Category: News

The story “Martha Speaks” is a beloved children’s book about a dog that eats alphabet soup and then gains the ability to talk. On Wednesday April 9, Wheaton was lucky enough to have the brains behind the idea, Susan Meddaugh ’66, come and share her story. A Wheaton alum, Meddaugh majored in French, but was […]

Wheaton’s community has been one that emphazies respect and appreciation of one and other. That being said, in the weeks before spring break, the Chalk boards in Balfour hood café and the science center café have been defaced. Students work tirelessly for 5 hours a week to complete these masterpieces that are not only beautiful […]

For some it can be intimidating thinking about what life will be like after college. On Tuesday April 8, the Wheaton Institute for the Interdisciplinary Humanities and the Film and New Media Studies program co-sponsored LEAPS (Liberal Education and Professional Success) which brought several alumni back to Wheaton to talk about their involvement in film […]

Ten presenters and ten ideas drew an at-capacity crowd to Hindle Auditorium on Thursday, April 3. WheaTalks was based off of the concept of TEDTalks, brief presentations by speakers from a variety of fields on “ideas worth spreading.” Wheaton’s chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, a policy think tank with participating colleges nationwide,  organized the event, […]

As a part of the Violence Against Women Symposium, students in the class  Alexandra Natale ‘16 and Kate Gannon ‘16 hosted the first in a series of two talks about Wheaton’s sexual assault and misconduct policy on Monday night in Meneely 102. 14 women attended the discussion. Much of the discussion consisted of the participants […]

The Public Safety Log from 4/7/2014 through 4/14/2014, courtesy of Charles Furgal, Director of Public Safety, can be found here: 04.07_04.14.14

On Thursday April 11 at 8 p.m. in the Cole Memorial Chapel, the Feminist Association of Wheaton (FAW) and Latin Students Association of Wheaton (LSA) hosted the group Sister Outsider, consisting of the current two top slam poets in the world, Denise Frohman and Dominique Christina. Before the performance, the poets hosted a workshop at 6 […]

On April 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the Mary Lyon room, Round 2 of SGA speeches began. First to speak were those running for SGA Senate and began with freshman Kweku Ampem-Darko, running for Senator at Large. In his time here, Ampem-Darko says that he has “grown as an individual and as a member of […]

The Public Safety Log from 3/31/2014 through 4/7/2014, courtesy of Charles Furgal, Director of Public Safety, can be found here: 03.31_04.07.14

How long have humans been around on Earth? We set up camp on this planet a while ago, and we’ve evolved and grown alongside all kinds of critters and wildlife. But no matter how long we’ve been around, we still keep discovering new species that were somehow overlooked. And the most recent one is a […]