August 12, 2025

News for and about the Illinois Wesleyan community

Published biweekly during the summer months

Six New Members Join IWU Board of Trustees

Six new members have been elected to join Illinois Wesleyan University's Board of Trustees in 2025 — Desiree M. Quizon-Colquitt '89, Lucy N. Wisdom '95, Christopher M. Bisaillon '93, Robin L. Favor '00, Sam Porritt '84 and Mandy Watson '01.

Princeton Review Recognizes Illinois Wesleyan Among Nation’s Best Colleges

Illinois Wesleyan University is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates to earn their college degree, according to The Princeton Review’s 2026 college guide, The Best 391 Colleges.

IWU Magazine Summer/Fall 2025

Meet this year's winners of IWU's annual alumni awards, John Camardella '03, Natalie Lalagos '12, and Carol Willis '68 — and discover 175 years of IWU as a landmark of innovative excellence in the Midwest through our photographic timeline.

The Pantagraph

The Prairie Fire Theatre is bringing "The Baker's Wife" to IWU for five shows this week, produced by Robert Mangialardi, emeritus assistant professor of voice and former director of the Opera Theatre program. The musical was written by Joseph Stein, the playwright for "Fiddler on the Roof," with music by Stephen Schwartz, composer and lyricist for "Wicked." Also reported by WGLT Radio.

WGLT Radio



International student enrollment at Bloomington-Normal colleges, including Illinois Wesleyan, is down for the 2025-26 school year, following a national trend.

Free Malaysia Today

Vincent Daniel '57, of Malaysia, studied music at IWU. He was recently recognized by his childhood school, the Anglo-Chinese School in Ipoh, for writing a commemoration tune in 1947 that eventually became the official school song.

Campus Events

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Scholar in residence James E. House is the author of Solid State Chemistry. II. Kinetic Models for Rate Processes, published in The Chemical Educator. The article is the second in a series of articles on solid state chemistry intended as a resource for educators and students.  

New Employees — July 2025

• John Miles on July 1 as Provost & Dean of Faculty
• Craig Maynard on July 1 as Vice President for Business and Operations
• Carolina Rodriguez on July 10 as Custodian
• AJ Ainslie on July 21 as Annual Giving Officer in Advancement Office
• Ashley Graber on July 28 as Alumni Engagement & Events Specialist

Find these newly hired staff and all employees in the IWU Directory Search.

Campus Weekly is an electronic newsletter from Illinois Wesleyan's Office of Communications, edited by Julia Perez, assistant director of communications. To submit items of interest, email webedit@iwu.edu.