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Campus Weekly
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July 25, 2016
- Published biweekly in the summer |
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News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community
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Titan Athletics
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 Tom Lyons '19 played on the Ireland Under 19 national lacrosse team in the World Championships, held July 7-16 in British Columbia, Canada.
- A total of 177 Illinois Wesleyan student-athletes have been named to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin academic all-conference teams and six student-athletes earned Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference honors.
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Upcoming
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Want your event included on the University's Events Calendar and Campus Weekly? Submit the information using our online form.
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| * See summer hours for The Ames Library, Shirk Center and campus dining. * |
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| Ongoing |
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Merwin & Wakeley Galleries – Exhibit “Alpha and Omega” will be on display through Sept. 1.
Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – The Illinois Chamber Music Festival will offer a series of public performances through July 30. |
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Wednesday, Aug. 3 |
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2 p.m., Hart Career Center (2nd floor, Welcome Center) – Retirement Reception for Suzanne Noonan – Suzanne Noonan, career technology and recruitment specialist at the Hart Career Center, will be retiring on Aug. 5 after 17 years at Illinois Wesleyan. The campus community is invited to a reception in her honor. |
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| Friday, Aug. 5 |
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Summer Preview Day – Prospective students and families are invited to learn more about Illinois Wesleyan, tour the campus, find out about upcoming changes in the financial aid process, speak with representatives from various campus offices, and more. |
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| Camps and Conferences on Campus |
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Conference Services summer season is coming to a close. We'd like to offer our heartfelt thanks to the Illinois Wesleyan campus community for being welcoming hosts to our visitors this summer! The final camps left to visit our campus are:
- July 10-30: Chamber Music continues to be in Presser Hall.
- July 24-29: Hoop Mountain basketball camp will be using the Shirk Center.
- July 27-29: Women's Lacrosse will be in the Shirk Center.
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Titans In The News
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| The Pantagraph |
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| Hall of Fame sportswriter Dave Kindred is donating a substantial portion of his writing collection to his alma mater, Illinois Wesleyan University. Also reported by WGLT and WJBC Radio. |
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Retired Illinois Wesleyan Sports Information Director Ed Alsene, who died July 17, was remembered for his professionalism, and in The Pantagraph, as "a wonderful man of wit and wisdom." |
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| WGLT Radio |
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| In honor of his 12th season performing at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Illinois Wesleyan's Tom Quinn shared 12 secrets about the outdoor theatre. |
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| Connect Faith |
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| With a new Multifaith Meditation Room and an event series titled “3D: Diversity, Dialogue and Dignity,” Illinois Wesleyan is among college campuses increasing their focus on interfaith relations. |
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| Bangor (Maine) Daily News |
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Music theatre major Kamilah Lay ’19 was selected as an outstanding performing arts student and awarded an inaugural scholarship from a fund honoring Chicago-area actor Bernie G. Yvon. |
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| Chicago Tribune |
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| Titan Eliud Gonzalez '12 shared a memory of NBA star Dwyane Wade, who attended the same high school where Gonzalez was later the starting point guard. |
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| Las Vegas Review-Journal |
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| Scott Moreau '01, appearing as Johnny Cash in Million Dollar Quartet, credits fellow alum Ben Stephenson '00 as "monumentally important" in rethinking The Beatles Love by Cirque du Soleil. |
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| WGLT Radio |
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A retrospective exhibition that covers 45 years of work by artist Glen C. Davies is on display in the Merwin and Wakeley Galleries at Illinois Wesleyan.
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Announcements
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| Water Shut Off Aug. 8 in Holmes, Shaw |
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Water in Holmes and Shaw Halls will be shut off for repairs on Monday, Aug. 8. Restrooms and drinking water will be available next door in State Farm Hall.
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Kudos
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- Works by
Gallery Director Ian Carey are featured in the Evanston Art Center's Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, on display through Aug. 28.
- Associate Vice President for Institutional Research, Planning and Evaluation Michael Thompson published a new article, "Student Engagement and Character Development Within the Liberal Arts," in the International Journal of Contemporary Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 2016), pp. 188-207.
- Attorney James C. Joslin '93 has joined the Minneapolis law firm of Ciresi Conlin LLP as a partner.
- Michelle Huls Rice '01, director of the Engineering Communications Office at the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign, was featured on the Leading Matters podcast to discuss the Women’s Dreamvision Network, which she founded to help female entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life.
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Supporting IWU
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| Get Your IWU Socks! |
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 Get a snazzy pair of Illinois Wesleyan socks by making a gift of $25 or more by July 31! All proceeds, unless otherwise designated, will support IWU students through the Wesleyan Fund.
Go to titanpride.org/socks.
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Colleagues
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In Sympathy
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Trustee emeritus Flora Harris Armstrong '43 died July 21. Read an obituary. |
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Welcome New Employee
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Greta Franklin started July 11 as Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, replacing Brandon Common, who became Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Campus Life when Matthew Damschroder left IWU. |
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Stay Connected
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Subscribe to the Staff Forum (staforum) or Faculty Forum (facforum) listservs. |
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Campus Weekly is an electronic newsletter from Illinois Wesleyan's Office of Communications, edited by Ann Aubry, assistant director for electronic communications. To submit items of interest, email webedit@iwu.edu. See an archive of past editions.
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