Kelly Dunn joined the University as the new Dean for the Class of 2025 in late August, following the departure of former Dean for the Class of 2025 Tanesha Leathers. Dunn, a first-generation college student, formerly worked as the Director of Student Involvement at Johnson & Wales University, where she received a doctoral degree in education and […]
The Wesleyan Local Food Cooperative held its first pickup of the semester on Wednesday, Oct. 13 after closing due to the pandemic in spring 2020. Participating students, faculty, and staff can purchase shares in individual food co-ops—each corresponding to different food types, such as bread or produce—with points, check, cash, or credit card and pick […]
Long Lane Farm hosted the 17th annual Pumpkin Fest on Saturday, Oct. 16, after last year’s event was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Pumpkin Fest—open to University students, faculty, and staff and Middletown residents—celebrates the fall harvesting season and the University and Middletown communities. “I think that October feels like a very harvest-appropriate month because […]
The second phase of the University’s steam to hot water pipe conversion, completed over the summer, saw the installation of underground piping from the central power plant to the Public Affairs Center (PAC) construction site, which connected the Memorial Chapel, the Patricelli ’92 Theater, South College, and Judd Hall to the hot water system. The installation […]
The Board of Trustees has extended the contract of President Michael Roth ’78 through the summer of 2026. The contract was signed and exchanged on Oct. 11 and adds an additional three years to Roth’s previous contract, which was slated to end in the summer of 2023. According to Chair of the Board of Trustees […]
The Student Employment Office moved from the Financial Aid Office to the Gordon Career Center on July 1 to facilitate the promotion of student employment in conjunction with career skill-building opportunities. The move comes after several years of conversations between the Financial Aid Office and the Gordon Career Center about how to best support students […]
The Office of Public Safety (PSafe) released its Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report in an all-campus email on Oct. 1. The report includes data on incidents that prompted a response from PSafe between the 2018 and 2020 calendar years. The report also details University policies and sections of Connecticut state law relating to incidents covered […]
The University will require all students to receive a flu vaccination by Jan. 20, 2022. To facilitate this requirement, which began in the 2020-2021 academic year, the University has arranged for students to receive flu shots in Usdan University Center on Tuesday, Oct. 19, Thursday, Oct. 21, and Wednesday, Oct. 27, according to a campus-wide email […]
This fall marks the second year of the University’s partnership with the startup Generation Conscious to provide eco-friendly laundry strips for the student body. In the 2020–21 academic year, the Sustainability Office piloted the program, but faced a slow start due to COVID-19 and low publicity. As of Fall 2021, the program has taken off […]
The WesPass pilot program, which began at the start of the fall semester, allows Wesleyan students to ride for free on all Middletown Area Transit (MAT) buses by showing their WesIDs. The University will cover fares by paying MAT for student usage. According to Sustainability Director Jen Kleindienst, the program had 91 rides as of […]