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Oct 3, 2024 | 
wabash.edu | Kim Johnson
As an athlete in the heptathlon and decathlon, Jacob Oostman ’25 must run the race, hurdle the obstacles, throw his best shot, and make every second count.
As a first-generation college student at Wabash, he must do the same.
If it hadn’t been for his jump, Jacob Oostman ’25 may have never made the leap to Wabash.
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May 30, 2024 | 
wabash.edu | Kim Johnson
It’s a great weekend to be a Little Giant! The annual Big Bash Reunion Weekend kicks off on Friday, May 31. The event will bring more than 400 alumni and guests to Wabash.
Festivities begin on Friday morning with the official first chance to sign the alumni registration book, campus tours, a golf scramble, and reconnecting with friends.
After an informal lunch, the 13th annual Alumni-Faculty-Staff Symposium speakers will share stories and wisdom for the rest of the afternoon.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
wabash.edu | Kim Johnson
Roscoe Wilson ’97 doesn’t remember a time in his life that did not include art. When he was in middle school and high school, he took all the art classes he could. Now at Miami University in Ohio, he teaches all the art classes he can.
Professor of Art Roscoe Wilson ’97 has spent more than 20 years teaching painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and art appreciation.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
wabash.edu | Kim Johnson
David Leal ’26 sits down at the piano in the center of the Salter Hall stage. Hands shaking, he plays through Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Prelude in C Major” from “The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.” At the conclusion, he sighs—relief visible on his face. He stands, bows, and leaves the stage through the stage door. His second student recital is complete.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
wabash.edu | Kim Johnson
The grandson of Dutch American farmers from Iowa, Brian Sawyer ’84 grew up with an appreciation for history, the natural world, and traditional architecture and gardens. He was drawn to Wabash for its simplicity, beauty, and charm. For 25 years, he and his business partner John Berson have led an architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design firm in New York City.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
johnsoncountypost.com | Ellen Oh |Kim Johnson |Laeken Zea Kemp
The March Read Across SMSD theme encourages all of us to “Celebrate Diversity.” Click here to view the video. The books selected this month give us the opportunity to help broaden our understanding of ourselves and others – especially the people we interact with every day. The elementary featured book is called “A Crown for Corina” by Laeken Zea Kemp. In this book, readers meet Corina, who is celebrating her birthday by making a beautiful crown with flowers picked from her grandmother’s garden.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
djcoregon.com | Kim Johnson
What leadership traits have served you well? And on the flip side, what have you learned that tends to hold women leaders back? In the beginning of my career, I underestimated the value of effective communication. Unfortunately, communication was not taught in the engineering program. And as time went on, I quickly started seeing the value in communicating, not only to clients but internally to the team.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
pressenterprise.com | Kim Johnson
From 1949 until 1955, when a vaccine was introduced, a polio epidemic struck fear in the hearts of every parent. While the numbers were relatively small on a per capita basis, the impacts of polio, which included paralysis or even death, were very real. The March of Dimes was a leader in the fight against polio. The organization pushed for a vaccine to rid the world of the crippling disease, but also held fundraisers to purchase iron lungs.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
wabash.edu | Kim Johnson
The only race distance runner Joe Barnett ’24 ever won in high school was at an indoor meet at Wabash College. The connection he made with the coaches that day ultimately led him to become a member of the “Red Pack” cross country team.
“Running is one of the things I truly love,” says Barnett. “I started running when I was in sixth grade. It’s such a measurable sport. The more work you put in, the faster you get—especially when you start out. I got hooked on that. I love competing.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
wabash.edu | Kim Johnson
Andre Aguilera ’25 has been kicking around a soccer ball for as long as he can remember, and his mom has been his biggest cheerleader—even when he decided to move 1,200 miles from his home in Naples, Florida, to continue playing.
“Soccer brought me to Wabash,” Aguilera says. “I had a couple offers from other places. Wabash was a good academic choice and a good athletic choice. I visited and the culture here sold me.”
His mother motivated him to pursue college and to keep playing soccer.
