Category: News
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Fifth Annual WheaTalk Captivates Audience
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…
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Baauer will headline Spring Weekend 2016
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….
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Wheaton Words gives emotionally captivating performance
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…
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Candidates Running for SGA Elections Highlight New Initiatives
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…
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Study Finds that Privilege Affects Self-Understanding and Identity
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…
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Jamie Washington talks on Leadership and Diversity
Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington visited Wheaton to talk about Leadership and Diversity in the 21st Century. The lively and engaging discussion took place the evening of March 22 in a packed Hindle auditorium. President Dennis Hanno touted the event as incredibly important and the speaker as immensely qualified. As Hanno pointed out in a campus-wide…
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Multicultural Showcase Entertains and Educates
Balfour Hood was filled with the sound of Bollywood music as community members ate fried plantain, Nigerian rice, general Tso’s chicken and drank mango lassi. This was the lively atmosphere at Wheaton’s first ever Multicultural Showcase, held on the evening of March 4. Marielle Thete ’16, with help from other student groups, organized the event…
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New Plays Festival showcases student collaboration at its best
Wheaton’s 14th annual New Plays Festival began on February 27 at 1 p.m. with shows performed periodically throughout the weekend. The festival showcases long plays written by students in Professor of English Charlotte Meehan’s Advanced Playwriting class. These plays are then performed by students in the Theatre Department. Meehan first started the New Plays Festival…
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First MLK Legacy Award Recognizes Promotion of Inclusion and Diversity on Campus
Martin Luther King (MLK), Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday of January- usually when Wheaton College is on winter break. Last year, former Black Student Association (BSA) President Ezeanne Fonge ’16 along with other members spoke with President Dennis Hanno about organizing Wheaton’s first ever MLK Legacy Celebrations. This event was realized on…
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Second Group of Bhutanese Students Visit Wheaton
For the second year now, Wheaton has hosted a group of Bhutanese students and staff members from Royal Thimphu College (RTC). Four students and two staff members visited Wheaton from February 8 to the 21. Through our partnership with RTC, 10 groups of Wheaton students have had the chance to participate in the semester abroad…