Bill HolderAt 10:00 pm last night we were able to restore power to the central core of the Wesleyan campus, including most classrooms and the residence halls.
We are working with local officials and our own engineers and are hopeful that power will be restored to the central campus area sometime this evening.
Officials from Connecticut Light and Power have informed us that Wesleyan won't have power or heat for at least 24 hours and perhaps longer. Therefore, we are canceling classes on Monday.
Wesleyan has received a $2 million challenge grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help endow the Center for the Humanities. The grant requires Wesleyan to raise an additional $4 million in endowment funds over the next four years. “This grant is a welcome acknowledgement of the Center’s leadership role in keeping humanities scholarship at the center of the most interesting trends in American intellectual life,” said Wesleyan President Michael Roth. “Scores of Humanities Centers across the country have adopted the Wesleyan model, and I am deeply grateful to the Mellon Foundation for affirming the importance of this work.”…
Stacey Close, a professor of history, philosophy and political science at Eastern Connecticut State University, will spend the current academic year at Wesleyan as an ACE Fellow. Sponsored by the American Council on Education, the program prepares fellows to serve American colleges and universities in leadership positions. “It's a pleasure to welcome Stacey Close to campus,” says President Michael S. Roth. “Wesleyan will surely benefit from the expertise he brings, and I hope he will fulfill his professional goals through his association with us.” Close has served as director of faculty development at Eastern’s Center for Educational Excellence and as…
John 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…
“Just Look at What You Did!” is the headline on a Nicholas Kristof column, letting readers know that his request that they commemorate Mother’s Day with donations led to a $135,000 gift to Shining Hope for Communities, a project in the Kibera slum of Kenya led by Kennedy Odede ’12 and Jessica Posner ’09. Kirstof writes: “So while in Kenya recently, I dropped by to see what was being done with your money. In the grim alleys of the Kibera slum in the capital of Nairobi, I found a dazzling girls’ school being built with some of those donations —…
Economics professor explains why building infrastructure is the best way to promote job growth in Connecticut.
Canadian dance critic Michael Crabb previews "Fallen Rain," a production by Artist in Residence Hari Krishnan that will be performed this weekend in Toronto.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof discusses Shining Hope for Communities, led by Kennedy Odede '12 and Jessica Posner '09.
"Head Count" a blog on the Chronicle of Higher Education website, is following Wesleyan's new director of financial aid as he settles into his job.
Timothy Shiner has been appointed the director of university events and scheduling. He will continue to maintain the New Student Orientation program. Shiner came to Wesleyan in 2006, initially as the director of student activities and leadership development. He quickly transformed the student activities office into an efficient and streamlined department that worked closely with the events and scheduling office. Recognizing his talent for organization, Shiner was asked to lead the New Student Orientation program in 2007. Elisa Del Valle will become the associate director of student activities and leadership development. Del Valle joined the student activities and leadership development team…