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Starting this new school year feels bittersweet with the absence of our recent alums. We want to take a moment to remember our silly lil guys and all of the fun we had with them.
Jack and Hannah, thank you for making last year so fun and full of laughter. On the first day of Quickies rehearsal this year we all thought something felt wrong and out of place, and we realized it was because you were both gone. That being said, we are all so proud of you two. Thank you for filling IWU with positivity and never failing to cheer us all up. We miss your kind souls and warm smiles.
To all quickster alums whether you graduated last year or not, thank you for making Quickies what it is today. We are proud of who we are because of you.
Quickies loves all of you and we can't wait to get this school year started.

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1 more IWU post for the road :)

Words cannot describe how it feels to be entering a new stage of my life, but I know how happy I am that I got to spend some of it with all of the amazing people I met over the last 4 years. It’s hard to leave a home you’ve created, but the memories aren’t going anywhere😋

Stay tuned, more exciting things to come🕺

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It's a fact. It's UN-DISPOOTABLE!

Frog and Toad, I miss you every single day. As someone who fell in love with theatre as a child watching a TYA show, I truly felt blessed to have such a full circle moment in my college career. Thank you to every single person who made this show such a joy to put on. I love you dearly, and especially you, Turtle.🐢

A Year With Frog and Toad
IWU March 2026

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Goodbye Sophomore Year :)

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I’ve been procrastinating this post because I’m still too emotional but here it is! I graduated!

Thank you IWU and SoTA for some of the best years of my life. I can hardly recognize the girl who stepped into McPherson for the first time with no confidence or plans for the future. Now I stand here 4 years later full of love, joy, and memories that will carry me into the next phase of my life. Thank you to my peers for teaching me, encouraging me, and laughing with me. Thank you to my family for moving me in and out of dorms even though I was never fully packed in time. Thank you to my professors for forming me into the artist I am today. And thank you @ittimmytime and @gabby.rosen14 for planning the best surprise a girl could ask for! I love you all!

More sappy senior posts to come, I promise!

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8/8: Got the job done!
After a few days of reflection, I feel like I have found the words to sum up my final semester at Illinois Wesleyan University. It may be a cliche, but these past four years went by quick! Although this semester in particular provided the challenge of having low motivation, I managed to come out with a degree! Spring semester of senior year is no joke, I wondered what the point of doing anything was. But now I can say that all of the hard work has paid off. I couldn’t be more proud of myself for pushing through until the very end. I definitely do not wish to bring back any of the homework assignments, but I will always wish for one more minute laying out on the beautiful quad, one more outing for coffee downtown, another evening eating at a new restaurant, and most of all one more moment with the people I am lucky enough to call my dear friends. The person I came to IWU as is completely different to the person that crossed the stage this past Sunday. I have grown as a human, learned as an artist, and found my people in this crazy thing called life. I could continue to ramble on about my gratitude, my struggles, my experiences, and my accomplishments these past four years, but if you have made it this far I am sure you get the idea.

To my fellow classmates, I will never forget our many memories together. I am immensely proud of each of us and cannot wait to see where we all end up. This is not goodbye, this is just see you later. Thank you for everything, I could not have done these past four years without you. 💚

Photos from the third slide taken by Kayla Saunders!

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now the actual graduation post 🥲 this one is going to be a bit longer

I have graduated with two degrees; BA Theatre Arts and BA International and Global Studies, receiving Magna Cum Laude Honors. I am a first generation graduate, a lavender graduate, and now an alum of Alpha Lambda of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

I served as the President of the Illinois Wesleyan Pride Alliance, the Historian for PMA, the Co-President of Shringara, and the Technical Coordinator for the Phoenix Theatre. I was a student worker in the theater’s light shop, interned for an ecological nonprofit in Haiti, and facilitated my own primary data collection for my senior seminar research (which I will be continuing to work on beyond Illinois Wesleyan!)

Senior year was possibly the most simultaneously difficult and rewarding year yet. From working full time while attending school full time, overloading my course schedule as always, serving as exec for four student organizations, and working on my senior seminar, senior showcase, and my senior capstone… I truly never thought after taking 3 gap years that I would be able to return to school and accomplish so much. I am so glad that my passion for learning never died, and that I could obtain such a vast education in such a short amount of time. I have endured moments of loss over the last 4 years, but I have gained so much more in return. Thank you to my mom especially, my family, my friends, and my professors who supported me in my academic journey, and I cannot wait to continue to learn and grow from here :)

also, i am no longer the oldest student... thank god. peace out iwu

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this is the first post of many to come in the near future :)

this post is dedicated to the firsts and lasts leading up to graduation. the memories, the performances, the celebrations. i am beyond grateful to have met, worked with, and become friends with so many amazing people at iwu, and the memories i have with them all will stay with me forever. it means a lot when i say i am so deeply inspired by those ive had the privilege to see grow over the course of my 4 years at this school, and i cannot wait to see where we all go.

(if I didn’t tag you im sorry :’) there’s so many people in these photos)

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8/8 🎓

Woah! It feels unreal to be posting about this, but I graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University?! 4 years went bye in the blink of an eye, and I’ll forever cherish all of the memories created here. From my first time in Mirza, to the countless Phoenix shows, and my last dance class, I managed to try almost everything I could. Who knew you could fit so much into such a little amount of time. Forever thankful for my professors and proud of my class for this accomplishment, and I’m excited for what comes next😄

(Also some looks at our senior MT brunch🤠)

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#edjewkated 👩🏻‍🎓💚

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Guess who GRADUATED?! The girl I was when I started here would be so proud of who I’m becoming. Thank you everyone who helped along the way! I’ll miss you SOTA! And to the class of 2026, I love you all and I’m so excited to cheer you all on. WE DID IT!! 🎓🎓🎓

thank you @peelaflics for the grad photos

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year 3 wrapped✅

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