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Campus Weekly
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Sept. 25, 2017 |
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News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community |
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Campus News |
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 Faculty Awarded Humanities Grant to Direct Summer Seminar
Bridging their disciplines of music and language – melody and literature – with a project to help others do the same, two Illinois Wesleyan faculty members won a $128,000 grant to direct a summer seminar on medieval lyric poetry in June of 2018. | |
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Titan Athletics
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- Illinois Wesleyan teams brought home victories for Family Weekend, with Titan football shutting out North Park; volleyball finishing 4-0 in the Barker Classic II; men's soccer winning against Greenville; and women's soccer defeating previously unbeaten University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.
- On Sunday, the women's tennis team swept its two matches in Naperville.
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Titans In The News
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The (Joliet) Herald-News |
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| Marianne Wolf-Astrauskas '76, past president and current historian/archivist of the Illinois Woman’s Press Association, has been elected president of the National Federation of Press Women. |
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| RE Journals |
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Steve Lessaris '12 joined commercial real estate firm NelsonHill and will focus on industrial and adaptive reuse properties in Chicago. |
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| (Quincy) Herald-Whig |
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A trust officer at Mercantile Bank, Clara Ehrhart '15 was named among Quincy's "20 Under 40," recognizing her involvement in the community. |
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Kudos |
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Associate Professor of Business Administration Fred Hoyt presented a paper at the Marketing Management Association conference in Pittsburgh, Sept. 20-22. The paper, "Behind the 8 Ball: The Education of an Educator" also has been accepted for publication in the American Journal of Management.
- Korey Williams '12 was a finalist for the 2017 National Poetry Series book prize for his work, Bound.
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Hart Career Center |
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| Monday, Sept. 25 |
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Legacy Professionals, LLP will be interviewing on campus today. |
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| Thursday, Sept. 28 |
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Extra Drop In Hours
1:30-3:30 p.m. – Hart Career Center
Students are invited to stop by with a quick question or to have our staff review your resume. The J.I.V.E. Fair (Job Internship and Volunteer Experience) is just around the corner and now is the time to polish that resume. |
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| Friday, Sept. 29 |
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Extra Drop In Hours
1:30-3:30 p.m. – Hart Career Center
Job and Internship Fair Success Workshop
Noon-1 p.m., Welcome Center Auditorium
Learn how to make the most of your time at job fairs and internship fairs. Being prepared and having a plan can make the difference between making valuable contacts at a fair versus wandering aimlessly through the rows of tables. |
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Announcements |
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Certified Financial Coaching for Faculty and Staff |
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If you need help with budgeting, debt, money management issues or savings, the employee
assistance program (EAP) can help. To explore the resources available (1) visit
www.theeap.com; (2) sign in through the Employee & Family Login (or register if you do not
have a login); and (3) click on Personal Finance Education Center. |
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What We Did Last Summer - Freeman Asia Interns |
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Tuesday, Sept. 26
4-5:30 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library
All are welcome to hear from Freeman Asia Interns about their experiences last summer. See event flyer. |
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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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