Each year, faculty in programs across the curriculum design courses and assignments aligned with Illinois Wesleyan University’s Annual Intellectual Theme, a strategic initiative designed to bring the campus community together around a common intellectual experience. Experiences such as these have been identified as a high-impact educational practice and provide important opportunities to advance the library’s mission to “[foster] inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge, intellectual and ethical integrity, excellence in teaching and learning, and respect for diverse points of view.”

The IWU Annual Theme program originated in the 2014-15 academic year. Since then, a coalition of faculty, staff and students on the Intellectual Themes Workgroup gather to select, frame and create programs around an idea or theme with the potential to engage thinking, creativity and dialogue through multiple disciplinary lenses and interdisciplinary approaches. The goal of the workgroup is to create a dynamic, year-long conversation that develops vibrant curricular and co-curricular.

This collection contains a description of each theme and a list of courses and events associated with it. More information may be available in the University Archives' Record Group 3 - 9/2/4.

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Themes from 2022

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2022 Power of Place Annual Theme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Power of Place, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University

Themes from 2020

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2020-22 Health, Healing, and Humanity Annual Theme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Health, Healing, and Humanity, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University

Themes from 2019

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2019-20 Fact or Fiction Annual Theme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Fact or Fiction, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University

Themes from 2018

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2018-19 Changing Climates Annual Theme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Changing Climates, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University

Themes from 2017

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2017-18 Evolution of Revolution Annual Theme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Evolution of Revolution, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University

Themes from 2016

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2016-17 Women's Power, Women's Justice Annual Theme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Women's Power, Women's Justice, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University

Themes from 2015

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2015-16_Nation(s) Divided Annual Theme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Nations Divided, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University

Themes from 2014

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2014-15_Walls & Bridges AnnualTheme, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Walls and Bridges, courses and events, Illinois Wesleyan University