After evaluating 14,521 students, the largest applicant pool in the University’s history, the Office of Admission released Regular Decision (RD) results on Saturday, March 26. A total of 2,013 students have been offered admission to the class of 2026, including Early Decision admits, amounting to a 13.9% acceptance rate for the incoming first-year class. The 5.5% decrease from the […]
The Astronomy Department will begin holding public observing sessions for the University community at the Van Vleck Observatory for the first time since March 2020. Led by astronomy majors and faculty members in the observatory on Foss Hill, observing sessions will occur every Wednesday with clear skies at 8 p.m. Observing sessions are slated to return on […]
The Wesleyan Union of Student Employees (WesUSE) passed its card check and is now the nation’s first undergraduate union to be voluntarily recognized. The announcement came on Tuesday, March 22, nearly three weeks after the union went public. The recognition occurred after the American Arbitration Association confirmed that a majority of Residential Life (ResLife) workers signed authorization […]
The University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) announced the creation of a new mental health coalition on campus this semester. The decision comes in accordance with the approval of House Bill No. 6402 by the Connecticut General Assembly in July 2021, which enforced the establishment of mental health coalitions in every higher education institution in Connecticut. Effective beginning January […]
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 […]
Connecticut’s newly redrawn congressional districts, which were approved by the Connecticut State Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 10, divide the City of Middletown in two. The redistricting plan also splits Wesleyan, which was previously entirely within the third district, into different districts. The approved map was drawn by the court-appointed Special Master Nathaniel Persily after the Connecticut General […]
On Friday, March 4, the University’s Residential Life (ResLife) student employees announced that they had formed the Wesleyan Union of Student Employees (WesUSE), a union affiliated with the Office and Professional Employees and International Union (OPEIU), and requested voluntary recognition from the University. This statement was made in a letter addressed to President Michael Roth […]
The Board of Trustees conferred tenure on eight faculty members during its last meeting on Friday, Feb. 25. These promotions will take effect on Friday, July 1, 2022. The eight newly tenured faculty are Assistant Professor of Art History Claire Grace; Assistant Professor of Mathematics Han Li; Assistant Professor of Anthropology Joseph Weiss; Assistant Professor of […]
Over 200 students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered outside of Usdan University Center on Friday, March 4 for the “Wesleyan Stands with Ukraine” rally. The rally, organized by Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian students at the University, sought to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine as they face an invasion by the Russian Federation under the orders […]
The Sustainability Office is continuing the WesPass program this semester after the launch of the pilot program in the fall. The program, which allows University students to ride on Middletown Area Transit (MAT) buses for free, saw 570 total rides in the fall semester and aims to have 1,000 student rides this spring. Temporary Sustainability Office Director Hayley […]