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Press releases from the Office of Communications are available here from 1990. Earlier releases are available in print in the University Archives. Original printed copies of press releases from 1972 are kept in the University Archives at The Ames Library, in record group 4-16/3/1. Contact archives@iwu.edu or visit Tate Archives and Special Collections for details.

Submissions from 1995 1995

State Farm Insurance Awards $918,340 Grant to Illinois Wesleyan For Minority Enrichment and Scholarship Programs, Bob Aaron

Japan Foundation Grant: $136,780 Awarded to Illinois Wesleyan To Fund Japan-Asia Historian, Bob Aaron

For Immediate Release, Stew Salowitz

75 Years of Haunts and Hangouts Patronized by IWU Students, Bob Aaron

lnbreeders--A Basketball Team with a Three-Year Winless Streak Lures College President to a Game with a Cheeseburger, Bob Aaron

Sandra Steingraber--Poet, Biologist, Cancer Survivor; Boston-Area Writer Working on Follow-Up to Rachel Carson's Landmark Ecology Book, Silent Spring, Bob Aaron

What's It Like to be on "Jeopardy!"?--Just Ask IWU Political Science-History Major, Neal Vermillion, Bob Aaron

Around the World with Dennis and Bart, Bob Aaron

Keck Foundation Awards IWU $250,000 Grant For an Organic Chemistry Teaching Laboratory, Bob Aaron

Chicago Bulls' Coach Phil Jackson Urges Support of Literary Magazines, Bob Aaron

State Farm Awards Four Grants to IWU Students, Bob Aaron

John Randolph: Tony Award-Winner to Reprise Broadway Role on IWU Stage, Bob Aaron

Goal is to Overhaul First Two Years of College-Level Chemistry; Four IWU Chemists to Write New Chemistry Textbooks, Bob Aaron

IWU International Business Maior Heads for Financial Services Internship, Bob Aaron

Smithsonian Institution Taps IWU Chemistry-Biology Major for Summer Internship in Washington, D.C., Bob Aaron

Wall Street Journal Summer Internship Slated for IWU International Business-Economics Major from India, Bob Aaron

Metropolitan Opera Star Dawn Upshaw To Address IWU Graduation, May 20, Dave O'Neill

The Park Place Economist : IWU Undergrads Publish Economics Journal, Bob Aaron

James Matthew: IWU French Prof Wins DuPont Teaching Excellence Award, Bob Aaron

Media Advisory, Bob Aaron

IWU Junior Headed to New York For Fashion Industry Internship, Bob Aaron

IWU Political Science Major Heads for New York, Bob Aaron

IWU Sophomore Eyes Internship in Art Museum, Gallery, Bob Aaron

IWU Sophomore Wins Summer Internship in New York, Bob Aaron

Watch Out Beavis and Butthead: IWU Senior Headed to MTV Internship in New York, Bob Aaron

IWU Initiates 12 Into Sociology Honorary, Stew Salowitz

IWU "Three-Peats" at Regional Physics Competition, Vito Trifiletti

IWU Ceramics Sale Sunday, May 7, Stew Salowitz

Scripts from 1940s-S0s Radio-TV Shows Received by IWU, Bob Aaron

Capitol Hill Internship Slated for IWU Sophomore, Bob Aaron

IWU Junior Slated to Teach Economics at Foreign Service Institute, Bob Aaron

Media Advisory, Bob Aaron

Working on Capitol Hill: IWU Junior Lands Summer Internship with U.S. Rep. Donald Manzullo of Illinois, Bob Aaron

IWU Poll Results, Bob Aaron

IWU Surveys Bloomington Voters' Attitudes, Bob Aaron

IWU Students Manage $200,000 Stock Portfolio; Earnings Earmarked for Student Financial Aid, Bob Aaron

Media Advisory, Bob Aaron

Jazz Trio of IWU-ISU Players To Perform at Illinois Wesleyan, April 30, Bob Aaron

Pianist Craig Johnson to Perform in Recital at Illinois Wesleyan, Bob Aaron

Mariorie Agosin: Chilean Writer, Human-Rights Advocate to Speak at IWU, April 18, Bob Aaron

"Front" by Robert Caisley: Play about World War II England Premieres April 27 at IWU, Bob Aaron

Carrie Newcomer to Perform Newly Released Album at IWU, Vito Trifiletti

IWU Names Distinguished Seniors in Business, Economics, Bob Aaron

IWU Camerata to Perform at Chiccigo's Botanic Garden, April 23, Bob Aaron

Newspaper Columnist, Radio Commentator, Author, Activist-- Juliianne Malveaux-- to Lecture, Bob Aaron

