bar Association Scholarship in December, prior to her graduation. |
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Titan Talks: Webinar Series
features IWU alumni who are leaders in their field, faculty with insight on their research, and staff with updates on their respective areas. The Titan Talks: Webinar Series is a lifelong learning and engagement opportunity for the Illinois Wesleyan Community.
View past Webinar recordings |
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