Sheahon Zenger

One of the responses Illinois Wesleyan University has made to a complaint of alleged antisemitism filed with the U.S. Education Department is to codify rules that satisfy both First Amendment protections of free speech and the priority to make sure discourse is civil.

After his first school year on the job, new Illinois Wesleyan University President Sheahon Zenger paints a portrait of an institution "re-claiming its birthright" as a liberal arts education center in Central Illinois.

Jeri Beggs is now officially ISU's athletics director, after serving in that role on an interim basis since May 2023. Beggs was named to the position Wednesday following a national search that began in November 2024.

Sheahon Zenger will succeed outgoing Illinois Wesleyan president Georgia Nugent, who will step down at the end of the academic year. Zenger will assume the private liberal arts university's top job on July 1.