1999-2000 Academic Year News Releases
June 28, 2000 - IWU Dean's List-Spring
Semester 2000
June 27, 2000- List of IWU Graduate Candidates
for 2000
June 21, 2000 - 9th Annual Minority Academic
Achievement Recognition Ceremony at IWU, June 25
June 21, 2000 - Have a Seat!, interesting,
historic chairs on display at IWU
May 31, 2000 - Japanese Trip Slated for Four IWU
Students in June
May 25, 2000 - $124,000 National Science
Foundation Grant Awarded to Illinois Wesleyan Chemist
May 19, 2000 - Illinois Arts Council Awards
Fellowship to IWU Music Prof
May 19, 2000 - New Trustees Named at Illinois
Wesleyan
May 16, 2000 - IWU to Benefit from $25,000 GTE
Foundation Grant
May 03, 2000 - IWU Exhibit to Feature College
Memorabilia
May 02, 2000 -Poet, Essayist
Edward Hirsch to Speak at Illinois Wesleyan, May 16 &
17
May 02, 2000 - IWU
Hosts Author/Poet/Musician Charles O. Hartman
May 02, 2000 - Weber Named Editor of the
Illinois Wesleyan Argus
May 02, 2000 - IWU Students Publish Political
Science Research Journal
May 02, 2000 - IWU Commencement 2000 to Feature
Redesigned Diplomas
May 02, 2000 - Illinois Wesleyan May Term 2000
Begins May 10
May 02, 2000 - IWU May Term Class Takes Students
to Presidential Conventions
April 27, 2000 - Art Exhibits-May 2000
April 26, 2000 - IWU Journal Showcases
Excellence of Student Writing
April 21, 2000 - IWU Ranked #8 "Most Wired
College" in National Networking Survey
April 21, 2000 - $38,000 Guggenheim Grant
Awarded to IWU Music Professor
April 21, 2000 - Religion Professor to Receive
IWU's Top Teaching Honor in 2001
April 18, 2000 - Award Winning Filmmaker Kevin
Smith to Address IWU Commencement on May 7
April 18, 2000 - IWU Student Selected for CNN
Internship
April 10, 2000 - Student Composition Recital at
IWU, April 13
April 07, 2000 - IWU Hosts Annual John Wesley
Powell Research Conference, April 14-15
April 07, 2000 - Illinois Wesleyan Student Senate
Donates to McLean County Red Cross
April 07, 2000 - IWU Siblings Weekend, April
14-16
April 06, 2000- Top Teaching Award Earmarked for
Sociologist at IWU's Honors Day Convocation, April 19
April 06, 2000 - View American History X at IWU,
April 14
April 06, 2000 - IWU New Admissions Website
Ranked No. 8 Nationally
April 05, 2000 - IWU to Host Fifth Annual
Volunteer Weekend, April 7-9
April 05, 2000 - Sledgehammer Swinging Students
to Start Demolition That Will Clear the Way for a New IWU Student
Center
April 05, 2000 - "It's Elementary: Talking About
Gay Issues in School," at IWU April 11
April 04, 2000 - IWU Student Stock Portfolio Tops
$1 Million
April 04, 2000 - IWU's Environmental Concerns
Organization presents Earthapalooza, April 15
April 03, 2000 - Sophomore and Senior Art
Exhibits, IWU Merwin & Wakeley Galleries, April 3-28
April 03, 2000 - IWU's Civic Orchestra's final
concert of the 1999-2000 season, April 7
April 03, 2000 - Phi Delta Phi, National French
Honor Society, Initiation and Induction, April 1
March 30, 2000 - IWU Jazz Ensemble Senior Night
Concert, Friday, April 14
March 30, 2000 - IWU Faculty Recital featuring
Judith Hanna, Sunday, April 9
March 28, 2000 - University of Chicago Professor
Marc Zimmerman to deliver lecture at IWU, March 31
March 28, 2000 - Cheryl Wheeler returns to
perform at IWU's Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Friday, April 7
March 28, 2000 - RELUCTANT BILLIONAIRES AT
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
March 27, 2000 - A brown bag lunch with
environmentalist and author Donald Worster, April 7
March 27, 2000 - "From Corn Fields to Playing
Fields to Lifeâs Arena": A Faculty Credo Chapel, March
29
March 23, 2000 - IWU Wellness Fair 2000 Set
for April 20
March 22, 2000 - Spring Cleaning Sale
Cancelled
March 21, 2000 - Serra Miyeun Hwang and J-C.
Kilbourne, in concert Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
March 21, 2000 - Spring Cleaning Sale at IWU
March 25
March 14, 2000 - From Lhasa to Bloomington; Monks
to Provide Glimpse of Tibet during 3-day IWU Visit
March 14, 2000 - National Organ/Tissue Donor
Awareness Week Slated for April 16-22
March 14, 2000 - Magdalen Hsu-Li Performance and
Lecture at IWU on April 6
March 14, 2000 - IWU to Stage Moss Hart Farce
"Once in a Lifetime" in April
March 09, 2000 - The Spitfire Tour Visits
IWU Wednesday, April 5
March 09, 2000 - IWU Library Recognizes Faculty
Contributions in Science
March 09, 2000 - IWU Student Wins Outstanding
Marketing Student Award
March 09, 2000 - "Sons of the Never Wrong" Coming
to IWU March 25, 8 p.m.
