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Illinois Wesleyan News
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December 2016
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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. |
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| Internships |
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 Alumni Fund Social Justice Internships
Students like Evan Mok-Lamme '17 were able to gain valuable and rewarding experience through internships, supported by stipends for an otherwise unpaid opportunity – thanks to support from members of the Illinois Wesleyan Class of 1970. |
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| Student Spotlight |
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 Buschman Honored as 2016 Lincoln Laureate
Senior Paige Buschman has been named a Student Laureate by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, in recognition of excellence in academic and extracurricular activities. |
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Value of the Liberal Arts
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 India Today: Why Liberal Arts Matter
The philosophy of liberal arts is rooted in the unity of all knowledge. With changing world demographics, an education in liberal arts is critical to success. Students are better equipped to get skills necessary for functioning effectively in different jobs and in a global marketplace, which is the need of the hour. |
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| Connecting College Majors to Careers |
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Cate Bayles, class of 2011 anthropology and educational studies double major, is the Education Manager at Bookworm Gardens, a children’s botanic garden in Wisconsin.
Search your interests to see what careers are possible with any major from Illinois Wesleyan. |
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Titans in the News
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Chicago Tribune |
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| William Schmidt '97 was unanimously appointed as the new Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources by the Woodridge School District 68 Board of Education. |
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Colin Komar '08 will receive the 2016 Basu United States Early Career Award for Research Excellence in Sun-Earth Systems Science at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in December. |
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| (Alton) ADvantage News |
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Attorney Karoline Carstens '03 has been selected by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of this year’s 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch. |
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