Lauren RubensteinIn September, Wesleyan President Michael Roth will be a speaker at the Social Good Summit, to be held at the 92 Street Y in New York, Sept. 22-24. Fifty-five of today’s global leaders in new media, technology, nonprofits, international affairs and numerous other areas will explore “the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges.” The summit will be live streamed at new.livestream.com/mashable. It will also be shown in the Usdan University Center video lounge, for those on campus. At the conference, Roth will formally introduce a new massive open online course (MOOC) on the Coursera platform…
Olivia DrakeChair of the Russian Language and Literature Department Priscilla Meyer and her daughter, Rachel Trousdale, an associate professor at Agnes Scott College, co-authored a paper. The paper, “Vladimir Nabokov and Virginia Woolf,” will appear in the coming issue of Comparative Literature Studies. A Penn State Press publication, Comparative Literature Studies “publishes comparative articles in literature and culture, critical theory, and cultural and literary relations within and beyond the Western tradition.” Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-born novelist, most known for his book, Lolita (1955). He also founded Wellesley College's Russian Department and was a distinguished entomologist. In July, Meyer and Trousdale presented two sections of…
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]
Gina Athena Ulysse, associate professor of anthropology, associate professor of African America studies, wrote an article, "Presumed Innocent: On Bill Traylor's Verve," which appeared on the website Anthropology Now. Ulysse reflects on an exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum by Bill Traylor, a former slave who began drawing at the age of 85, and produced his entire body of work in three years.
David LowLiz Garcia ’99 is the director, screenwriter, and co-producer of The Lifeguard (Focus World and Screen Media), in which a young woman (Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars) nearing 30 quits her Associated Press reporting job in New York and returns to her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and has an affair with a troubled teenager (David Lambert), the son of a co-worker. The film’s also stars Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr, Alex Shaffer, Adam LeFevre and Joshua Harto, who also is a co-producer (and Garcia’s husband). The Lifeguard premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last January and…
Anya Morgan is a member of the Class of 2014. Q: Anya, happy senior year to you! What are you majoring in, and why did you decide on these majors? A: Thank you! I'm majoring in English and French. I think I always knew I was going to be an English major, since my mom is an English teacher and raised me on books – it's in my blood. I've also got some serious French Canadian roots on both sides of my family, so I'm able to practice speaking French with my grandparents. I guess both majors were predetermined! Q:…
On Aug. 25, Wesleyan welcomed 92 international students to campus. Of these, 71 are foreign nationals and 21 are U.S. citizens living abroad. International students represent about 13 percent of the entire Class of 2017. Students come from more than 50 countries around the world including Portugal, Macedonia, Singapore, Jamaica, Bosnia, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, Argentina, Spain, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Nepal, Iran, Kuwait, Mongolia and others. International Student Orientation began Aug. 25 when orientation leaders helped move the new students into their residence halls. International students received a campus tour, a welcome dinner, shopping trips and multiple educational programs sessions that…
Natalie Robichaud ’14Graduate Liberal Studies hosted its annual networking celebration Aug. 8 in the Center for Film Studies. The event provided an opportunity for prospective and current students to network with GLS alumni, faculty and with one another. Attendees also toured the Nicita Gallery, which is currently featuring an exhibit on award-winning writer, director and producer Joss Whedon '87. For more information on Wesleyan's Graduate Liberal Studies, see this website. Photos of the reception are below:
Flowers bloom on Wesleyan's campus Aug. 12. These photos were taken at the West College Courtyard, Usdan University Center and behind College Row. (Photos by Olivia Drake) (more…)
While students are away, there's no time for play, if you're on the Physical Plant – Facilities staff. "The day students move out of their campus residences, we get to work," said Roseann Sillasen, associate director and project manager for Physical Plant - Facilities. "We get as many projects done as possible while students and faculty are away for the summer." Summer projects began early with replacement of the 22-year-old Andersen track at the Freeman Athletic Center. The project included an installation of a new synthetic turf field for inclement-weather games and practice field, taking pressure off the grass practice fields…
Kate CarlisleWhether you’re a serious student of Joss Whedon’s oeuvre or your inner geek has just really, really wanted to see Buffy’s scythe close up, an exhibit on view in the Cinema Archives’ Nicita Gallery should satisfy every fan of the prolific ’87 Wes alumnus. “Joss Whedon: From Buffy to the Bard” is an intimate and charming retrospective of Whedon’s career, starting with a picture of Whedon shooting a student film at Wesleyan, continuing through souvenirs of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and winding up with a poster from his latest film, "Much Ado About Nothing," which he previewed during Reunion &…