The Titan Talks: Webinar Series was launched during the 2020 global COVID19 pandemic; it is a lifelong learning and engagement opportunity for the Illinois Wesleyan Community about alumni speaking on their post-Illinois Wesleyan University experiences.
Other recordings in this series were created during alumni visits to campus as part of Homecoming and both departmental and/or Career Center events.
Presentations from 2023
Titan Talks: "Dropping Anchor: My New Approach to News", Demetria Kalodimos '81
Titan Talks Innovation Series: “Unlocking the Brilliance in Yourself, Your Colleagues, and Your Organization”, Alan Gregerman and John Quarton
Titan Talks Innovation Series: “The Entrepreneurial Spirit in Higher Education”, Kris Condon '84
Titan Talks: "An Insider's Guide to the College Admissions and Financial Aid Process", Kasey Evans 2012 and Scott Seibring '85
Titan Talks: "The Latest on Titan Athletics", Mike Wagner and Tony Bankston '91
Presentations from 2022
Titan Talks: "Title IX Turns 50! A Look at the Evolution of Title IX Legislation", Cindy Lotz and Pam Jacklin '66
Titan Talks Innovation Series: "From Idea to Exit", Will Jenkins 2012
Titan Talks: "Titans Hiring Titans", Warren Kistner '83 and David Rasho 2001
Back to College Class: "Forgotten Lessons from Early Childhood: Fetal and Early Childhood Brain Growth and Development", Roger Sheldon '64
Back to College Class: "Going Past the Performative: DEIB in the Workplace", Luis Cabrales-Vasquez 2015
Back to College: "Recovering Our Narratives, Sharing Our Stories", Marsha A. Guenzler-Stevens '78
Titan Talks Innovation Series: "Driving Innovation at Scale", Haden Kirkpatrick
Titan Talks: "SECURE ACT: The Ticking Tax Time Bomb", Jordan Fish
Titan Talks: "A Roadmap to Flexible Work", Kara Lazarus '95 and Margo Christou
Titan Talks Innovation Series: "Cloudy with a Chance of Disruption", Marc Talluto '94
Titan Talks: "The State of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Illinois Wesleyan", Kevin Carey 2013, Mya Morales 2022, Clay Anderson 2023, and Karla Carney-Hall
Titan Talks: "IWU Esports: A Focus on Competition, Community, and Career", Cora Kennedy
Titan Talks Innovation Series: "Crypto: 21st Century Gold or Just Fool's Gold?", Alan Fisher
Presentations from 2021
Titan Talks: "An Evening with Bill Damaschke '85", Bill Damaschke '85 and Hannah Dhue 2015
Presentations from 2020
Titan Talks: "Leaders in Education - Rising to the Challenges of COVID-19", Gianina Baker 2004, John Camardella 2003, Amy DeBoer 2015, Marsha Guenzler-Stevens ’78, and Erin Moran 2012
Titan Talks: "Tackling Climate Change", Karen Petersen 2007 and Given Harper
School of Theatre Arts (SoTA) - First Five Years Panel (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Titan Talks: "Resilience, Relevance + Reinvention: Choral Music in the COVID Age", Scott Ferguson
Titan Talks: "Saving Children’s Lives: The Work of a Pediatric Congenital Interventional Cardiologist", Todd Gudausky ’95
Titan Talks: "From Rehearsal to Red Carpet", Richard Jenkins ’69, Sharon Jenkins ’69, and Andy Kreiss '86
The Future of Titan Alumni of Color, Derrick Tillman-Kelly 2009 and Rosetta Clay
Back to College Class: "Beyond the Border: The Law for Asylum Seekers", Sara T. Ghadiri 2011
Titan Talks: "Doing Well and Doing Good: Young Leaders Living Their Purpose in the Nonprofit World", Lauren Rock 2013, Kate Tombaugh 2007, Dan Weishar, Angela Mehalek, and Bevin Chobin 2010
Back to College Class: "Child Abuse: Signs for Prevention and Effects of COVID-19", Raymond Davis, Jr. '80
Best of Illinois Wesleyan: Alumni Awards Ceremony (video and script), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Titan Talks: "Turning the Page: New Beginnings with the School of Music", Sey Ahn, Bradley Regier, and Bill Hudson
Titan Talks: "Staying Emotionally Balanced During the Time of COVID-19", Qiana Cryer-Coupet 2006; Megan Henry 2012; Patrick McGrath ’93; Barb Nathan '80; Erin Zerth 2003; Linda Kunce; and Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Titan Talks: "The Future of the School of Music", Franklin Larey and Todd French '93
Titan Talks: "Front Line Leaders in the Fight Against COVID-19", Ben Killey ’99, Janna Morgan 2010, and Paul Pedersen 1973
Titan Talks: "White Allyship and Solidarity: How to Be Part of the Solution Against Anti-Black Racism", Kevin Carey 2013, Jessica Bondalapati 2011, Libby Haywood, and Nicole Chlebek 2016
Titan Talks: "Activism and Advocacy in the Latinx Community", Melissa Ramirez 2014, Citlalli Gonzalez 2018, Tristan Gunn 2004, and Yesenia Martinez Calderon 2020
Titan Talks: "Father and Son: An Introspective Dialogue of Life as Black Men", David Wilkins '74; Nate Wilkins 2017; Brandon Commons; and Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Titan Talks: "Dialogue and Discussion on 'How We Got Here: Racism + Higher Education'", Derrick Tillman-Kelly, PhD, 2009; Brandon Commons, PhD; Hannah Mesouani; Scott Seibring '85; and Elyse Nelson-Winger
