Category: News
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Men’s Lacrosse officially kicks off their 2015 season
The Wheaton Men’s Lacrosse team remains ambitious for the 2015 season after a disappointing 2014 campaign that ended with a 5-9 record. Several upperclassmen players have expressed how they believe that last year’s lowerclassmen will only learn, improve and build off of the results from the previous year. Room for improvement is an understatement to…
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Wheaton Softball opens season with Florida Games
Wheaton Softball is quickly approaching the annual Rebel Spring Games in Winter Haven and Kissimmee, Florida, where the team will open their 2015 season with 10 competitive games in just six days. The Lyons finished last year’s stretch at the Games with a 9-1 record and began there season on a tremendous high. They’ll look…
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Happening Hour presents a new way to network
On Wednesday, March 4, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Loft, Molly Galler ’06 will speak at a new event series called Happening Hour on the topic “Is There a Graduation Emoji?” The Alumnae/i Relations Office is hosting this appropriately named event, as its name is a play on the words “Happy Hour.” Food…
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Student listening sessions provide opportunity for input to strategic planning process
The Strategic Planning Task Force facilitated student listening sessions on Feb. 16, 19 and 23 in Hindle Auditorium. President Dennis Hanno created the task force in order to engage the entire Wheaton community in developing its five-year strategic plan. The task force is co-chaired by Professor of Mathematics Tommy Ratliff and includes two members from…
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Once again, Wheaton lands on list of top Fulbright schools
For the tenth year in a row, Wheaton College has ranked as one of the top universities for producing Fulbright scholars in United States. According to the Wheaton website, “The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. A candidate will submit a Statement of Grant…
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In heated SGA election, Hilton is victorious
In a heated three-way Student Government Association (SGA) Presidential race, Sarah Hilton ’16 emerged victorious last Thursday, overtaking candidates Michael Ratliff ’16 and Adam Kilduff ’16. According to current SGA Vice President Alicia Alvarez ’15, there was a “significant difference” between the first and third candidates, but the race between the top two contenders remained…
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Happening Hour – A New Way to Network
This Wednesday, March 4th from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Loft, Molly Galler ’06 will speak at the new event series Happening Hour on the topic ‘Is There a Graduation Emoji?’ The event—a play on the words ‘Happy Hour’— will be hosted by the Alumnae/i Relations Office. Food and drinks will be provided as…
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Pen pal program with area students hampered by lack of funds
The students of Wheaton College may soon have an opportunity to make a positive impact in the greater community. This impact will be implemented in the form of a program which will allow Wheaton students to become pen pals with low-performing high school students in the area, particularly in Norton. The program will culminate in…
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Wheaton to promote new standards of inclusion and diversity
Wheaton has recently made great changes regarding its approach to fostering diversity and tolerance throughout the college. The new initiative and council is called CID (the Council on Inclusion and Diversity) and will replace the old board of the PACIE (President’s Action Committee on Inclusion Excellence). Both President Dennis Hanno and Associate Dean Raquel Ramos…
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Provost announces make-up dates for canceled classes
On Feb. 17, Provost Linda Eisenmann stated via email that snowstorms had caused the college to cancel classes on two Mondays, a Tuesday and a Wednesday. She announced that a missed Monday would be rescheduled for afternoons of either Friday, March 20 or 27. Eisenmann wrote that since Wheaton does not have “built-in snow days…