Olivia DrakeStudents didn't need to leave campus to get a warm weather fix during spring break. With temperatures skyrocketing to 75 degrees, many of the students who stayed in Middletown enjoyed the mid-semester recess on Foss Hill and College Row: (more…)
The Romance Languages and Literatures Department hosted a Pan-Romance Carnival Celebration Feb. 19. The event was open to all students studying French, Spanish and Portuguese. Costumes were required. Below are photos of the event: (more…)
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Q&As with outstanding students is an occasional feature of The Wesleyan Connection. This issue we speak with Lief Fredrichs from the Class of 2014. Q: Lief, where are you from, and why did you choose Wesleyan? A: I am from Exeter, NH. I chose Wesleyan because, when I visited, the students (actually tour-guides) seemed the most real to me. I liked Wes because of its reputation for being a small and prestigious school. I applied and got accepted off the waiting list in July. I was planning to go to Bard College, but I decided that I couldn't pass up…
Q&As with outstanding students is an occasional feature of The Wesleyan Connection. This issue we speak with Bill Tyner from the Class of 2013. Q: Bill, what is your major and what are your favorite classes this year? A: I have the pleasure of majoring in Cultural Anthropology with a certificate in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory. This semester my favorite classes are Anthropology Theory 1 and Digital Media. Q: Tell us about your new blog, Freshleyan. Why did you start it, and what is your involvement? A: Driven by our fascination with writing, fashion and design, my friend Khari…
Tasmiha Khan '12 and her group, Brighter Dawns, were featured in the Oct. 24 edition of The Middletown Press. In the article, Khan explains how she became interested in helping poor families - and her own family - in Bangladesh. “There’s a stark dynamic between the rich and the poor,” Khan says in the article. “I wanted to see how these people live, but I really had to push my family. They were scared of me getting raped or even murdered. There was no running water. Seven to eight people of extended family, living under one roof. Words aren’t enough…
Q: Gianya, what is your class year and major? A: I am class of 2014 and I am most likely majoring in psychology. Q: What is your favorite class this semester? A: My favorite class this semester is social psychology because of the professor, Scott Plous. And of course, as a psychology major, I love anything psych related. Professor Plous uses examples that we deal with in everyday life to help us understand different studies that were done in the ’50s and ’60s. One specific example that he used was advertisements in magazines to demonstrate a concept called "the Pygmalion effect,"…
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