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David LowVisiting instructor in film studies Sam Wasson ’03 conducted a fascinating Q&A about Blake Edwards’ classic American film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which was shown on Sept. 28 at the Goldsmith Family Cinema as part of the ongoing Adaptation Series, a collaboration between the Friends of the Wesleyan Library and the Center for Film Studies which examines the translation of literary works to the screen. Wasson is the author of The New York Times best seller Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Dawn of the American Woman, the first complete account of the making of the beloved movie…
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The Office of Public Safety announces two promotions and a new hire. Tony Bostick, formerly a captain, was promoted to associate director of Public Safety on Oct. 1. Bostick has 21 years of service at Wesleyan. He's worked as an officer, supervisor, investigator and as a patrol captain for the past five years. In his new role, Bostick will continue to direct the patrol division and will also oversee investigations, assist with budget management, and maintain relationship with outside agencies. "I like the campus environment - the students, the administrators," Bostic says. "I enjoy working to keep everyone comfortable and secure,…
Q: Gianya, what is your class year and major? A: I am class of 2014 and I am most likely majoring in psychology. Q: What is your favorite class this semester? A: My favorite class this semester is social psychology because of the professor, Scott Plous. And of course, as a psychology major, I love anything psych related. Professor Plous uses examples that we deal with in everyday life to help us understand different studies that were done in the ’50s and ’60s. One specific example that he used was advertisements in magazines to demonstrate a concept called "the Pygmalion effect,"…
Cheryl-Ann Hagner, formerly director of university events and scheduling, became the director of graduate student services on Sept. 12. Hagner came to Wesleyan in 2001, and has served as director of events and scheduling since 2006. Over the past five years, Hagner and her team have played a critical role in implementing the online Event Management System (EMS), which now serves as the central scheduling software for spaces and events across campus. Hagner has led the effort to streamline the room scheduling process during a time when event bookings at Wesleyan have more than doubled to more than 18,000 events per…
James McGuire's recent book Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2010) was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010 and won the 2011 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research. McGuire is professor and chair in the Department of Government and a member of the Latin American Studies Program at Wesleyan. The Stein Rokkan Prize is awarded annually by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), and the University of Bergen (Norway), in memory of Professor Stein Rokkan, who was an eminent social scientist at the…
Bill HolderJohn Gudvangen, Wesleyan's new director of financial aid, is featured in the Sept. 28 Chronicle of Higher Education's "Newly Minted" section. Despite being apart from his family (in Colorado) Mr. Gudvangen is excited to begin his new adventure in Connecticut. “I knew all along that I was taking a leap to leave my very great life and move off to someplace 1,900 miles away,” he says in the article, “but for me and my family, even though we’re apart, it’s a great life event.” After being on one campus for more than 20 years, Gudvangen is eager to get to…
Richard Grossman, professor of economics, served as program chair of the annual meetings of the Economic History Association Sept. 9-11 in Boston, Mass. Grossman was responsible for coordinating the work of the four member selection panel in choosing 45 papers. He also organized these into 15 sessions, selected and recruited discussants, session chairs, plenary speakers and graduate student poster presenters. More information of the annual meeting is online here.