Olivia DrakeIn this issue of The Wesleyan Connection, we speak with Jon Lubeck '14 from the Class of 2014. Q: Jon, what are you majoring in and what attracted you to Wesleyan? A: I am majoring in anthropology and am currently in the process of writing my senior thesis. Wesleyan first piqued my interest when I had a class in high school with a super-inspiring history teacher who was a Wes graduate. When I visited the school, I loved the small, liberal arts atmosphere, the active arts and music scene on campus, and the history of active student organizing. Wesleyan seemed like…
Gabe Rosenberg '16The Fall 2013 Student Groups Fair took place Sept. 13 inside the Spurrier-Snyder Rink at the Freeman Athletic Center. About 170 student groups were represented. The event was sponsored by the Wesleyan Student Assembly and the WSA Office. Photos of the event are below: (more…)
While their classmates spend the summer growing business contacts at off-campus internships, 10 Wesleyan students hope to cultivate something equally lucrative – sustainable agriculture. The “dirt in the nails” days are long but satisfying at Wesleyan's Long Lane Organic Farm, a student-run organic farm that gives students a place to experiment and learn about sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals - environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. This summer, the students are cultivating two acres of land, the biggest plot they've ever farmed. They're growing cucumbers, radishes, tomatoes, tomatillos, squash, asparagus, basil, broccoli, lettuce, blueberries…
Mabuhay, an annual Asian-Asian American show, provides an opportunity for different student groups and individuals to showcase their talents at Wesleyan and raise awareness regarding diversity on campus. The annual event took place in Crowell Concert Hall on April 17. (Photos by Dat Vu '15) (more…)
Wesleyan hosted its first Campus Sustainability Day on Oct. 24. CSD is a national event that began in 2002 to bring awareness to campus sustainability projects and encourage students to take action. This year, in conjunction with the Farmers’ Market, many Wesleyan student groups and the Sustainability Office set up tables outside Usdan University Center to share their recent projects with the campus community. Groups that attended included Wes Bikes, Middletown Urban Gardens, Butterfields Green Hall residents, WILD Wes, Long Lane Farm, WesFRESH, Green Fund, Local Co-op and Energy @ Wes. "The tabling went very well, with students stopping by…
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Benjamin Travers[youtube width="640" height="410"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW-jXRUhWTA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Wesleyan's student-run fire arts and performance group Prometheus practices the art of fire-spinning and object manipulation. The students featured are Gabriel Urbina, Kimberly Prosise, David Foregger, Jesse Friedman, Spencer Ewall, Pei Liu and Chinh Duong. View dozens more videos on the Wesleyan YouTube Channel.
An article by Katie McConnell '13 and Emma Leonard '13 was featured in a recent Permaculture Institute of the Northeast newsletter. McConnell and Leonard are members of the new student group WILD Wes (Working for Intelligent Landscape Design). They've been vying for permacultural principles to be adopted into the University’s landscaping practices. In the past year, the group hosted its first annual Sustainable Landscaping Design Charrette, where Wesleyan faculty, administrative members, permaculturists, landscaping experts, and students from Wesleyan and nearby Northeastern colleges converged. In the newsletter, McConnell and Leonard explain how at the conference, groups collaborated to develop permacultural and sustainable…
[youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQFha12Hj70[/youtube] Wesleyan’s fire-spinning group, Prometheus, performed April 8 near Usdan University Center’s Huss Courtyard. (more…)
Student-run organizations have the opportunity to win cash prizes through the Dell Social Innovation Competition. The University of Texas at Austin and Dell are looking for university students who are working to combat social problems worldwide. They’re giving away more than$100,000 in cash prizes to at least five winning teams. Shining Hope for Communities, directed by Jessica Posner ’09 and Kennedy Odede ’12, received the $50,000 Dell Social Innovation Competition grand prize award in 2010. This year, three other student-groups at Wesleyan are competing for the awards. Vote tallies, along with the competition judges, determines the $50,000 grand prize winner (more…)
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Olivia DrakeThe student-run group, Wesleyan Clinic Escorts, is the recipient of the annual Catherine Roraback Award, given by NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut. The Catherine Roraback Awards is presented to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated leadership, courage and activism in the struggle to protect privacy rights, the legal right to obtain an abortion and access to reproductive health for all women. Students involved in the clinic escort travel to the Summit Women’s Center in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday and Friday mornings during the academic year. The center performs abortions on these days. According to the Wesleyan Clinic Escorts Facebook site, the group…