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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 2006
Career Center: Chemistry Alumni panel, Kathy Trumbull, PhD '83; Dan Webb '89; Scott Robowski '96; Steve Kasten '73; and Jenifer MacRitchie '97