Bertschi '05 Continues Cardiovascular Research through Nurse Educator Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Nursing Lydia Bertschi '05 is continuing to research cardiovascular disease in Haiti as the recipient of a 2019 Nurse Educator Fellowship.

Bestselling Author and Skeptic to Speak at President's Convocation
Michael Shermer, a bestselling author and the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, will speak during Illinois Wesleyan's President's Convocation on Sept. 4, complementing the University's intellectual theme for the year, Fact or Fiction.

Borisova '17 Serves as Library of Congress Junior Fellow
Boryana Borisova '17 experienced the integrated analog and digital collections and services of the world's largest, all-inclusive library while serving as a junior fellow with the Library of Congress this summer.

• The fall sports season gets underway with scrimmages for men's and women's soccer and volleyball this week.

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Monday, Aug. 19

Regular Office Hours Resume – Summer hours end; campus offices will be open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays.

International Connections – International Connections is a pre-orientation program created specifically for the roommates of international students. This program engages students in conversations and growth to help support their individual success and enhance their roommate relationship. Other Pre-Orientation programs – Engaging Diversity, IMPACT and International Student Orientation – conclude today.

8 a.m., Young Main Lounge, Memorial Center – Fall Faculty-Staff Breakfast

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Young Main Lounge and CNS – Fall Faculty-Staff Conference

Tuesday, Aug. 20

New Students Arrive and Turning Titan Orientation begins – with activities through Sunday, Aug. 25.

6:15 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – New Student Convocation –  Part of Turning Titan Orientation events

Wednesday, Aug. 21

3 p.m., Neis Field  – Women's Soccer vs. Aurora University (Scrimmage)

Friday, Aug. 23

4 p.m., Entry Level, The Ames Library – Faculty Scholarship and Creative Arts Reception – The Ames Library will host the annual Faculty Scholarship and Creative Arts Reception to showcase our faculty's rich scholarly, artistic, and creative productivity and provide an opportunity for us to come together to celebrate that work at the start of the new year.

5 p.m., Neis Field  – Men's Soccer vs. DePauw University (Scrimmage)

Saturday, Aug. 24

Returning Students Arrive

1:30 p.m., Shirk Center – Women's Volleyball - Green vs. White Scrimmage

Sunday, Aug. 25

4:30 p.m., Neis Field  – Women's Soccer vs. Knox College (Scrimmage)

Monday, Aug. 26

First day of classes!

* See Academic Calendars for this coming year and through 2022-23.

• Professor of Religion Robert Erlewine gave a talk, "Banishing Hegel from the Garden of Eden: Samuel Hirsch, Hegel, and the Question of Idolatry" at Dartmouth College on Aug. 13.
  
  
• Assistant Professor of English Brandi Reissenweber has published:
  • the short story "Ordinary Exiles" in Another Chicago Magazine;
  • the short story "What's Left of Streeterville" in The Southeast Review; and
  • a scholarly article, "Before the First Draft: Cultivating Inspiration and Creative Insight in the Classroom" in Journal of Creative Writing Studies.

• The SPIE Optics + Photonics meeting is the largest international, multidisciplinary optical sciences and technology meeting in North America,consisting of 70 independent conferences along with a significant trade show. Once again, IWU B. Charles & Joyce Eichhorn Ames Professor Gabriel Spalding chaired the largest of these conferences, which highlighted Nobel Prize winning work, including a special session recognizing Nobel Prize winner and SPIE Fellow Arthur Ashkin. Spalding has served for 16 years on the Optics + Photonics Technical Organizing Committee for Nanoscience + Engineering.