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On March 22, the 2019 service awards were given out during an annual event that recognizes employees’ services to Wheaton and presents the Staff Excellence Awards. A performance of two songs by Voices United to Jam (VUJ) began the afternoon and was followed by a reception by President Hanno and four division officers that honored […]
From Feb. 21-25, the 53 members of Wheaton’s swimming and diving teams took to the water in their single most important competition of the year: the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Championship (NEWMAC). NEWMAC was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, roughly an hour away from Wheaton College. The event consisted of four exhilarating […]
There are few more compelling thought experiments in the current professional sports world than figuring out what’s going on with the Boston Celtics. Pre-season expectations were exorbitant. The team had their top dogs back in Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, both of whom had their seasons cut short the previous year. Young studs on the […]
WheAccess calls upon Wheaton College students for support of the club’s mission to improve accessibility across campus. The club is currently working with the campus administration to improve the many flaws in the infrastructure of the college. According to the accessibility coordinator on campus, Autumn Grant, Wheaton College follows regulations put in place by the […]
On Feb. 28, at 5:30 p.m., the second annual faculty speaker series continued with Dr. Touba Ghadessi’s talk in the Mary Lyon Holman Room. Ghadessi, an associate professor of art history and associate provost for academic administration and faculty affairs here at Wheaton, spoke about her new book, “Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance.” […]
As an affiliate of Planned Parenthood’s Generation Action program, The Feminist Association of Wheaton (FAW) has been given a Campus Campaign Grant this year to enact change in the name of Reproductive Justice at Wheaton. Initially, FAW was asked by Planned Parenthood to brainstorm areas for improvement on campus. Through this process and conversations with […]
This semester, there have been some changes in the student government representatives. There are three new senators: Joe Perez ’20, Christopher Orndoff ’21 and Emily Dionne ’21. James Clancy ’20, the vice education council chair, has moved up to the education council chair. Mateo Espinosa ’19, a former senator-at-large, is now the vice president and […]
Jan. 27, marked the beginning of a crucial period of time in the men’s lacrosse program at Wheaton College. It was the start of preseason. Over the course of this three-week stretch, head coach Kyle Hart, in his fourth year of coaching the Lyons, must systematically integrate, develop, and prepare his squad for the physically […]
The Wallace Library, like many other buildings on campus, has undergone changes this semester. The Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning (CCTL), located in the library where the microfiche room used to be on the periodicals level, recently held its official inauguration event in Emerson dining. The CCTL has three main co-directors: M. […]
In April, the students will be presenting a series of flash talks from independent research based in the classics department. The first set in the series of talks debuted Feb. 11, in the Holman Room of Mary Lyon for Wheaton’s inaugural Ancient Colloquium. The colloquium’s debut was titled Gods and Mortals: Then and Now, and […]