Titan Talks: "How We Got Here: Racism + Higher Education", Derrick Tillman-Kelly 2009
Titan Talks: President Georgia Nugent Q&A, S. Georgia Nugent
Titan Talks: "The Epidemiology of SARS-CoV2" (slides only), John Herrmann '74
Titan Talks: "Leading the Manufacturing Pivot and Hustle During COVID-19", Mark Denzler '93
Titan Talks: "Invisibility of Black Women in Leadership", Monica Hall, PhD, '90; Jazmyne Kellogg 2016; Ade Olayinka, PhD, 2011; Alani Sweezy 2019; Amanda Toney-Logan '74; and Lois Wilkins '75
Presentations from 2019
Alumni Awards Winners (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Back to College Class: "Oh Yes, You Can: Create a Culture of Collaboration" - 10/5/19, Jean Baird '80
Back to College Class: "Seeking Perspective and Balance in an Uncertain World", Ed Rust, Jr. '72
Back to College Class: "Harnessing Chemistry for Selective Cancer Treatments", Erin D. Anderson 2007
Back to College Class: "The Holocaust Stories of Survival", Harry Heuman '69
Presentations from 2018
Career Center: Psychology Alumni panel, Ron Ekstrand 1986, Laine Twanow 2004, Alexander Willett 2011, Lexia Swope-Hassan 2015, and Brianna Siebert 2015
Presentations from 2017
Back to College Class: "Reporting World News Through Storytelling", Junaid Ahmed '96
Presentations from 2016
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Back to College Class: Denny Matthews, Denny Matthews '66
Back to College Class: "Making Meetings More Meaningful", Diana Hammer Tscheschlok 2001
Presentations from 2015
Back to College Class: "History of Bicycling in Illinois", Chris Sweet
Back to College Class: "Staying Balanced In An ‘Always On’ World", Korey Coon 2000
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Back to College Class: “Biodiversity And Conservation In Costa Rica”, Given Harper
Back to College Class: “Perseverance and Faith”, Stephanie Whyte '91
Back to College Class: “Pillars of Success: Integration & Collaboration of Athletics & Academics”, Mike Wagner
Presentations from 2014
Back to College Class: "1959 in Jazz ... It Was a Very Good Year", Sean Parsons 2002
Homecoming Award Winners (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Back to College Class: "... How I Spent My Summer Vacation at the U.S. Supreme Court", Kris Condon '84
Back to College Class: "Journey to the Met: More than practice, practice, practice!", Kyle Pfortmiller 1992
Back to College Class: "Making Abraham Lincoln Ours", Bob Bray
Presentations from 2013
Back to College Class: "Can History Survive in the iPhone Age?", Paul Bushnell
Back to College Class: "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Academy Awards", Tariq Khan`93
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Back to College Class: "How to Transform an Under Performing Culture", Bob Page '79
Back to College Class: "Seeing Race in a Colorblind Society", Meghan Burke
Back to College Class: "Ones and Zeros: Cultural Considerations in the Era of Big Data and Analytics", Chad Maxwell 2002
Presentations from 2011
Back to College Class: "Bringing Animation to Life", Bill Damaschke '85
Back to College Class: "Hoarding: Buried Alive", Patrick McGrath '93
Back to College Class: "I've Heard That Voice Before", Marjorie Ocho Kouns '79
Presentations from 2010
Back to College Class: "Our Diverse Community", Michael Thompson, Roshaundra Ross, and Nancy Vasquez
Back to College Class: “Vote The Out, All of Them!”, Kathleen Montgomery
Back to College Class: “China Rise - Reflections on 30 Years in Asia”, Mark Sheldon '70
Back to College Class: "Gems from IWU History", Meg Miner
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (audio only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 2009
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (audio only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 2008
Homecoming Highlights, Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Homecoming Highlights (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 2007
Homecoming Highlights (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 2006
Career Center: Chemistry Alumni panel, Kathy Trumbull, PhD '83; Dan Webb '89; Scott Robowski '96; Steve Kasten '73; and Jenifer MacRitchie '97
Presentations from 2001
Homecoming Award Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 2000
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 1999
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 1998
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 1996
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University
Presentations from 1995
Homecoming Awards Luncheon (video only), Alumni Engagement, Illinois Wesleyan University