The Resource Center, in conjunction with the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) Equity and Inclusion Committee (EIC), hosted the Equity and Inclusion Town Hall on Thursday, Oct. 6, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the basement of Malcolm X House, the first time the event has been held since 2019. Over 20 students attended the […]
Staff dressed in gothic, ghoulish costumes led patrons through the stacks of Russell Library every Friday evening throughout the month of October, in an event entitled Secrets of Russell Library. This is the first year this event has been hosted, and it operated with four tours per night, running in intervals of 30 minutes from […]
The University and the Community Health Center in Middletown hosted an on-campus clinic for students to receive COVID-19 bivalent vaccinations on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Over 100 students received their bivalent booster shot at the clinic, while over 1,000 students booked appointments to receive flu vaccinations at University clinics during October. Vaccines from both Pfizer and […]
The Office of Student Involvement (OSI) held the first Fall Fest, which incorporated Long Lane Farm’s Pumpkin Fest, on Friday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29. Events included a performance by Prometheus, hot cider and burgers along with performances and vendors at Long Lane Farm, and a concert headlined by Young Wabo. Fall Fest was […]
The Educational Policy Committee (EPC) voted on Monday, Sept. 26 to create a new subcommittee on Public Health Policies (PHC), which will oversee public health issues related to education at the University. The new subcommittee was announced in a Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) committee report on Sunday, Oct. 2. The proposal to form a new […]
Cardinal Café, located within the Freeman Athletic Center, reopened for the fall semester on Monday, Sept. 12. This marks its third academic year in operation, and the first year it will be open in conjunction with an athletics schedule closely resembling that of a semester before COVID-19. Students can purchase menu items with meal plan […]
A group of Wesleyan educators relaunched the University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) following nearly three decades of inactivity. After agreeing to a set of bylaws in December 2021, the Wesleyan AAUP was recognized by the National AAUP in June 2022, who sent the Wesleyan Chapter charter in July 2022. This […]
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) welcomed President Michael Roth ’78 to its General Assembly meeting on Sunday, Oct. 9, following the board of trustees meeting earlier this month. This meeting marks the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that the WSA has been able to host Roth in person. Roth opened the […]
An unknown individual shattered an east-facing window of the Elling Laboratory, located in room 28 of Hall-Atwater Laboratories, on Sunday, Oct. 2, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. No items were reported missing, and no one was reported injured. There was no evidence of any object being used to break the window, and it is […]
The City of Middletown launched the Refill, Not Landfill Coffee Cup Passport program on Thursday, July 21 to reduce waste from disposable coffee cups. Interested patrons can participate in the program by pledging to use a reusable coffee cup from one of the program’s six coffee shops before Monday, Oct. 31. Reusable coffee cups were […]