Wheaton College Alumni Association 2022–2023 Annual Report
Each year the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors awards financial and nonfinancial grants and awards to faculty, students, and alumni. Funds for these grants flow from the annual Wheaton Fund, which also supports every faculty member’s salary and every student’s academic program.
Alumni Association Senior Scholarship award recipients with Board directors
From left to right: Manette Galvan Turner ’92, M.A. ’98, Enoch Lui ’24, Christina Castro ’24, Priscilla Barclay Kibler ’12, Wheaton College Alumni Association President Eric Fowler ’81, Lucy Browning ’24, Fiona Balfe ’24, Brian De La Cruz ’21
ALUMNI FACULTY GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2023–24
Brita Beitler ’04
Education
Sharenda Barlar
Modern and Classical Languages
Dr. Aubrey Buster ’09, M.A. ’11
Biblical and Theological Studies
Dan Haase ’97, M.A. ’02
Christian Formation and Ministry
Dr. Jon Laansma
Modern and Classical Languages
Joonhee Park
Communication
Dr. Allison Ruark
Applied Health Science
Dr. Kim Sasser
English
Science Division Block Grant for Faculty/Student Summer Research
JUNIOR ALUMNI FACULTY GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2023–24
Dr. Muhia Karianjahi M.A. ’03
Mission, Ministry, and Leadership
Dr. Charles Liu ’08
Psychology
FACULTY MISSIONS PROJECT 2023–24
Dr. Mandy Kellums Baraka M.A. ’13
Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy
Dr. Scott Ickes
Biological and Health Sciences
Kenya – Timothy R. Phillips Scholarship
Dr. Matthew Milliner ’98
Art
India
Dr. John Trotter
Conservatory
Kenya – Timothy R. Phillips Scholarship
Dr. Terri Smith Watson M.A. ’86
Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy
ALUMNI OF THE YEAR FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO SOCIETY
Chris ’75 and Carlene Ellis Ellerman ’77
Read their story here.
ALUMNA OF THE YEAR FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO ALMA MATER
Dr. Ruth Lewis Bentley ’55, M.A. ’58
Read her story here.
JUNIORS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR SENIOR YEAR
Fiona Balfe ’24
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Biblical and Theological Studies and Environmental Science
Lucy Browning ’24
Chaska, Minnesota
Applied Health Science
Christina Castro ’24
Sahuarita, Arizona
Secondary Education and English
Enoch Lui ’24
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Psychology
Alumni Association Board of Directors
ROW 1 (L-R): Manette Galvan Turner ’92, M.A. ’98, Doug Goebel ’90, Barbara Bates Alexander ’77, Beverly Liefeld Hancock ’84, Jerard Woods ’12, Jeffrey Shafer ’96, Mary Ashley Miller ’69
ROW 2 (L-R): Priscilla Barclay Kibler ’12, Noah Chung ’12, Elisabeth Verseput Jones ’08, Kari Shook Anderson ’91, Stephen Franz ’09, Rebecca Gray Jordan ’88, Jim Wilkes ’79, Jim Black ’94, M.A. ’99
Not pictured: Brian De La Cruz ’21, Eric Fowler ’81, Leigh Naraine Pylman ’08
