Snapshots – Page 40

On July 30, Wesleyan's Summer Research Poster Session took place at Exley Science Center. More than 110 undergraduate research fellows from Math and Computer Sciences, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, the Quantitative Analysis Center, and Psychology presented research at the event. (Photos by Laurie Kenney) (more…)

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On Aug. 3, more than 20 Wesleyan employees helped erect a tent on Andrus Field that could be used as a medical facility in the event of an emergency situation. The inflatable tent, which measures 60 by 30 feet, is 1/5 of the complete Ottilie W. Lundgren Memorial Field Hospital owned by the State of Connecticut. If all sections of the tent were assembled, it would contain a 125-bed unit, an operating room, ambulatory care and triage areas. (more…)

This summer, almost 30 K-8 teachers from Middletown and Meriden are participating in the Intel Math Summer Course at the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center. The intensive 80-hour math content course is being co-taught by a mathematician and a math education specialist: Wesleyan's Cameron Hill, assistant professor of mathematics, and Shelley Jones from Central Connecticut State University. The course is part of Green Street's Math Institute, a program designed to get teachers excited about math, prepared for Common Core, equipped with a toolkit of activities to bring key math concepts into their classrooms through the arts, and more. “With…

The Wesleyan Upward Bound Math-Science Program is in full swing here on the Wesleyan campus. The year-round program, which serves low-income, first-generation and under-represented rising freshman through high school seniors, serves 90 to 100 students during the academic year and approximately 70 students during its six-week summer session. The program's director, Teshia Levy-Grant '00 was a first-generation student at Wesleyan. "I recognize the need,” she said. “I know what it’s like to try to navigate the education system, and I want to help these students succeed.” The grant-funded program relies on the support of volunteer tutors, many of whom are Wesleyan students.…

More than 185 Wesleyan students are employed in various campus departments over the summer. Of those, about 78 are work-study eligible. Students earn money that can be contributed to the cost of their education, while learning skills that will benefit them in the classroom and beyond. Employers benefit from students' skills, insight and enthusiasm. (more…)

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George Matthew Jr., who earned a Certificate of Advanced Study in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan in 1980, returned to campus on June 11 to play Wesleyan’s 24-bell carillon atop of South College. “Now I’ve played all 11 carillons in Connecticut,” he said.

Fifth graders from Snow Elementary School in Middletown toured Wesleyan’s astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics departments on June 8. (more…)

Students walk past them and through them during their years on campus. So how well do you know these iconic Wesleyan building entryways? Quiz yourself. Answers below! (more…)

Wesleyan's campus, June 4, 2015. (Photos by Olivia Drake) (more…)

Students Share Summer Research at Poster Session

Conference Focuses on Teaching Finance at Liberal Arts Colleges

Wesleyan C-CERT Builds Mobile Medical Facility on Andrus Field

GSTLC Math Course Provides Tools for Teachers

High School Students are Upward Bound at Wesleyan

Students Gain Skills, Help Departments While Working on Campus this Summer

Weaver MALS ’75, CAS ’76 Discusses Ways Science, Entertainment, Education Overlap

Carillonneur Extraordinaire Plays South College Bells

Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy Departments Teach Fifth Graders About Science

Wesleyan: Opening the Door(s) to Higher Education

Alumna’s Drawing On Display in Fayerweather

Quiet Campus on a Spring Day