Olivia DrakeSeptember 2, 20101min
The Class of 2014 moved in on Arrival Day 2010 Sept. 1. Below are videos and photos of the event: Wesleyan University Arrival Day highlights: [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ea8EY8H5dc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Rebecca Koppel '14: [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QKflwVdqIY&feature=channel[/youtube] Nathan Repasz '14: [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtJAz_MytfA&feature=channel[/youtube] Catherine Morita '14: [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_exwnOSp2lQ&feature=channel[/youtube] Isabelle Rode '14: [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GgfgAFPNKY&feature=channel[/youtube] An excerpt from the "Address to Families" by Wesleyan President Michael Roth is online here. (Photos by Olivia Drake and Cora Lautze '11) Read a Wesleyan Connection story about Arrival Day here. Check out photos and video of International Student Orientation here.

Olivia DrakeAugust 3, 20102min
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund sponsored a two-day workshop on solar energy generation and wind energy generation for Connecticut teachers July 15-16 in Usdan University Center. Wesleyan’s Project to Increase the Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS) taught the workshops. The teachers participated in a number of activities appropriate for use with middle and high school-level students. The solar energy workshop included lessons on measuring solar angles, solar radiation, convection heating, building a solar house and solar cooker and photovoltaics. The wind energy workshop included lessons on hurricane winds, measuring wind speeds, wind and windmill generation, blade design, generator and…