Olivia DrakePosted 05/04/06 Professor of Chemistry Joseph Bruno will become Wesleyan's vice president for Academic Affairs, effective July 1. Bruno has served as dean of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics since 2003. Bruno will serve as chief academic officer for the university, responsible for attracting and retaining faculty and for supporting their research and teaching activities. In February, after Vice President for Academic Affairs Judith Brown announced her intention to step down, Wesleyan President Doug Bennet began extensive consultations with faculty on the characteristics to seek in her successor, as well as nominations. Bennet decided to seek a Wesleyan faculty member…
Posted 05/04/06 Wesleyan President Doug Bennet will conclude his presidency at the end of the 2006-07 academic year, he informed faculty, students and staff on May 4.Bennet, who became president in April 1995, led Wesleyan's historic $281 million capital campaign, expanded the size of the faculty, launched an ambitious campus building program, and shaped the universitys first comprehensive strategic plan. "Wesleyan is doing well, both institutionally and in its daily pursuit of excellence," Bennet said to members of the campus community gathered at the steps of North College. "The university is prepared well to engage new leadership, and the time…
Posted 05/01/06 Careers@Wesleyan, a new online career opportunity site, will replace the paper based employment process at Wesleyan. The Human Resources Department began using Careers@Wesleyan April 19 to help automate the employment process. Careers@Wesleyan provides online access to applicant information from any computer with an internet connection. The service will provide such enhancements as online review of the requisition approval process, capability to ask job specific prescreening questions to assist in developing a pool of qualified candidates, and online storage of applicant files to support a paperless process. Job applicants will be able to view each position…
ARTISTS' STATEMENT: The Senior Thesis Exhibition is on display in the Center for the Arts Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery March 28-April 30. Pictured is the exhibition's opening March 28. Raphael Griswold 06 left, talks to another student about his scrolling artwork. The public is invited to come view the talents of the seniors in the Studio Art Program of the Department of Art and Art History. The exhibition is open noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and admission is free. Two students get a good look at the artwork. (Photos by Kara Brodgesell '07)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Above, 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.…
All alumni of color are invited to a reunion April 21-23 on campus. The reunion will coincide with WesFest so alumni have the opportunity to mingle with prospective students. Posted 04/17/06 Wesleyan's alumni of color will have the opportunity to reconnect with each other and meet the newest generation of students of color during a reunion on campus on April 21-23. "We Are Family: Wesleyan through the Years" will allow fellow alumni of color to reminisce about five decades of Wesleyan's distinctive history. It will also provide an insider's glimpse of Wesleyan today and all of the renovations, enhancements and…