Olivia DrakePosted 09/17/07 Though music by singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie still influences American songwriters to this day, a Wesleyan Ph.D candidate in ethnomusicology is hoping to draw attention to the influence of Guthries tunes and ideas world-wide. On Sept. 28, Jorge Arévalo Mateus, left, will present "Global Woody," a public program that focuses on Woody Guthrie's enduring musical and cultural legacy as it spreads internationally. Arévalo Mateus is curator of the Woody Guthrie Archives in New York, N.Y. Guthries American folk songs have long had the capacity to resonate with audiences beyond the U.S., however his international re-emergence seems to have taken…
Gail Winter, assistant director of International Studies, says between 45 and 50 percent of Wesleyan students spend at least one semester studying abroad. Posted 09/06/07 Q: Gail, how many years have you worked at Wesleyan?A: It will be 14 years in November. I started working at Wesleyan as a long-term temporary administrative assistant in 1993, first in Academic Affairs and then in the Office of International Studies. I became the permanent OIS administrative assistant in October 1994 and was promoted to assistant director in 1999.Q: What is the main purpose of the Office of International Studies?A: Our primary work…
Pictured in center, Vicky Zwelling, associate director of the Career Resource Center, talks with CRC peer career advisors Anthony Christiano 10 and Chenelle Tanglao 08 in the CRC library in Butterfield Unit A. Posted 09/06/07 Q: Vicky, what brought you to Wesleyan?A: I have spent nearly my whole adult life working at Wesleyan to which Im clearly devoted. I came to the area in 1967 with my first husband who was offered a position on the faculty at Wesleyan. However, I did not start working at Wesleyan until I was hired as a part-time librarian for the Career Resource…
Kate Ten Eyck, art studio technician for the Center for the Arts, teaches students how to properly use mechanical equipment. Posted 09/06/07 Early in life, Kate Ten Eyck developed a knack for understanding how things work. As a teen, she learned to fix cars, reconstructed a sewing machine and enthusiastically studied human anatomy. While she went on to pursue a career in the arts, she never lost her natural curiosity for mechanics. In the Center for the Arts and the Art and Art History Department, where she has worked since 2000, Ten Eyck meshes her passions for art, teaching…
President Michael Roth has begun an online weblog, or blog, for the Wesleyan community. Posted 09/06/07 Wesleyans new president has barely settled into his office and home, but has already started something will further engage him with the Wesleyan community. President Michael Roth has begun a blog. Titled Roth on Wesleyan, the blog will be updated periodically with Roths views on Wesleyan and related topics. He also welcomes comments from readers. The blog can be found at: http://www.roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu.
Posted 09/06/07 Nine Connecticut mathematics teachers were named PIMMS Fellows on July 11 following 15 months of study directed through the PIMMS (Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science) Mathematics Leadership Academy (MLA) and a summer intensive program in 2007. This group the first to earn the distinction since 2001 will join more than 650 others awarded the title since the inaugural Vanguard Mathematics and Science Fellows of 1984. The MLA project, directed by PIMMS in partnership with the Hamden and Ansonia Public schools, was initiated in Spring 2006, with training provided during the summer and throughout…
Posted 09/06/07 Adriana Cohen Rostoker 08 always had a curiosity about how the body works. This summer, she had the opportunity to get a closer look as she worked with physicians and researchers on a rare type of cancer syndrome. As a 2007 Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Junior Research Fellow, Cohen Rostoker was awarded a $4,000 grant from the American Cancer Societys New England Division to complete a 10-week fellowship. She applied for the fellowship last year, seeking an opportunity to learn more about the molecular basis and function of cells. I have always been…
FIELD TRIPS: Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, the Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Emeritus, took students enrolled in his Graduate Liberal Studies Program SCIE 641 Earth Resources course to the Old New Gate prison and copper mine in East Granby, Conn. July 12. Here, he points out copper sulfate in the mine ground's walls. Students walk near a malachite mineral-rich rock, inside the former copper mine, which opened in the early 1700s and later became Connecticut's first prison in 1773. De Boer uses a particle detecting instrument to locate uranium in the copper mine. His summer class studied the…
Stephanie Elliott, Wesleyan University Press publicist, is an avid Wesleyan Adult Fitness Program participant. She is currently training to run a half-marathon Oct. 13 in Hartford to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Posted 08/07/07 Q: Stephanie, when did you start working at Wesleyan University Press? A: December of 2003. Q: What is the mission of WesPress? A: To have a vigorous publishing program in the fields of poetry, dance criticism, ethnomusicology, scholarly science fiction, film studies, and Connecticut history. Our books are grounded in good scholarship, and have a variety of audiences, including scholars, undergraduates, and the interested…
Cynthia Matthew, visiting scholar in psychology, and Steven Stemler, assistant professor of psychology, are developing tools which may identify creative and effective leaders. Posted 08/07/07 The U.S. Army is looking for a few creative leaders, and two Wesleyan researches are helping in the search. Steven Stemler, assistant professor of psychology, and Cynthia Matthew, visiting scholar in psychology, are creating a basic psychological research tool that will help the Army Research Institute (ARI) to identify individuals who possess mental flexibility, a trait which Army officials believe is important to more creative and effective leadership. It might seem odd that an organization…
Pin-Fang Chen '09 examines an eukaryote at a magnification of 12,000 times using Wesleyan's new Transmission Electron Microscope. Wesleyan acquired two new high-tech microscopes. Wesleyans Advanced Instrumentation Center has scoped out better way to conduct infinitesimal scientific research. In the past six months, the center has acquired a new, state-of-the art scanning electron microscope (SEM) for 3-D imaging, and a transmission electron microscope for 2-D sample images. These microscopes are used by faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. These microscopes are allowing Wesleyan scientists to conduct research at levels never done before, says Joe Bruno, vice president for Academic Affairs and…
Participants from the 14th Annual Wesleyan Open Golf Tournament donated $1,200 to the North End Action Team July 25. Pictured, from left, are Frank Kuan, Lou Onofrio, David Meyer, Lydia Brewster of NEAT and Sean Higgins. Posted 08/07/07 Eighty-three Wesleyan staff, faculty and friends took a swing at the game of golf recently, while helping out their local community. Participants in the 14th Annual Wesleyan Open raised $1,200 at the event and donated their earnings to the North End Action Team (NEAT). NEAT is a neighborhood organization created to develop grassroots leadership in the north end of Middletown and provide…