Together, we can build on 175 years of excellence and make more possible for every Titan who comes next.
Honor the Past, Shape the Future is a historic $200 million campaign to strengthen the Illinois Wesleyan experience for generations to come. Through the generosity of alumni, families, and friends, we will open doors for talented students, invest in exceptional teaching and learning, expand opportunities for discovery and real-world experience, and enhance the places where our community comes together.
Priority One
Expand access to an Illinois Wesleyan education and give students more opportunities to learn by doing, pursue bold ideas, and prepare for meaningful lives and careers.
Explore Student Success
Priority Two
Invest in the faculty mentors, academic programs, and professional development that turn knowledge into wisdom and help students discover what they are capable of becoming.
Explore Academic Excellence
Priority Three
Create modern, flexible spaces that strengthen learning, living, wellness, competition, collaboration, and belonging across campus.
Explore Our CampusThe world our students will enter is changing quickly. New technologies, new industries, and new challenges demand more than specialized knowledge alone. They require creativity, judgment, adaptability, empathy, and the confidence to keep learning.
That is the promise of an Illinois Wesleyan education.
Here, students are challenged by a rigorous liberal arts foundation and supported by faculty who know them. They connect ideas across disciplines, put knowledge into practice, and develop the wisdom to use what they learn with purpose. This campaign ensures that promise remains strong, relevant, and accessible. By investing now, we can help more students experience the education that has shaped Titans for generations and prepare them to shape what comes next.
Every scholarship awarded, mentor supported, experience created, and space transformed begins with someone who believes in the power of an Illinois Wesleyan education.
Whether you make a gift today, fulfill a pledge over time, support a priority close to your heart, or include Illinois Wesleyan in your future plans, your generosity creates opportunities that can last for generations.
Support the campaign with a gift of any size and direct it to the area that matters most to you.
Learn about planned gifts, gifts of stock, employer matching, and other ways to support Illinois Wesleyan.
“I am forever grateful for the many incredible IWU faculty, staff, and mentors that helped create and shape the opportunities and experiences I had both as student and now in my professional career.”
“I'm so happy and so proud of Illinois Wesleyan and what it has done for me in my life. This is about supporting Wesleyan and the students, and that's the fun part.”
“Illinois Wesleyan has a great reputation in all aspects of higher learning, and I wanted to make sure its students have access to the best financial tools available.”
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