Graduate students and Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) voted on Thursday, Sept. 26 to become part of the Wesleyan Graduate Labor Union (WesGLU), which is represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU). The election, hosted by the National Labor Relations Board, was held in Usdan room B25. Of the 117 eligible voters, 79% voted […]
Information Technology Services (ITS) rolled out Duo Push, a phone application used for multi-factor authentication, to students on Monday, Sept. 30. This change comes alongside a recent switch to Workday, the University’s new financial management system. While Duo has been used by faculty and staff at the University since 2021, this is the first time […]
The board of trustees’ Investment Committee rejected a recent recommendation submitted by the Committee for Investor Responsibility (CIR) to divest from around 300 companies charged with contributing to or profiting from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, according to an all-campus email sent by the University on Saturday, Sept. 21. Citing a […]
Ahead of the board of trustees vote on a divestment proposal from the Committee for Investment Responsibility (CIR), pro-Palestine student group Beyond Empire held a demonstration outside of the Frank Center for Public Affairs (PAC) and Olin Library (Olin) at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. The rally, held a day after five students were […]
The University Organizing Center (UOC) has been temporarily closed as of Tuesday, Sept. 17 after a failed fire safety inspection, according to an all-campus email from the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA). The building, located at 190 High St., will be reevaluated on Monday, Sept. 30 after further survey. “We are requesting that all student groups […]
A student group identifying themselves as Beyond Empire staged a 10-person sit-in in North College’s Investment Office on Friday, Sept. 20, calling for the Board of Trustees to vote yes on the Committee of Investor Responsibility’s (CIR) proposal regarding investments in companies supporting the internationally-sanctioned occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The Board of […]
Graduate student workers and Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) at the University will cast their ballot in a vote to join the Office & Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153 on Thursday, Sept. 26. The vote comes after months of organizing and internal discussions within the Wesleyan Graduate Labor Union (WesGLU). WesGLU first announced their intention […]
The University’s board of trustees will have the opportunity to hold a vote on a divestment directive outlined by the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA)’s Committee for Investment Responsibility (CIR), entitled “Proposal Concerning the Divestment of Wesleyan University’s Endowment from Companies which Supply Services, Equipment, or Weapons Involved in Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestinian and Syrian […]
According to a series of three all-campus emails sent by Public Safety (PSafe) on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 10:54 p.m., Friday Sept. 13 at 1:08 a.m., and Friday, Sept. 13 at 11:49 a.m., students were harassed by individuals driving on Church Street, a student was awoken on Friday night when a stranger entered her dormitory […]
Eight first-year students—Eric Cao ’28, Katie Williams ’28, Elana Hartley ’28, Eric He ’28, Natalie Kim ’28, Brendan Barry ’28, Asper Cisse ’28, and Layde ’28—were elected to the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) as senators for the 2024–25 school year. Voting ran from 12 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 9 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. […]