BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (July 21, 2021) — Illinois Wesleyan University honored more than 360 candidates for graduation during Commencement on May 2, 2021. Geisha Jimenez Williams, a business leader with more than three decades of experience in the energy industry who became the first and, so far, only Latina CEO of a Fortune 200 company, delivered the Commencement address. The candidates include:
Grace McAvoy of Geneseo, Illinois, Magna Cum Laude majored in English — Literature / Secondary Education.
Founded in 1850, Illinois Wesleyan is a nationally-recognized, highly-selective liberal-arts university. The University is exclusively undergraduate and enrolls approximately 1,700 students from across the nation and around the globe. Illinois Wesleyan prides itself on producing graduates who are well-rounded, broadly-educated individuals with a spirit of inquiry who can successfully adapt to the demands of a rapidly-changing, complex world.