"Indiana Jones"-Like Environmentalist, Capt. Paul Watson, To Speak at Illinois Wesleyan, April 12, Bob Aaron

IWU Business Administration Major to Receive Outstanding Marketing Award, April 11, From Professional Marketing Group, Bob Aaron

IWU Students Organize Bike Race To Raise Funds for Habitat for Humanity, Bob Aaron

St. Louis Symphony's Principal Trombonist to Premiere Work by Illinois Wesleyan Music Professor, David Vayo, Bob Aaron

Acoustic Music Talent, Dar Williams, to Perform at IWU, April 8, Bob Aaron

IWU Recognition Banquet Tonight Honors Long-Term Faculty~Staff, Bob Aaron

For Immediate Release - Mananzan, Vito Trifiletti

Indigo Girls to Perform at Illinois Wesleyan University, Vito Trifiletti

Media Advisory, Bob Aaron

Business Group to Host Health and Wellness Conference at IWU, Vito Trifiletti

Illinois Wesleyan Alum Receives National Fellowship Award from U.S. Public Health Service, Vito Trifiletti

Chicagoan Tim Macek Sails Alaskan Waters Counting Fish for the Feds, Bob Aaron

Good Teaching is More than Lecturing, Award-Winning Teachers Say, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Canton High School Wins Six Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Decatur's St. Teresa High School Wins Three Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Metamora High School Wins 11 Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Minonk' s Fieldcrest High School Wins Award, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Normal Community High School Wins 10 Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Normal's University High School Wins Five Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Ottawa's Marquette High School Wins Five Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Prairie Central High School Wins Three Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Sacred Heart-Griffin High School Wins Seven Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Math Contest: Springfield Lutheran High School Wins Awards, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine Profiles Film Critics, Bob Aaron

Life Begins at 90? Three Active People in their Mid-90s Put Others to Shame, Bob Aaron

10th Anniversary of IWU's Evelyn Chapel Marked by CD Recording of Gehrenbeck Organ Recital, Bob Aaron

Dima Gharaibeh of Gurnee, Ill. IWU Music Composition Major's Work to be Performed at Virginia Festival, March 9-10, Bob Aaron

Bob Gulino of Chicago: Illinois Wesleyan Sophomore Reflects on Horatio Alger Scholarship, Bob Aaron

Tenor Barrington Coleman to Perform in Recital, March 17, Bob Aaron

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Anoka, Minn., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Appleton, Wis., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Des Moines, Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to East Moline, Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Eau Claire, Wis, Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Evanston, Ill., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Green Bay, Wis, Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Lincoln, Ill., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Lisle Ill., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Macomb, Ill., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Milwaukee, Wis., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Stevens Point, Wis., Vito Trifiletti

Oldest U.S. College Choral Commission Series Brings It's Music to Waterloo , IA, Vito Trifiletti

Martin Marty, Renowned Religion Historian, to Speak at Illinois Wesleyan University, Vito Trifiletti

Blue Moon Coffeehouse: Pamela Means Returns to IWU Stage for Third Appearance, March 11, Bob Aaron

Connecticut Native Wins Promotion, Tenure at Illinois Wesleyan, Bob Aaron

Ice Cream Exec to Detail Entrepreneurial Spirit, Success Story Behind Ben & Jerry's; "Chico" Lager to Speak at IWU, March 14, Bob Aaron

Blue Moon Coffeehouse: Singer, Songwriter Kristina Olsen to Appear at IWU, March 3, Bob Aaron

Contemporary Music Symposium Slated for IWU, March 8-9, Bob Aaron

U.S. Vietnam War Commander, Gen. William Westmoreland, Conducts Oral History Project with Two IWU History Majors, Bob Aaron

International Nursing Conference: IWU Faculty-Students Slotted for Key Presentations, Bob Aaron

Neal Vermillion of Oconomowoc, Wis.: IWU Junior to Appear on "Jeopardy," Top-Rated Quiz Show, Bob Aaron

Concerto-Aria Concert: Illinois Wesleyan Civic Orchestra to Perform, Feb. 24, Bob Aaron

Illinois Wesleyan Debate Squad Scores Victories in Rookie Season, Bob Aaron

IWU Students Participated in the Sixth Annual Millikin University Vocal Jazz Festival Friday, Feb. 17, Laurel Martin

Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Feb. 25: Chicago Blues Guitarist, Fruteland Jackson, to Perform at IWU, Bob Aaron