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Founded in 1850, Illinois Wesleyan is a nationally recognized, highly selective liberal arts university. The University is exclusively undergraduate and enrolls approximately 1,700 students from across the nation and around the globe. Illinois Wesleyan prides itself on producing graduates who are well-rounded, broadly educated individuals with a spirit of inquiry who can successfully adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing, complex world.

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Founded in 1850, Illinois Wesleyan is a nationally recognized, highly selective liberal arts university. The University is exclusively undergraduate and enrolls approximately 1,700 students from across the nation and around the globe. Illinois Wesleyan prides itself on producing graduates who are well-rounded, broadly educated individuals with a spirit of inquiry who can successfully adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing, complex world.

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Illinois Wesleyan Announces Spring 2024 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2023-24 academic year consisted of 760 students from 29 states and 29 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2024 Jun 10

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Fall 2024 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2024-25 academic year consisted of 827 students from 31 states and 28 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - Feb 6

Phi Kappa Phi Names 2024 Love of Learning Award Recipients

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is proud to announce the recipients of a 2024 Love of Learning Award. The awards help fund post-baccalaureate studies and career development for active Society members.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Oct 7

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Fall 2023 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year consisted of 752 students from 33 states and 30 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2024 Mar 7

Phi Kappa Phi Names 2023 Inaugural Phi Kappa Phi Pioneer Award Recipients

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is proud to announce the recipients of a 2023 Pioneer Award. The awards are designed to reward undergraduate members for developing the research, engagement and leadership skills necessary to become a successful scholar
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 22

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Spring 2023 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2022-23 academic year consisted of 731 students from 30 states and 29 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2023 Jun 26

Illinois Wesleyan University Students Tour with Collegiate Choir

The Collegiate Choir from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill., will perform in six locations throughout Illinois during the 2023 spring concert tour. The IWU Collegiate Choir is composed of students representing the School of Music and other areas of the University, and is dedicated to the performance of the finest sacred and secular choral music spanning six centuries and a variety of languages. Students in the choir are selected by audition and maintain a rigorous rehearsal schedule in preparation for their annual spring concert tour and other engagements throughout the year. The choir has presented concerts in Italy, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Spain, Germany, France, Poland, and South Africa.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2023 Mar 10

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Fall 2022 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2022-23 academic year consisted of 757 students from 28 states and 28 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2023 Feb 13

Illinois Wesleyan University Phi Kappa Phi Chapter Installs 23 Inductees

The Illinois Weseyan University chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi inducted 23 new members during a ceremony held April 15, 2023, at the Center for Natural Science. The Society is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi inducts approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The Society has chapters on more than 325 select colleges and universities in the United States, its territories and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and engage the community of scholars in service to others." For more information, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.
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Honor Society - 2023 Apr 19

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Spring 2022 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2021-22 academic year consisted of 743 students from 30 states and 17 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2022 Aug 19

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Candidates for Graduation 2022

Illinois Wesleyan University honored more than 400 candidates for graduation during Commencement on May 1, 2022. Dr. William Farrar '71, considered to be one of the nation's foremost experts in cancer care and chief executive officer of The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, delivered the Commencement address.
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Graduation - 2022 Jul 29

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Fall 2021 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2021-22 academic year consisted of 734 students from 28 states and 17 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2022 Mar 16

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Candidates for Graduation 2021

Illinois Wesleyan University honored more than 360 candidates for graduation during Commencement on May 2, 2021. Geisha Jimenez Williams, a business leader with more than three decades of experience in the energy industry who became the first and, so far, only Latina CEO of a Fortune 200 company, delivered the Commencement address.
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Graduation - 2021 Jul 21

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Spring 2021 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2020-21 academic year consisted of 801 students from 30 states and 15 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2021 Jun 22

Ring '21 Wins Young Adult Winds and Brass Category at International Competition

After earning a coveted spot in the Music International Grand Prix Solo Competition finals, music education major Lindsay Ring '21 went on to win first place in the competition's Young Adult Winds and Brass category.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2021 Jun 17

Viteri-Pflucker Earns SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

Physics major Valeria Viteri-Pflucker '22 has been awarded a 2021 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for her potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field. Through the U.S. Department of Energy's Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship, Viteri-Pflucker has been working with Ames Laboratory - a Department of Energy national laboratory in Ames, Iowa - on materials and condensed matter topics under the supervision of Iowa State University Associate Scientist Lin Zhou. Viteri-Pflucker's work involves Lorentz electron microscopy, a form of quantum measurement that uses electron wave interference, for imaging of magnetic topologies relevant to emerging technologies. She currently serves as the vice president of the SPIE Chapter at Illinois Wesleyan.
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Scholarship - 2021 Jun 16

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Fall 2020 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year consisted of 771 students from 28 states and 15 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2021 Mar 25

Watson '21 Receives Outstanding Marketing Student Award

Senior marketing major Nick Watson '21 (Normal, Illinois) is this year's recipient of the American Marketing Association (AMA)'s Outstanding Marketing Student Award, presented virtually at the 60th annual St. Louis AMA Conference on March 5, in recognition of his academic excellence and contributions to the collegiate marketing community at Illinois Wesleyan University.
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Academic Award - 2021 Mar 15

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Spring 2020 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year consisted of 831 students from 29 states and 16 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2020 Jul 29

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Inducts New Members

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
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Honor Society - 2020 Apr 8

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Candidates for Graduation 2020

Illinois Wesleyan University honored 388 candidates for graduation on Aug. 2, 2020 during the University's first-ever virtual Commencement ceremony, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. President S. Georgia Nugent delivered the Commencement address.
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Graduation - 2020 Aug 10

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Fall 2019 Dean's List

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year consisted of 667 students from 27 states and 15 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.
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Dean's List - 2020 Mar 5

Students Tour with Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir

The Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir is making six appearances on the 2020 spring concert tour from Feb. 29 - March 20. The Collegiate Choir's itinerary includes performances in South Africa and Illinois. In South Africa, the Choir will present a joint concert with the University of Stellenbosch Chamber Choir at the renowned Woordfees cultural arts festival in Stellenbosch. This festival is the largest of its kind in the country and includes music, visual arts, theatre, writers' and film festivals, among other offerings. The Collegiate Choir is the first American choir to be invited to perform at Woordfees. The Choir will present additional concerts in the Cape Town and Stellenbosch areas, including a performance at a rural township school.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2020 Feb 26

Phi Kappa Phi Awards 2016 Fellowships

Phi Kappa Phi is proud to announce the recipients of a 2016 Fellowship. The prestigious $5,000 fellowships were awarded to 51 students nationwide.
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Achievement (Other) - 2016 Jul 20

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Inducts New Members

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
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Honor Society - 2014 Apr 22
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