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Campus Weekly
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Oct. 2, 2017 |
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News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community |
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Titan Athletics
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- The Titan football team upset No. 4-ranked Wheaton on Saturday, Sept. 30, in its first win at Wheaton since 2000.
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Titans In The News
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WGLT Radio |
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The Red Scarves, the now Chicago-based pop-rock quintet who formed at Illinois Wesleyan, credit their jazz and classical music studies at IWU as central to creating their catchy, and at times complex, pop songs. |
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| The (Lincoln) Courier |
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Braden Tanner ’20 is among Lincoln Community High School alumni performing at a benefit concert for its music and theater program. |
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| The Pantagraph |
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Former Illinois Wesleyan professor D. Paul Miller, the lone competitor in the 100-over age division, brought home six gold medals from the Illinois Senior Olympics at Springfield. |
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Upcoming
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Visit the University Events Calendar.
Want your event listed on the calendar? Submit the information using our online form.
On Monday, Oct. 9, at the Fall Open House I, we will welcome prospective students and families to visit, tour the campus, interact with faculty and current students, and learn more about what it's like to live, study and play here.
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Hart Career Center |
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Monday, Oct. 2
3:30-6 p.m., Young Main Lounge, Memorial Center
IWU Job Internship and Volunteer Experience Fair – J.I.V.E.
Find out what great opportunities exist for IWU students at our ONLY on-campus event for ALL majors. Employers will be available to talk about jobs, internships and volunteer experiences. Practice networking, make valuable connections, and learn about community resources. You won’t want to miss this great event.
Tuesday, Oct. 3
4-7 p.m., Redbird Arena
ISU Fall Career Fair
Thursday, Oct. 5
5-8 p.m., University of Illinois at Chicago
UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago
Idealist Graduate School Fair
Idealist will host this fair. Learn about admissions requirements and application deadlines for graduate programs in social work, public policy, nonprofit management, international affairs, public interest law, social entrepreneurship and more. Free and open to the public. Registration in advance is suggested.
Friday, Oct. 6
12-1 p.m., Welcome Center Auditorium
Info Session on Career Immersion Excursion 2018 to New York City
What are you doing for Spring Break 2018? The Hart Career Center would like to invite you to explore our Career Immersion Excursion, a trip to a different city with a different career focus each year during Spring Break. If you have an interest in the field of financial services or economics, come learn more about this opportunity to travel to New York and network with alumni and top officials in those fields!
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Announcements |
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Say Hello to Our Titan Talkers |
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Parents,
Over the next few weeks, student callers will be reaching out to you to hear more about your child's Illinois Wesleyan experience and to let you know about a unique opportunity to make a difference for students who qualify for Parent Fund grants. Our students will also provide you with updates on campus life, upcoming events, and ways you can stay connected to Illinois Wesleyan. They look forward to talking to you soon! | | |
"The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors |
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Tuesday, Oct. 3
7 p.m., Hansen Student Center
David Haskell, an award-winning author and professor of biology and Guggenheim Fellow at Sewanee: The University of the South, will talk about his recently published book, The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature’s Great Connectors. His presentation will describe how trees and all living organisms are inextricably linked together through biological networks. By meticulously observing and listening to trees around the world, Haskell demonstrates how such interconnections make life on Earth as we know it possible.
This event is co-sponsored by the IWU Biology Department with funding from the Beach Lewis fund, IWU Environmental Studies Program, and John Wesley Powell Audubon. It is free and open to the public. | | |
2018 May Term Travel Fair |
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Wednesday, Oct. 4
4-5:30 p.m.,
Davidson Room, Memorial Center
Meet the professors and get valuable information about the May Term Travel Courses for 2018. All IWU students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Mellon Center. |
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Sodexo |
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See this week's dining specials in the Sodexo News Scoop. |
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Colleagues
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In Sympathy
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B. Charles (Chuck) Ames '50 died on Sept. 22 at age 92 at his home in Cleveland. Read an obituary or read a tribute from President Eric Jensen. |
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Campus Weekly is an electronic newsletter from Illinois Wesleyan's Office of Communications, edited by Ann Aubry, director of communications. To submit items of interest, email webedit@iwu.edu. See an archive of past editions.
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