Over the past year, the Financial Aid Office has instituted new precedents to help both current and incoming students in the context of COVID-19. The Financial Aid Strategy Working Group aims to ease the financial burden on students and families as they pay for the cost of a Wesleyan education. The group has met several […]
With two weeks left in the semester, Weshop will reopen to students on Monday, May 3. After transitioning to a mobile ordering format in November, the University has decided to resume indoor shopping for the last two weeks of spring term. The Wes2Go app released a statement on April 21 alerting shoppers that mobile ordering […]
The Community Health Center hosted a closed vaccination clinic for University students in the Vine Street parking lot on Saturday, April 24. Around 700 students received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine last weekend. Students who received the vaccine at the closed clinic will receive their second dose on Saturday, May 15 or Sunday, May 16. The […]
Former Amazon worker and labor rights activist Chris Smalls spoke on Wednesday, April 21, at a Zoom event hosted by the University’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (Wes ACLU) and the Wesleyan United Student Labor/Action Coalition (USLAC). The talk was jointly moderated by Wes ACLU member Grace Kuth ’24, who first reached out […]
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) introduced a new student panel series on Sunday, April 11, as a part of the Equity and Inclusion Committee’s (EIC) commitment to bring multicultural programming to the WSA every semester. The panels are town-hall style and feature students grouped by area of concern. The series aims to make the WSA […]
The Office of Residential Life (ResLife) announced that general room selection (GRS) for next semester will be postponed until June in an email sent to students on Wednesday, April 21. ResLife anticipates more students will be on campus next semester and is using the time to determine next semester’s housing supply and demand. GRS opened […]
WesWell, the University’s Office of Health Education, has launched a new initiative to create a smoke-free campus by 2022. The office has resources for students who are looking to quit smoking, ranging from individual plans to support groups. “There is currently ongoing discussion with the WSA to raise awareness about this policy by better connecting […]
The College of Education Studies (CES) celebrated its one-year anniversary on Wednesday, April 14. The CES is an interdisciplinary department that aims to help students learn about systems of education. In addition to combining education with history, psychology, and philosophy, CES students are expected to engage in hands-on practicum experiences designed to apply the concepts learned […]
Walter Crowell University Professor of Social Sciences Lisa Dierker received a Fulbright Specialist Award to promote and share the Passion-Driven Statistics curriculum she helped develop around the world. Professor Dierker began serving her four-year Fulbright Specialist Award term in January 2021. Each year, 425 Fulbright specialists travel abroad to spread their work in their respective fields. In […]
Beginning in Fall 2021, the University Honor Board (HB) and Community Standards Board (CSB) will merge to create one CSB that will both facilitate academic and non-academic hearings. Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Community Standards Kevin Butler made the decision in consultation with Board Co-Chairs Laura Garvey ’21 and Brendan Keane ’21. The HB […]