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Another Wheaton student will be heading off on a journey around the world in order to explore a field of interest with the help of the prestigious Watson Fellowship. Senior and Wheaton College Posse Scholar, Javon Mullings ‘16, will be spending one year studying youth robotics programs in different parts of the world. The Thomas […]
The bi-annual Ten-Minute Play Festival occurred during a two-hour performance period on March 29 in Watson Fine Arts. The plays this semester focused on secrets and lies while having strong political undertones. These ten-minute plays have been a primary event on campus since the festival was formed in 2002. The process of putting on these […]
The piano music of Amy Beach inspired by Native American Themes and French Impressionist music by Calude Debussy, Cécile Chaminade, Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc filled Mary Lyon Hall on March 29 as six student pianists and one vocalist held a concert in the Woolley Room. As the concert began, Shelby Forbes ’16 introduced the […]
For over a month, Wheaton organizations and houses – Peace House, Sexual Health Advocacy Group (S.H.A.G.), Emerson House and Renaissance House – have partnered to educate the campus community about domestic violence and raise money to support local women shelters in Providence, RI and and Attleboro, MA. Jessica Kruger ‘17, who initiated the Campus Wide […]
“When I got my admission letter, I was so happy and so excited- and I got that via my mail. Just imagine if somebody hand-delivers that to you,” said Ibrahim Nshimirimana ’19 a member of one of the 10 teams that delivered acceptance letters to 75 students in the class of 2020 on March 15. […]
The WheaTalks are based on the Sapling Foundation TedTalks: Ideas Worth Spreading. Participants at Wheaton were invited to speak about anything they wanted to over a ten minute period. The Roosevelt Institute’s fifth annual WheaTalks took place on March 28. “Roosevelt did a great job working with all of us who presented, making sure that […]
Dance and hip hop musician Baauer will headline Spring Weekend 2016. The musician, whose real name is Harry Bauer Rodrigues, released his debut album Aa on March 18. He will perform at Wheaton on April 16. You may know of him because of his single, “Harlem Shake,” that took the internet by storm in 2012. […]
Wheaton Words, a show that had energetic choreography and emotion-filled monologues, graced the Chapel this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The 4th annual production, titled “Convalescence,” was a showcase of talent, both performative and literary. Theatrical at times with both acting and interpretive choreography, each performance drew emotion from the very first, when senior Chris […]
Student Government Association (SGA) Elections saw the highest ever voter turnout with over 1 in 3 students voting to decide student body and respective class councils for the 2016-2017 academic year. Speeches took place in Balfour-Hood Café on March 2, while voting occurred during March 3 and 4 through The Link. The results of the […]
Students and faculty gathered in the Woolley Room of Mary Lyon Hall for a lecture on Negotiating Privilege and Identity. On March 3, Associate Professor of Education at Colby College Adam Howard and his Research Assistant Kelsey Cromie shared their research on how privilege affects identity in educational contexts. Published in 2014, ‘Negotiating Privilege and […]