The Illinois Wesleyan Titan football team is looking to rebound from an injury filled 2014 campaign.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois Wesleyan Titans
IWU’s Kelley named to kicker watch list
Illinois Wesleyan senior Michael Kelley is one of 41 placekickers from 26 states on the “Watch List” for the 2015 Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award for college football.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan names Bankston associate athletic director
Tony Bankston, a 1991 Illinois Wesleyan graduate and former Titan soccer letterman and head coach, has been named as the school’s assistant athletic director and director of the Shirk Athletic Complex.
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3 IWU Titans named preseason Division III football All-Americans
Three Illinois Wesleyan football players have been chosen as preseason Division III All-Americans by USA College Football and American Football Networks.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan finishes 34th in Learfield Directors’ Cup standings
Illinois Wesleyan University finished No. 34 in the final 2014-15 Division III Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings, as announced by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan names Wagner new athletic director
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Wesleyan University has named Mike Wagner the successor to retiring athletic director Dennie Bridges. LISTEN: WJBC’s Dan Swaney talks with new IWU Athletic Director Mike Wagner. Wagner has been second-in-command in IWU athletics since 2004 and has been working at Wesleyan since 1992. He has been the event coordinator…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan softball to host NCAA regional
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Wesleyan softball team will be making its fourth straight appearance, and 14th overall, into the NCAA Division III championships and will host Alma College at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, in the opening round of the regional. No. 1-seeded IWU, with a 36-8 record, received an automatic bid into…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan falls to UWSP in NCAA tourney
Wisconsin-Stevens Point's lockdown defense prevailed in the second half as Illinois Wesleyan managed just three points in the final 8:45 in UWSP's 70-53 win.… MORE
Redbirds in MVC semi’s, Titans in NCAA 2nd round on WJBC
The Illinois State men's basketball team will try to shock the Missouri Valley Conference as they take on the Shockers of No. 8 Wichita State in the conference tournament semifinals Saturday.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan defeats cold shooting Dubuque in NCAA opener
Illinois Wesleyan limited Dubuque to 28 percent field goal shooting as the Titans advanced with a 72-53 win over the Spartans in the NCAA First Round at Quandt Fieldhouse.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…