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Inauguration guests speak informally with students

For Wheaton College students, the plethora of special guests at the inauguration of President Dennis M. Hanno on Friday meant the opportunity to speak and engage with leaders and experts from around the world. At two special events taking place after the inauguration ceremony and luncheon, students got the chance to hear more from two […]

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Poster session showcases wide variety of student service and research, helps launch #WheatonCares

Late last month, Provost Linda Eisenmann put out a call for poster proposals showcasing student internships, service projects and research that fall under the theme of “changing lives, strengthening communities.” The plan was for the posters to be displayed at the luncheon after Dennis Hanno’s inauguration as Wheaton College’s eighth president. Come Saturday morning, those […]

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Wheaton welcomes eighth president

In a small ceremony in a chapel filled with sunlight, Dennis M. Hanno was inaugurated as Wheaton College’s eighth president on October 17. His inaugural address encouraged students to build up the Wheaton community by engaging in innovative public service, a call to “more strongly link learning and doing.” The title of the address was […]

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Patrick Crane ’14 continues with lacrosse overseas

If you mention his name to anyone on the campus of Wheaton College, you are bound to provoke an interesting response. He is the charismatic, passionate, and red-haired, Patrick Crane ’14. A double major in Psychology and Anthropology during his time at Wheaton, Crane was a driven student-athlete who devoted plenty of his time to the […]

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Sophomore Symposium, now in two parts, helps ease transition to the second year

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 […]

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In Hong Kong, students lead reform push

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 […]

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Business lecture series kicks off with first guest

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 […]

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Newest Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellows enhance teaching bona fides

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 […]

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Public Safety Log Sept. 21 through Sept. 28

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Off-field issues plague NFL season

A few weeks into what has been an entertaining NFL season, the focus hasn’t been on the games. Instead a maelstrom of controversy has made its way around the league all the way up to the commissioner’s office. In particular, the domestic violence incidents associated with star running backs Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson have caused […]