March 06, 2000 - IWU Collegiate Choir to Perform
World Premiere March 21
March 06, 2000 - Former European Parliament
Member to Speak at IWU
March 02, 2000 - IWU Faculty Biennial Exhibition
March 3-31, Merwin and Wakeley Galleries
March 02, 2000 - The IWU Workshop 2000 Series:
Foreign Languages: Teaching with Technology
March 01, 2000 - Ameropa Piano Trio Performs at
IWU March 5th
March 01, 2000 - IWU Professor Emeritus Authors
Poems Recounting World War I, World War II, Vietnam
March 01, 2000 - Illinois Wesleyan Presents: A
Cello Celebration, Sat., March 4th
February 25, 2000 - Three IWU Music Students Head
to Rome, Will Perform in Mozart's "The Magic Flute"
February 23, 2000 - IWU University Chapel Hour
Promotes Diversity
February 23, 2000 - IWU Political Scientist
Elected "Professor of the Year" By Students
February 23, 2000 - Save the Bricks
Environmental, Recycling Effort Part of Ames Library Construction
Project
February 23, 2000 - IWU Announces Tenure, Faculty
Advancement For the 2000-2001 Academic Year
February 14, 2000 - Lyric tenor Alan Bennett in
concert with R. Kent Cook for Guest Recital at IWU, Feb. 20
February 09, 2000 - IWU Student Wins ACI
Scholarship
February 09, 2000 - Financial Aid, Admissions
Workshop at IWU Feb. 20
February 09, 2000 - ABC TV's Chris Wallace to
Speak at IWU Founders' Day Feb. 16
February 09, 2000 - IWU Junior Wins Miss Heart of
Illinois Crown
February 09, 2000 - Two IWU Nursing Faculty Head
for Conference in Thailand
February 09, 2000 - IWU Soul Food Dinner
Scheduled for Feb. 13
February 09, 2000 - IWU Wins National Recognition
for Nuclear Disarmament Course
February 08, 2000 - Composer Libby Larsen at IWU
Symposium Feb. 9 and 10
February 08, 2000 - Vance Gilbert Returns to
Blue Moon Coffeehouse Feb. 26
February 08, 2000 - IWU Alum Richard Drexler '77
Releases New CD
February 08, 2000 - IWU Student Attends
Marketing Conference
February 07, 2000 - IWU's 13th Annual Juried
Student Art Exhibition Feb. 7-29
January 20, 2000 - IWU Student Composition
Recital Feb. 2
January 20, 2000 - Decade-Long Support of IWU
Library by Students to be Capped Off Jan. 25
January 20, 2000 - 7th Edition of Illinois
Wesleyan at the Movies now On-Line
January 20, 2000 - Todd Brewster, Former Life
Magazine editor, to Present "The Century"
January 19, 2000 - Anti-Environment Movement in
America Speaker at IWU Jan. 26
January 19, 2000 - Poet Andrei Codrescu Slated
to Visit IWU Feb. 3
January 17, 2000 - IWU Student Studies Health
Care in Alaska Wilderness
January 17, 2000 - Italian Pianist to Perform
at IWU Feb. 1
January 13, 2000 - "Funny Bone" Comedy Series
Scheduled at IWU in Spring Semester
January 13, 2000 - Japanese Diplomat to Eye
Tokyo's Foreign Policy in Asia
January 13, 2000 - Dr. James Tabor - "Why Y2K?
The Art and Science of Counting Time"
January 11, 2000 - Festival of Spirituals in
Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 11, 2000 - Chicago Civil Rights Attorney
to Address Gospel Festival at IWU
January 11, 2000 - Jennifer Kimball Returns to
Blue Moon Coffeehouse Jan. 22
January 11, 2000 - IWU 25th Annual Jazz
Festival to be Jan. 22
January 12, 2000 - IWU Historian Authors Book
on 17th Century English Monarch
December 10, 1999 - Former IWU President Marks
100th Birthday
November 30, 1999 - Illinois Wesleyan Kwanzaa
Celebration
November 30, 1999 - IWU Student Showcases
Theatre Talents Based on Travel
November 23, 1999 - IWU Computer Science
Professor to Author World Wide Web Text
November 23, 1999 - Defibrillator Donated to
Illinois Wesleyan's Shirk Center
November 23, 1999 - Illinois Wesleyan Student
Wins Scientific Award
November 23, 1999 - IWU Students Produce
Christmas Music CD
November 23, 1999 - Chapel Services Offer
Variety for IWU Students
November 23, 1999 - IWU New Music Cafe
1999-2000 Schedule
November 03, 1999 - IWU Alum Writes Book on
Actors
November 01, 1999 - James H. Cone Adresses
Illinois Wesleyan Chapel Nov. 18
November 01, 1999 - Jack Gladstone to Speak at
Illinois Wesleyan Nov. 11
November 01, 1999 - "Triumph of Love" Opens in
Illinois Wesleyan Theatre
October 29, 1999 - IWU Political Science Class
Releases Topical Poll
October 28, 1999 - $2 Million Hansen Gift
Helps Launch Memorial Gym Renovation
October 15, 1999 - Illinois Wesleyan 1999
Homecoming Events, Honors
October 04, 1999 - Susan Werner to Play Blue
Moon Coffeehouse Oct. 9
September 23, 1999 - SONiA Returns to IWU's
Blue Moon Coffeehouse Oct. 2
September 21, 1999 - Prime Minister of
Slovenia To Keynote IWU's President's Convocation
September 14, 1999 - IWU Lab Theatre Schedule
1999-2000
September 03, 1999 - New Tennis Courts to be
Dedicated at Sept.14
September 01, 1999 - Soprano Dawn Upshaw to
Speak at IWU Sept.10
August 27, 1999 - IWU Set to Begin 1999-2000
School Year
August 19, 1999 - IWU Ranks 12th Among "Top
100 Values in Private Colleges"
August 13, 1999 - Retired Professor Wins Award
from England
August 12, 1999 - IWU Art Professor Earns
Ragdale Residency
August 9, 1999 - IWU Political Scientist Wins
Award