Illinois Wesleyan University News

• Peoria native and former IWU President died (Chicago Chronicle)
  posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:23:00 pm
  Updated Apr 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM CDT BLOOMINGTON, Ill -- A Peoria native and former Illinois Wesleyan University President has died. 90-year old Robert Eckley died at his Bloomington home early ...
• Bloomington organization teams up with IWU to provide clothing for homeless shelter (Chicago Chronicle)
  posted on April 11, 2012 at 06:06:00 pm
  Updated Apr 11, 2012 at 5:56 PM CDT BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- A Bloomington organization is teaming up with Illinois Wesleyan University to provide clothing for those in need. Home Sweet Home ...
• Illinois Wesleyan fraternity suspended after student's death (Chicago Chronicle)
  posted on April 11, 2012 at 09:19:00 am
  BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) suspended its Sigma Pi fraternity for three years after one of its members died at an off-campus event, The Pantagraph reported. Sigma ...
• Illinois Wesleyan suspends fraternity over conduct (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
  posted on April 10, 2012 at 11:38:00 pm
  BLOOMINGTON — Illinois Wesleyan University has suspended the campus's Sigma Pi chapter for three years following the death of one of its members.The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that the university's judicial committee found the fraternity responsible for serious violations of the student code of conduct.
• Fraternity at Illinois Wesleyan suspended after student dies (Chicago Chronicle)
  posted on April 4, 2012 at 09:20:00 am
  .o A fraternity at Illinois Wesleyan University is on interim suspension while the university investigates the death of a student last month. Authorities in northern Illinois say Brandon Landaum, ...
• Students, faculty, staff rally against hate crimes at IWU (Chicago Chronicle)
  posted on March 27, 2012 at 05:21:00 pm
  Updated Mar 27, 2012 at 5:04 PM CDT BLOOMINGTON,IL-- Students, faculty, and staff at Illinois Wesleyan University Tuesday attended a rally calling for an end to hate crimes in the country. ...
• Sims Recycling Solutions to Host Electronics Recycling Event during Illinois Wesleyan University's Annual Wellness Day (TMC net)
  posted on March 26, 2012 at 08:15:00 am
  ...can accept computers (desktops and laptops), computer monitors, printers, televisions, mobile telephones, computer cables, mice, keyboards, fax machines, MP3 players, **PDAs**, video game consoles, video cassette recorders and players, DVD and CD players, or similar video devices, zip drives and scanners ...
• Area wrestlers compete at Nationals (Jefferson City News Tribune)
  posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:15:20 am
  Several area wrestlers recently competed at the Midwest Nationals at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill.
• IWU spring graduates 2011 (The Pantagraph)
  posted on July 10, 2011 at 11:51:58 pm
  BLOOMINGTON — A number of area students have graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University. By town, they are:
• Elburn resident named to IWU spring 2011 dean’s list (Elburn Herald)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 04:26:27 pm
  BLOOMINGTON, Ill.—Emily Bailey of Elburn was named to the dean's list for the spring semester of the 2010-11 academic year at Illinois Wesleyan University.
• Illinois Wesleyan plans to demolish old library (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 12:28:43 pm
  Illinois Wesleyan University plans to demolish its old Sheean Library next month and build a new classroom building on the site.
• Illinois Wesleyan plans to demolish old library (Washington Examiner)
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 08:59:01 am
  The Associated Press The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ill. Illinois Wesleyan University plans to demolish its old Sheean Library next month and build a new classroom building on the site. The Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington reports that the library building has been vacant since 2002. That's when the university's Ames Library opened. Roger Schnaitter is the assistant to the provost at the ...
• IWU's Sheean Library to be razed next month (The Pantagraph)
  posted on June 26, 2011 at 11:46:08 pm
  BLOOMINGTON — Illinois Wesleyan University’s Sheean Library, vacant since the 2002 opening of Ames Library, will be razed next month.
• Basketball stars return to Bloomington (The Pekin Daily Times)
  posted on June 25, 2011 at 01:40:12 pm
  Clear skies or not, the stars figure to be shining brightly over the city of Bloomington tonight. Basketball stars, that is. The 37th annual Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A-4A and Class 1A-2A boys all-star games offer some of the state’s best prep hoop talent at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center.
• Parents get student's-eye view at IWU (The Pantagraph)
  posted on June 19, 2011 at 05:33:59 am
  BLOOMINGTON — Hilary Charlet of Kewanee will be the first of her siblings to attend college when she comes to Illinois Wesleyan University in the fall, and her mother, Dawn, was at parent orientation Saturday to learn more about what her daughter will experience.
• IWU elects new officers, trustees (The Pantagraph)
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 12:02:37 pm
  BLOOMINGTON -- The Illinois Wesleyan University board of trustees has elected trustees and officers.
• IWU undergoes upgrades; HCC on break (The Pantagraph)
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 06:35:08 am
  BLOOMINGTON — While Illinois Wesleyan University will be busy with campus upgrades this summer, Heartland Community College is taking a break between major construction projects.
• Prep baseball: Bloomington Sectional moved to Friday (Peoria Journal Star)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 03:55:14 pm
  The Class 1A Bloomington Sectional baseball games scheduled for Thursday have been postponed to Friday because of rain. ROWVA will meet Tremont at 4 p.m. and Deer Creek-Mackinaw will play Annawan/Wethersfield at approximately 6 p.m. at Jack Horenberger Field on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus.
• Dean’s List (Lake County News-Sun)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:34:08 pm
  The following students were named to the dean’s list: Ashland University, Ohio: Highland Park: Maxwell Nudelman. Blackburn College, Carlinville: Waukegan: Sierra Shipley.Furman University, Greenville, S.C.: Lake Zurich: Robert Lyne.Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington: Barrington: Alyssa Schardt. Buffalo Grove: Marissa Bohrer, Sammi Grant, Beth Grinter, Mary Holm, Stephanie Khatcherian ...
• IWU students arrested after being on Shirk Center roof (The Pantagraph)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 05:29:21 pm
  BLOOMINGTON -- Nearly a dozen college students were arrested after trespassing on the roof of Illinois Wesleyan University's Shirk Center.
• Caterpillar CFO: US economy not far from liftoff (Peoria Journal Star)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 09:59:57 pm
  Caterpillar Inc. Chief Financial Officer Edward Rapp speaks to reporters on Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill. The company said Thursday that its April sales were 66 percent higher than a year earlier.
• Ill. Wesleyan holds spring graduation ceremony (The Pantagraph)
  posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:41:25 am
  BLOOMINGTON -- Each of the 446 graduates in Sunday's commencement ceremony at Illinois Wesleyan University had a special story to tell.
• IWU commencement set for May 1 (The Pantagraph)
  posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:44:15 am
  BLOOMINGTON — Illinois Wesleyan University’s 161st commencement will be at 1 p.m. May 1 on the Eckley Quadrangle.
• 18 test drive all-electric Mitsubishi car at expo (The Pantagraph)
  posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:09:49 pm
  BLOOMINGTON — A high-tech vendor took center stage at the annual Illinois Sustainable Living & Wellness Expo on Saturday at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center.