Bill FisherIn this video, travel writer, editor, and radio host Pauline Frommer '88 talks about growing up in the travel industry, and reveals how her Wesleyan education changed her mind about her career. Frommer majored in intellectual history at Wesleyan. "I thought I was going to be a theater major, and then I started taking a lot of history and philosophy classes and they blew my mind." Watch this video and many more on the Video @ Wesleyan website. [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://youtu.be/5i0KNtIZFcA[/youtube]
Back on campus for Reunion & Commencement weekend in May, in this video, alumni of class years from 1953 to 2008 share stories of how Wesleyan shaped their lives. [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://youtu.be/E18u2RBSKEc[/youtube]
A crowd of more than 160 Wesleyan alumni, parents and friends gathered June 19 at the Knight Conference Center of the Newseum in Washington, DC, to "Talk Politics" with three high-profile Wes alums. The event, a fundraiser for financial aid, featured a lively discussion among Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper '74, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin '79 and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet '87, who all credited Wesleyan's interdisciplinary programs and spirit of inquiry for their political success. The fundraiser was part of a series in the $400 million THIS IS WHY campaign to support the university's endowment. All proceeds from ticket sales—100…
Lauren RubensteinHappier is a place to "celebrate and share the small moments of happiness in life"
Nandita Vijayaraghavan '13 is a government and East Asian studies major with a love of music. In this video, Vijayaraghavan describes why she chose to come to Wesleyan from her hometown of Chennai, India. She applauds Wesleyan's open curriculum. [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ZlDPfvodA[/youtube]
At a special Reunion & Commencement appearance with all ticket sales going to financial aid, Amanda Palmer '98 played the piano and the ukulele and joyfully performed a set of her inimitable songs on the stage in Crowell Concert Hall on May 24. Her husband, Neil Gaiman, winner of writing honors from the Newbery Medal to the Hugo Award to the Will Eisner Comic Award, read from his work and joined Palmer in fielding questions from a rapt audience of alumni, parents and students. [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://youtu.be/v8GwhGkZauI[/youtube] More information about Wesleyan's THIS IS WHY campaign and upcoming events can be…
Running legends Amby Burfoot '68, Bill Rodgers '70 return to campus for race
Class secretary Lloyd Buzzell '68 reflects on lessons learned from his recent 45th Wesleyan reunion
Miranda '02, Kail '99 wrote the closing wrap-up rap together during the telecast
Wesleyan alumni reunited with classmates, attended WESeminars, toured campus, visited with former professors, and congratulated the Class of 2013 during Reunion & Commencement Weekend May 23-26. On May 26,Wesleyan awarded 785 bachelor degrees; 30 master of arts degrees; 30 master of arts in liberal studies degrees; and 21 doctor of philosophy degrees: [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://youtu.be/cMrnr00WF5c[/youtube] Award-winning writer, director, and producer Joss Whedon '87 delivered the Commencement Address during the 181st Commencement Ceremony: [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://youtu.be/Wn866ryQ5RY[/youtube]
Chanoff '94, founder of group that resettles African refugees in danger, discusses Sudan's "Lost Boys"
In this video, Wesleyan President Michael Roth speaks with Judith Butler, the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, at the Center for Humanities on Feb. 13. Their conversation ranges from Butler's earliest philosophical influences to her pioneering book, Gender Trouble, and her current work on desire and recognition. Butler taught at Wesleyan in the 1980s. #THISISWHY [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf4px4KyqbY[/youtube]