Category: News
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Wheaton women’s soccer takes their talents to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Over Spring Break, Wheaton Women’s Soccer took a trip to Buenos Aires to play some of the top teams in the Argentine Women’s Soccer League. This was the first time that the Wheaton Women’s Soccer program had traveled to South America. The last two trips were to Europe, Spain and Portugal respectively. All of these…
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Becca Rozenzweig ’19 Wins Project For Peace
Projects for Peace, a foundation established by Kathyrn Wasserman Davis, is intended to encourage students to create plans for upholding peace and provides winners with $10,000 to implement a plan of their own design. This year, Becca Rosenzweig ’19 won the grant for her plan to teach vocational skills to villagers living on the border…
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Renowned journalist Rami George Khouri is keynote speaker at Middle East Week
Wheaton’s Middle East Club organized a five-day long Middle East Week from Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8. Other Wheaton institutions, including the Educational Council, the Intercultural Board, the Speaker Fund, the Senate Fund, the Venture Fund, the Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning, the Political Science Department, the Center for Global Education, the…
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DOJ meets with students to review Wheaton’s sexual assault policies
The Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted a compliance review of Wheaton’s response to sexual assault and harassment under Title IX. On April 5 and 6, the DOJ representatives held confidential meetings in the Merrill Room at the Wallace Library for students who wanted to talk about their experiences with Wheaton’s training, policies, procedures and resources…
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Wheaton’s production of ‘The Servant of Two Masters’ is a treat to behold
The light– literally and figuratively– never dims at Wheaton’s interdisciplinary production of The Servant of Two Masters. Every performance is different, as actors use audience participation to improvise on a plot that already features estranged lovers, impersonation of a dead brother and a foiled double suicide. A kick-off to the 25th academic festival, The Servant…
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Javon Mullings ‘16 Wins Watson Fellowship
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…
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Festival Challenges Students to Write Ten-Minute Play in 48 Hours
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…
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Shared Inspirations Concert Finds Connections Between Music and Art
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…
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Campus Wide Empowerment Drive Raises Money and Necessities for Local Women’s Shelters
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…
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Wheaton Community Members Hand-deliver 75 Acceptance Letters Across New England
“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….