Olivia DrakeAugust 6, 20089min
Jessica Carso, associate director and director of development for the Green Street Arts Center, says funds raised each year provide programming and scholarships for the center's students.   Posted 08/06/08 Q: Jessica, when did you begin your career at the Green Street Arts Center? A: I have been at Green Street for two years. I started in August of 2006 as the first director of development and marketing for the center.Q: You were recently promoted to the associate director and director of development. Please explain how your job has changed.A: As director of development and marketing, I acted as the…

Olivia DrakeAugust 6, 20083min
Wesleyan’s McNair, Hughes, Mellon Mays and graduate students attended an informational financial management workshop July 22.  Posted 08/06/08 Twenty-two students had the opportunity to learn about the do's and don'ts of personal finance during a financial management workshop July 22. The Financial Management for College and Graduate Students Program, sponsored by Wesleyan's Ronald E. McNair Program, featured guests from the Connecticut-based American Eagle Federal Credit Union. The credit union employees delivered presentations on budgeting, savings, auto financing, credit cards, banking practices and credit history. “The workshop gave students an opportunity to better understand how to mange their personal finances as…

Olivia DrakeAugust 6, 20084min
Posted 08/06/08 Katharina “Kay” Butterfield, wife of Wesleyan's 11th President Victor Butterfield, died July 7 in Maine. She was 101 years old. Victor and Kay Butterfield worked at Wesleyan from 1943 to 1967. Kay’s passing reminds the Wesleyan community of the profound and lasting contributions that her family has made to the university. “I’ve often heard how students and alumni would burst into song when they encountered Mrs. Butterfield, a woman whose devotion to and affection for Wesleyan continues to inspire,” says Wesleyan President Michael Roth. In 1982, Kay received the Baldwin Medal, the highest award of Wesleyan’s Alumni Association.…

Olivia DrakeAugust 6, 20086min
Posted 08/06/08 Every day, Linda Hurteau commutes 100 miles to and from Wesleyan, where she works an assistant in Olin Library. With skyrocketing gas prices and the need for oil changes every five weeks, the Mystic, Conn. resident knew she needed to find a transportation alternative. “With gas costing about $4.30 a gallon, it costs me roughly $260 a month or $3,100 a year to drive to work,” Hurteau says. “$3,100 could get me a week relaxing in the Caribbean each year instead of dodging bad drivers, accidents, and rocks along (Interstate) 95. I’ve already had to replace all four…

Olivia DrakeAugust 6, 20086min
Creating educational science projects, such as building a wood windmill (top) and using mirrors to teach math (right) were part of the Summer Energy Education Workshops, sponsored by Wesleyan’s Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science program. Connecticut teachers learned hands-on activities to use in their own classrooms. Posted 08/06/08 At 8:30 a.m., Rusty Gray wrapped an ice cube in thermal insulated foam, packaging together peanuts, bubble wrap, newspaper and aluminum foil, and placed the ice in a cooler. Six and a half hours later, Gray removed the insulating layers and learned her method was not an adequate way…

Olivia DrakeAugust 6, 20088min
Conor Veeneman '09 and Joel LaBella, facilities manager for the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, prepare to take a core sample of Block Island's Great Salt Pond. Sediment samples may reveal that Block Island was not formed by the conjunction of two smaller islands more than 6,000 years ago, which is the current belief. Posted 08/06/08 More than 2,500 years ago, Native Americans settled on an area of land located about 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island. They named the area “little island” or “little god place.” Much later, in 1614, it was charted by Dutch navigator Adrian…