This year Wheaton welcomes Mona Damluji, a Mellon postdoctoral fellow, to the Art History department. Damluji was selected from a large number of candidates who applied for the Mellon postdoctoral fellowship in Art History and looks forward to teaching Middle Eastern studies here. The grant provides Damluji with a teaching position at Wheaton for the […]
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Professor Adam Irish has been accepted this year as a Mellon postdoctoral fellow in Political Science and International Relations. The program seems to be a perfect fit for the professor, who claims that he is “just as much as teacher as I am a researcher”. Irish, who grew up in Michigan, knew from a young […]
On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Wheaton College women’s basketball team opens their 2013-2014 season against Lesley University. The tip-off is part of the Cheryl Warren-Powers ’95 Memorial Tournament, named after an alum that passed away last year. Head Coach Melissa Hodgdon begins her 11th season with the team, which has a new look across the […]
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Men’s soccer captures NEWMAC Championship
The Wheaton College men’s soccer team captured the New England Women and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) title after defeating top seed MIT on Sunday. Fueled by a relentless defensive effort and a late second half goal by Travis Blair ’15, the Lyons avenged their 1-0 NEWMAC loss last season to MIT with a 1-0 victory […]
Thirteen nervous and excited performers filled the Lyon’s Den with energy on Saturday, November 2, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wheaton College Poetry Slam, hosted by iSpeak. Five winners earned a spot on the Wheaton College 2014 slam team that will compete at Colleges and Universities Poetry Slam Invitational, CUPSI, March 12 thru March 15, […]
This time of year it feels as though midterms have just ended, yet it is already time to start stressing about finals. Papers are being turned in, projects are wrapping up, and right after Thanksgiving break it will be time to hunker down and start cramming all over again. All of these tasks for school, […]
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Peacock Pond Days #10
The birds look forward to November every year. It is a beautiful month; all the trees have turned colors, some shed their leaves entirely, but it is still just warm enough for ducks to stay up north without freezing their wings off. It is also means the equivalent of Thanksgiving for the duck nation, Quacksgiving. […]
For the majority of students, the first time they spend an extended amount of time away from home in a scholarly setting is their freshman year of college. However, some younger students, grades two through seven, will have the opportunity to take explorative summer courses at Wheaton. Along with Wellesley College (which is open for […]
On Friday, Nov. 8, over 170 students of all class years gathered in The Balfour-Hood Center to present their summer internships. Participants were awarded Wheaton-donated funding dependent on an application or financial award, allowing them to engage in international or stateside learning-based programs. After completion of their summers, they were asked by the The Filene […]
The following are selections of the intramural sports co-ed outdoor soccer first team, made by Steve Angelo. MVP -Stephan Nkom ’16 – One of the league’s scoring leaders, Nkom has a unlimited amount of offensive moves at his disposal. Always willing to give 100% effort on every play, he always seems to make key plays […]