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Olivia DrakeAugust 19, 20207min
On Aug. 18, Wesleyan faculty, staff, and alumni presented a WESeminar titled "Hidden Treasures." The seminar focused on the holdings of the Dietrich American Foundation on long-term loan at Wesleyan, which includes letters, writings, and manuscripts by Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington, among others. All documents are available to Wesleyan students and faculty through Wesleyan's Special Collections and Archives. "One of the hallmarks of the experience of studying at a liberal arts college is the opportunity to interact directly with material objects of the past—documents, rare books, artworks, cultural objects—in ways that are often only reserved for graduate…

David PesciOctober 21, 20102min
A WESeminar will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 23 in Memorial Chapel titled "Journalism and Social Change: A Conversation with Koeppel Journalism Fellows William Finnegan and Jane Eisner." The presentation will be moderated by Anne Greene, director of Writing Programs. William Finnegan, staff writer for The New Yorker, is the author of award-winning works of international journalism. He has written about immigration issues and politics in Europe and Mexico; racism and conflict in Southern Africa; and poverty among youth in the U.S. Jane Eisner '77, editor of the Forward, a weekly Jewish newspaper of major influence nationally and internationally. She…