Illinois Wesleyan News for Prospective Students and Parents
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Campus News
 | Titans Host NCAA Sectional Rounds
The Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball team advanced to the final 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament, and will host sectional games on Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15 at the Shirk Center. |
 | Students to be Google Glass Explorers
Illinois Wesleyan is one of the first universities in the state to be accepted into Google's Glass Explorer program, a test program developing its latest innovation in wearable technology. |
 | State Farm's Passion For Education Celebrated
State Farm and Wesleyan honored this year's 100 State Farm Scholars, bringing the total to nearly 225 students awarded scholarships from the State Farm Companies Foundation in the program's six years. |
 | Physicists Elect Spalding as Fellow
The American Physical Society has elected Wesleyan's Gabe Spalding to Fellowship in the Society, recognizing his contributions to undergraduate laboratory education. |
Sports
• Senior Lexi Baltes was named one of 10 women finalists for the prestigious Jostens Trophy, awarded to an outstanding NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball player who excels on the floor, in the classroom and in the community.
> Find more highlights at
www.iwusports.com.
Upcoming
Through Sunday, March 16 —
Spring Break
Several student groups are traveling to warmer climes during Spring Break, including the Collegiate Choir, Alternative Spring Break volunteers, and athletic teams — men's and women's tennis, baseball, softball, men's lacrosse, and men's and women's golf.
> Find IWU events on the Campus Calendar.
Don't see your event? Submit the information online.
Kudos
• Stephanie Davis-Kahl, scholarly communications librarian and associate professor, is the recipient of the 2014 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award.
She also is among "Movers and Shakers"
featured in the Library Journal.
• Senior Web Developer Michael Gorman '10 is attending the OmniUpdate User Training Conference, March 10-13. He will lead two sessions, "One Programmer and a Full Site Redesign," and a taped session, "Benefits of XSL," for use on the OmniUpdate corporate website.
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• Assistant Professor of Biology Edgar Lehr was invited to a workshop in Quito, Ecuador, to assess the conservation status of Andean reptiles from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia: "Red List Workshop for Reptiles of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia," February 23-28, Universidad San Francisco Quito, Ecuador, financed by National Science Foundation, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN/SSC) and NatureServe.
Participants surveyed 300 Andean lizard and snake species, summarized knowledge, actualized distribution maps, identified threats, and assessed the conservation status following the red list categories and criteria of IUCN.
The 21 workshop participants came from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Germany, England and the U.S.A.
• Bonnie Tria-Roy '85 is the new Director of Outside Sales for Carts of Chicago Catering, Inc., responsible for all outside sales for the company in the Chicago Metropolitan area.
> Find faculty publications and research and creative activity on the University website or Digital Commons @ IWU.
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We hope you enjoy this edition of our campus newsletter, sharing important happenings at Illinois Wesleyan University and news about the Titan community.
Titans In The News
The Pantagraph
Rhys Lovell '87 stars in "Old Hoss," written and directed by Emeritus Professor of Theatre Arts Jared Brown.
WGLT Radio
Guest speaker Sebastiaan Faber described the continuing relevance of the Spanish Civil War on the March 3 "Sound Ideas" broadcast (second of three segments).
Chicago Tribune
The Love Notes column featured 2008 graduates Tyler Miller and Christa Garza, who met before they attended Wesleyan together.
BBC Radio 5
Cambridge University Fellow Josip Glaurdic '01 said a Ukraine break up is inevitable. (His interview is 1:09:13 into the March 7 broadcast, which is available to listen until March 13.)
> More Titans in the News
GREENetwork
Lobby Day for Environmental Issues
Thursday, April 3
Springfield
Ellen Cornelius, a senior Environmental Studies major, is currently interning with the Illinois Environmental Council and is helping to organize a lobby day, including transportation for community volunteers. More information.
> Visit the GREENetwork blog.
Colleagues
In Sympathy
Carole Brandt, former professor of drama and director of the School of Theatre Arts, died on March 5. Read an obituary.
Professor Emeritus Jim McGowan died on March 7. He was a member of the IWU English department from 1969-2000 before retiring. Read an obituary.
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