David PesciA beloved member of our community has been brutally murdered. Our deepest sympathies and condolences go out to the family and friends of Johanna Justin-Jinich. This is a tragic time for them, and for all of us in the Wesleyan community. We are all deeply saddened and shocked by this event. We are working closely with the Middletown Police. Since the suspect in yesterday’s fatal shooting has not been apprehended, Wesleyan has instructed all students to remain inside their residences and to remain vigilant. We have also asked faculty and staff not to come to their offices unless otherwise instructed.…
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews Carl Djerassi's latest book Four Jews on Parnassus: a conversation for Bookforum.
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth discusses participation as a form of eduction in his latest blog entry on The Huffington Post.
Olivia DrakeWesleyan President Michael Roth is the author of a review essay on Richard Rorty, Philosophy as Cultural Politics: Philosophical Papers, published in Volume 4 of History and Theory in October 2008.
President Michael Roth, center, signed a document Nov. 16 stating that he and Wesleyan will support measures to fight global climate change. Pictured left to right are Bill Nelligan, director of Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability; Jacob Mirsky '08, representative of EON; Roth; Jim Dresser, chair of the Wesleyan Board of Trustees; Matthew Ball '08, member of the Wesleyan Student Assembly. Posted 11/20/07 President Michael Roth signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment before an applauding crowd of several dozen Wesleyan students, staff, faculty and trustees on Nov. 16. The commitment can be seen in full text here.…
Jim Dresser '63 shakes hands with Michael Roth during the 16th Wesleyan President Inauguration event Nov. 2. Roth was installed as president in front of more than 1,500 people. Posted 11/05/07 "Today, Michael Roth, you are formally charged with the duties, obligations and opportunities of the office of president of Wesleyan University. Today, especially, we express our gratitude that you have so fully and enthusiastically assumed these duties in the service of our beloved University."With these words by Jim Dresser '63, Michael S. Roth '78 was formally installed as the 16th President of Wesleyan Nov. 2 in front of more…
President Michael Roth has begun an online weblog, or blog, for the Wesleyan community. Posted 09/06/07 Wesleyans new president has barely settled into his office and home, but has already started something will further engage him with the Wesleyan community. President Michael Roth has begun a blog. Titled Roth on Wesleyan, the blog will be updated periodically with Roths views on Wesleyan and related topics. He also welcomes comments from readers. The blog can be found at: http://www.roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu.
Michael S. Roth, a historian and president of California College of the Arts, will become the 16th president of Wesleyan at the beginning of the 2007-08 academic year. Roth, a member of Wesleyan's Class of 1978, has been a professor in history and the humanities since 1983 and is recognized both as a curator and author. He is noted for founding the Scripps College Humanities Institute in Claremont, Calif., as a center for intellectual exchange across disciplines, for his scholarly leadership in the arts community as associate director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and for enhancing the…