Eco To-Go Containers Return to Summerfields With ReUser App

March 7, 2022, by Kat Struhar, Assistant News Editor. Leave a Comment

The University has switched to using the ReUser app to allow students to check out a reusable Eco To-Go container. Eco To-Go containers were discontinued in the Fall 2020 semester, when the University began using disposable containers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and were reintroduced in Summerfields Dining Hall (Summies) at the beginning of the Spring 2022 […]

University Announces 2022 Honorary Degree Recipients and Commencement Speaker

March 3, 2022, by Cameron Ryan, Assistant News Editor. Leave a Comment

President Michael Roth ’78 announced the honorary degree recipients for the 190th Commencement: Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Joseph J. Fins ’82, Rita Moreno, and Gloria Steinem. The 190th Commencement will take place on Sunday, May 22. Hrabowski, who will deliver the commencement address, is an educator, advocate, and mathematician who served as president of the University […]

Roth Discusses Tuition Discount Rate, COVID-19 Restrictions, and New Science Building at WSA Meeting

March 3, 2022, by Elias Mansell, News Editor. Leave a Comment

President Michael Roth ’78 attended the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) meeting on Sunday, Feb. 27 to report on the board of trustees (BoT) meeting that happened on Friday, Feb. 25 and to answer student questions. In continuing the biannual tradition of visiting the WSA, Roth discussed the Residential Comprehensive Fee (RCF), the planned tuition discount rate increase, the new […]

Rho Epsilon Pi Disaffiliates From Greek Life

February 28, 2022, by Jem Shin, Editor-in-Chief. Leave a Comment

Rho Epsilon Pi (Rho Ep), formerly the University’s only sorority, announced that the organization would be disaffiliating from Greek life in a statement posted to Instagram on Thursday, Feb. 3. The announcement followed a vote among the organization’s members in December 2021, when the majority voted in favor of disaffiliation.  The sorority was originally formed in […]

Patricelli Seed Grant Winners Announced for the 2021–2022 Academic Year

February 28, 2022, by Oliver Cope, Gloria Cui, Editor-in-Chief & Staff Writer. Leave a Comment

The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) announced three winners of the annual PCSE Seed Grants on Monday, Feb. 28: Handom (Aldrean Alogon ’23 and Leonard Majaducon ’25), Nebula (Kya Lloyd ’22 and Jahmir Duran-Abreu ’20), and Outspoken (Akansha Singh ’23, Social Media and Marketing Manager Khushi Jain, and Co-Founder & Lead Curriculum Developer Pratishka […]

University Admits 473 Students into Class of 2026 Before Regular Decision

February 24, 2022, by Sam Hilton, Assistant News Editor. Leave a Comment

Following the matriculation of the class of 2025, which was the second-largest class in the University’s history, 473 students have been admitted thus far to the class of 2026. The release of Early Decision II (EDII) decisions on Saturday, Feb. 12 saw 116 members of the class of 2026 receive offers of admission, adding onto the 17 […]

University Eases Dining Restrictions After Week-Long COVID-19 Spike

February 24, 2022, by Aris Dashiell, Staff Writer. Leave a Comment

The University reinstated indoor dining on Thursday, Feb. 24 after having temporarily restricted students to grab-and-go only. The University had closed indoor dining on Wednesday, Feb. 16, after raising the COVID-19 alert level to yellow due to a sharp increase in students testing positive on campus.  As of Feb. 24, the University is still at the yellow alert […]

University Raises COVID-19 Alert Level to Yellow Following Surge in Cases

February 17, 2022, by Cameron Ryan, Assistant News Editor. Leave a Comment

The University raised the COVID-19 alert level to yellow on Wednesday, Feb. 16 in response to the rapidly increasing number of students testing positive for COVID-19. As of Thursday, Feb. 17, 158 students currently have active cases of COVID-19, 112 of whom were confirmed positive on Monday, Feb. 14 or Tuesday, Feb. 15. The positivity rate for the […]

Olin Memorial Library to Close Temporarily for Planned Water Shutdown

February 17, 2022, by Aris Dashiell, Staff Writer. Leave a Comment

Olin Memorial Library will be closed for the entire day on Saturday, Feb. 19 due to a scheduled water shutdown and will reopen for normal hours on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. Due to water line maintenance, Olin’s bathrooms and water fountains will be unusable for the day. If the library remained open, this would pose a public […]

Student Health Advisory Committee Seeks to Increase Student Involvement and Rebuild Collaboration

February 17, 2022, by Rachel Wachman, Aaron Goldberg, News Editor & Contributing Writer. Leave a Comment

The Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), a committee of students and staff that seeks to address the health needs of the University’s student body, is looking for new student members to revitalize the group. While the COVID-19 pandemic made it challenging for the group to meet in the fall semester, an interdepartmental effort from the directors of […]

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