Olivia DrakeAbove, Midge Bennet chats with men's basketball coach Gerry McDowell during the Winter Athlete Reception April 13 in the Freeman Athletic Center. At right, President Doug Bennet speaks to winter athletes during the reception. Below, wrestling coach Drew Black, pictured on left, shakes hands with John Biddiscomb, director of Athletics. Posted 04/17/06 President Doug Bennet, Midge Bennet and John Biddiscombe, director of Athletics and chair of Physical Education, honored winter athletes at a reception in the Freeman Athletic Center's Bridge Lobby April 13. The positive spirit and enthusiasm of the teams seemed very strong this winter, President Bennet said.…
Steven Jacaruso, art director, designs the look and feel for Wesleyan magazine. Posted 04/17/06 Q: When did you come to Wesleyan?A: I was hired in July 1998 as the assistant art director. Later on I became the associate director, and then the art director in 2000 for the Office of University Communications.Q: How did you become interested in graphic design?A: When I was a kid, I was always into drawing and I was intrigued by logos and full-page movie ads in the New York Times. Ive always had my eye on the visual aspect of things. Back then, graphic…
Greg Pyke, senior dean of admission, stands outside the Office of Admission. Posted 04/17/06 Every year, the Office of Admission begins with a prospective student pool of over 30,000 and mails information to another 88,000 based on PSAT and ACT scores and grades. Of these, about 7,000 apply, and after review, this number is whittled down to less than 2,000. Of this amount, ultimately, 720 of the applicants will become Wesleyans newest freshman class. As a senior associate dean of admission, Greg Pyke reviews hundreds of these applications, and he meets almost as many potential applicants each year. Hes…
Jen Shea, head softball coach, assistant field hockey coach, teaches swimming as an adjunct professor of athletics. Posted 04/17/06 Q: At what age did you first pick up a bat and ball, and where was this?A: I grew up in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Hatfield is a small town of 3,500 people with a strong athletic tradition. When I was in elementary school, the high schools varsity softball team won back-to-back state titles and that is when I really became interested in the sport. I started off playing T-ball when I was in first grade and then graduated to slow-pitch softball when…
Rebecca Gordon 06 and her thesis advisor, John Seamon, professor of psychology, professor of neuroscience and behavior, pose with brain scans used in a recent study. Posted 04/17/06 For psychology major Rebecca Gordon 06, developing a research project idea was practically a no-brainer. Well, except for the fact that she had to study brains. By examining functional magnetic resonance images, known as fMRIs, Rebecca Gordon 06 was able to see how the brain reacted on a cognitive and emotional level with healthy subjects and subjects diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her study The Mere Exposure Effect and Schizophrenia: An fMRI Study was…
Pictured at top, Wesleyan students and staff walk down a street in Istanbul on their way to the mosque during a trip to Turkey and Israel March 12-23. Pictured at right, the group takes a break in the Teldan Nature Preserve in Golan Heights, Israel with their tour guide. The Wesleyan students are Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Avi Smith, Phil Zegelbone, Jamal Ahmed, Mike Figura, Kulsoom Hasan, Maggie Mitchell, Tussy Alam, Rachel Berkowitz, Aaron Tabek, Jessica Eber and Joel Bhuiyan. Wesleyan Rabbi David Leipziger Teva and Abdullah Antepli, pictured in center in purple and black shirts, coordinated the overseas trip. Posted 04/17/06…
Gary Yohe, the John E. Andrus Professor of Economics, suggests that the government place a growing tax on the cost of carbon during a hearing March 30 in Washington D.C. Posted 04/17/06 When Gary Yohe, the John E. Andrus Professor of Economics, received a call from Senator Joseph R. Biden's office to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., he didn't hesitate. In fact, he hurried. Yohe, who was the sole expert, recommended by both the Environmental Defense Fund and Pew Center on Global Climate Change to Senator Biden's office, had only a few days…
Roslyn Carrier-Brault, administrative assistant for the Chemistry Department, also works as a digital photography instructor at Green Street Arts Center. Posted 04/01/06 Q: What keeps you busy in the Chemistry Department?A: I never have two days that are the same and I enjoy the variety of my work. I work directly with the professors and students, and I have many skills and abilities that aid me to be flexible and detail oriented to whatever tasks comes my way. I work a lot with my computers and keep in touch with all that happens here at Wesleyan University through emails…
Cem Duruoz, private lessons teacher, just released his third CD, Desde El Alma Tango Classics." The Turkey native performs internationally. (Photo contributed by Steve Savage) Posted 04/01/06 Q: Cem, how long have you been a private lessons teacher of guitar for Wesleyans Music Department? A: I started to teach at Wesleyan in September 2003 right after finishing my advanced studies at The Juilliard School.Q: How many student guitarists do you teach at Wesleyan? A: I have about 10-12 students each semester. I am trying to increase the number of students, especially by encouraging good players to come to…
At right, Jessica French Smith 09, paints a mural with students from Nagarote, Nicaragua. She was one of more than 100 Wesleyan students who volunteered their spring break time to help others around the nation and world. Posted 04/01/06 Jane Maxson 06 spent her spring break on the gulf coast; however she wasnt sporting a sun hat and flip-flops on the beach. Equipped with a hammer, nails and tool belt, Maxson spent her time-off school volunteering for hurricane relief efforts. Maxon was one of over 100 Wesleyan students and faculty volunteering world-wide during break.Helping the Hurricane Victims Maxon and 50…
Walter Curry, head track and field coach, says he loves to make a difference in his student-athletes' lives. Posted 04/01/06 Q: When did you become the head mens and womens track coach?A: I started coaching at Wesleyan in December of 2002.Q: You are a U.S.A. Track and Field Level II certified coach in sprints, hurdles and jumps. At Wesleyan are these what you specialize in?A: My first three seasons with the team I coached just the sprints, long, triple and high jumps. I was lucky enough to have a really good part-time hurdle coach and a very good parttime…
Beth Labriola, associate registrar, is responsible for daily office operations, the drop/add system, the grade entry system, transfer credit articulation and the diploma process. Posted 04/01/06 After 14 years working in the Office of the Registrar and Office of Graduate Student Services, Beth Labriola says every day at Wesleyan is just as exciting. Im constantly being challenged, and because of these challenges, I have really been able to grow, she says from her office in North College. Theres always something new going on here. Labriola, associate registrar, came to the university in 1992 as an administrative assistant in the…