It’s that time of year again. Beleaguered seniors dot campus, hunched over a laptop, frantically editing, rewriting, citing, and trying to get their culminating theses wrapped up before the deadline. It’s an all-too-familiar scene. So, in these trying times for our senior class, I thought I’d provide some relief and look through the post-thesis celebrations […]
The 254 seniors who completed their honors theses for the spring 2022 semester submitted their final projects on Thursday, April 14. The theses submissions were accompanied by the University’s traditional champagne popping ceremony, which took place on the steps of Olin Library at the thesis submission deadline of 4 p.m. Academic departments are now reviewing theses and will return their […]
WesWell, the University’s Office of Health Education, conducted its first-ever Well-Being Survey from Monday, Feb. 7 to Monday, Feb. 28. Among the participants, 97% responded that they found it acceptable to seek help for mental health concerns and 88% deemed it acceptable to request academic accommodations for mental health concerns. Director of Health Education Patrick Gordon […]
The University announced that it would no longer require students to wear masks indoors and or get tested for COVID-19 in an all-campus email from Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Rick Culliton on Tuesday, March 8. The new policies went into effect as classes resumed after spring break on Monday, March 21. “Our policies mirror what we are seeing […]
After an unexpectedly long break from school, students have been eager to return to campus life. Perhaps none are more eager to return than the 174 students who spent the fall semester living in the Inn at Middletown. Considering that the University has historically required undergraduates to live in the housing options it owns, prescribing a campus-centered lifestyle, […]
If one thing has remained consistent throughout the University’s first semester back in person, it’s sickness. The virus that has most students coughing and sneezing, however, is not COVID-19. Instead, the campus-specific illness, affectionately dubbed WesPlague, has taken the student body by storm. Whether it has infected you, your friends, your classmates, or your professors, WesPlague […]
From the way his eyes light up when talking about his time spent in neuroscience labs, you’d never guess that Ben Filio ’22 came to Wesleyan to pursue the College of Social Sciences (CSS). He’s worked for Pi Café and Weshop for his entire academic career, was one of the first mentors for Wesleyan’s FGLI […]
The University celebrated its first-ever National First Generation, Low-Income (FGLI) Day on Monday, Nov. 8 with a social open to all FGLI students, faculty, administration, and local high schoolers at the Labyrinth Tent. The FGLI Advisory Board, the Resource Center, and the Office for Equity and Inclusion organized the celebration. Members of the FGLI Advisory […]
Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana for adults ages 21 and over on July 1, 2021, and medical marijuana for adults age 18 and over on Oct. 1. However, the legalization does not extend to college campuses such as Wesleyan. Dean of Students Rick Culliton clarified Wesleyan’s marijuana policy in an all-campus email on Sept. 29. The […]
After a summer of rest and relaxation, students returned to campus this past week, eager to get back into the groove of life at school. Following a year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic, the campus has shifted back to an in-person structure, practically mirroring life before the pandemic. First years arrived on campus […]