Several Wheaton students spent the past summer engaging in engaging off-campus internships. Two students, sophomores Audrey Spina ’17 and Liam Grace-Flood ’17, completed fun, insightful and enlightening art-related internships last summer. Although currently undeclared, Audrey Spina ’17 plans to major in art history as well as minor in studio art. During her internship at the […]
Sophomores and juniors are beginning the process of looking into studying abroad, attending the study abroad fair a few weeks ago as well as the ongoing information sessions for individual programs. Among the recent information sessions, one was specifically dedicated to studio art programs. These programs include: Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, Burren College […]
This just in: it’s beautiful, it tells a story, and it makes your ‘wanna-be-hipster’ even more convincing. Wait for it … it’s a record player. And it is hip hopping its way back into style. The timeless machine (the phonograph) that Thomas Edison first invented in 1877 has become increasingly popular over the past few […]
Sophomore year is a time when students can really get involved with Wheaton to leave a legacy, develop a program or be a leader,” said Dean Denyse Wilhelm, Sophomore Class Dean, of Sophomore Symposium, which took place on Sept. 27. The half-day event was held in Watson and Meenely and its goal was to remedy […]
Students have been leading a huge and well-organized campaign of peaceful protest in Hong Kong, threatening to take over government buildings and calling for the resignation of C.Y. Leung, the Beijing-appointed chief executive of the city. Protesters blocked 3,000 government workers from going to work in the city’s executive office building on Friday, according to […]
Some of the country’s biggest businesses have been born in college dorm rooms and garages, from the minds of students. To help tap into that potential, and to provide help and information to students here at Wheaton looking to enter the business world, Professor of Business and Management Brad Sago created the Business and Management […]
Trigger Warning: This article discusses forms of domestic violence that may be triggering for some readers. Read at your discretion. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, so it’s important for the Wheaton community to learn about this issue and work to end partner violence on our campus and beyond. Domestic violence is defined by the […]
Last week, five-time World Series champion and fourteen-time All-Star Derek Jeter retired from his twenty-year baseball career as shortstop with the New York Yankees. Being drafted directly out of high school, Jeter wasted no time in building his success, being selected as “Rookie of the Year” at the end of his first active season. Famously […]
Last year in Oxford I met a student from Hong Kong who has been active these past several weeks in the protests there. I got in touch with her to see if she would be willing to comment for our story on the protests (p.5). Our conversation was absurdly normal. There was no indication, for […]
Over the course of ten years, Wheaton has helped dozens of Brown University graduate students acclimate to teaching. This year is no exception, as the Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellows Program has expanded to allow four Brown graduate students to teach at Wheaton this year. Three of them will teach this semester. Gail Sahar, Associate Provost and […]