Butterfield B flooded on Monday, Jan. 23 due to a broken toilet flushometer on the third floor, affecting 38 students in approximately 30 rooms and resulting in the temporary relocation of 18 students. This flood marks the third time the Butterfields have flooded in five years. The first was caused by a student setting off the sprinkler system, […]
The Office of Public Safety (PSafe) received reports of a trespasser in the Nicolson 5 residence at 12:00 PM on Monday, Jan. 9. According to student testimonies, the intruder took photos of a resident while they were in the shower, and, upon discovery, fled the building. The Middletown Police Department and PSafe have been working to […]
Sunny Jeon, the former Area Coordinator (AC) of Core 5, who oversaw residents of Bennet Hall, Clark Hall, 200 Church, Malcom X House, and Writer’s Block, has left her position. As a result, two other ACs in the Office of Residential Life (ResLife), Emily Pearson and Cesar Cruz Benitez, have assumed the responsibility of managing Core […]
Following the retirement of former Dean for the Class of 2024 David Phillips at the end of the Fall 2022 semester, William Bisese has been hired as the new dean for the class of 2024. Dean for Academic Advancement Laura Patey issued the announcement in an email on Friday, Jan. 20. Bisese has extensive experience in student and academic affairs at […]
The Office for Equity and Inclusion (OEI) hosted the University’s third annual Equity and Inclusion Week from Monday, Jan. 30 to Friday, Feb. 3. A small committee composed of University administrators, including the committee included Interim Vice President for Equity and Inclusion April Ruiz, Director of the Office of Student Involvement Joanne Rafferty, and Director […]
The members of the Wesleyan Union of Student Employees (WesUSE) voted affirmatively on a new contract for Resident Advisors (RAs), House Managers (HMs), and Community Advisors (CAs) on Dec. 19, 2022. Members of the union had been in negotiations with their managers since April 20, 2022, and finally secured higher compensation, additional pay for working […]
On Thursday, Jan. 19, Medical Director Thomas McLarney shared a public health update containing information about the local rates of COVID-19 transmission as well as the most recent variant in the United States, Omicron subvariant XBB 1.5. This variant is highly contagious but less fatal than previous ones, as stated in an all-campus email from McLarney. […]
The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (ORSL) has hired two new chaplains. In a Sept. 7 email, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life and University Jewish Chaplain Rabbi David Teva announced that Assistant Director of Religious and Spiritual Life and Protestant Chaplain Tracy Mehr-Muska, D.Min., would return to the University following her time in […]
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) approved Amendment 3.44: Altering language in the Student Budget Committee (SBC) bylaws that could yield unfair results by a vote of 24 to 0, with 0 abstaining during its general assembly meeting on Sunday, Dec. 4. This amendment, co-sponsored by SBC Chair Ben Shifrel ’25 and SBC Vice Chair Briana […]
Dean for Academic Advancement Laura Patey announced in an email to the class of 2024 on Thursday, Nov. 17, that Class Dean David Phillips will retire at the end of the Fall 2022 semester. Phillips is the current dean for the class of 2024 and has been a class dean at the University for 22 […]