The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) held its winter elections in the first week of December, during which the student body re-elected senators Edrea Jiang ’23, Hazel Allison-Way ’24, and Orly Meyer ’24, as well as newly elected senator Aidan Ward ’24. The results of the winter elections were announced in a Sunday, Dec. 6 email […]
Usdan University Center (Usdan) flooded on Dec. 19, damaging a large portion of the building. Among the most damaged areas is Daniel Family Commons (DFC), the faculty and staff dining space on the third floor, and Usdan Marketplace, the dining hall on the second floor. According to Associate Vice President for Finance Chris Olt, the […]
Seven students and three employees have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, Feb. 11 as the University welcomed students back to campus for the start of the spring semester. The positive cases represent a 0.19% positivity rate for students and a 0.44% positivity rate for employees out of all tests conducted during the spring […]
Working in tandem with faculty members and alumni, Ujamaa released an Official Black History Month Calendar on Monday, Feb. 1. The calendar outlines 13 virtual events that Ujamaa has helped program and coordinate for Black History Month. The various events will run from Wednesday, Feb. 10 through Friday, March 5. Each event throughout Black History Month […]
The University’s Vine Street parking lot has been converted into a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination site operated by the Community Health Center. It has been open five days a week since Thursday, Feb. 4. The Community Health Center provides affordable healthcare throughout Connecticut to underserved populations, operating on the principle that “health care is a right, […]
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) Textbook Exchange Program (TEP) opened Tuesday, Feb. 9, and will run until Thursday, Feb. 18 in the University Organizing Center’s (UOC) parking lot at 190 High Street. The program is a part of the Textbook Exchange Network (TEN), an organization that enables collaboration between universities to make textbooks more accessible […]
On Nov. 17, Danny Banks ’22 submitted an incident report to Dean of Students Mike Whaley regarding an incident that occurred around midnight on Saturday, Nov. 14. Residents of a house on Pearl St., including Banks, reported that two members of Public Safety (PSafe), Sergeant Kathy Burdick and Officer Melissa Widlak, knocked on the door […]
President Michael Roth ’78 attended the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) meeting on Sunday, Nov. 22 to give an update on the November Board of Trustees Meeting and hold an open forum. This forum, where students have the opportunity to ask Roth questions, is conducted each year around the time of the November Board of Trustees meeting. Roth […]
Residential Life (ResLife) student workers, in collaboration with the University’s United Student/Labor Action Coalition (USLAC), sent a letter to Associate Dean of Students and Director of ResLife Fran Koerting and other members of the University administration demanding $250 hazard pay per employee for working during the campus closure, which was announced on Thursday, Nov. 19. Additionally, a petition […]
In early November, Middletown residents voted in favor of the 21st Century Infrastructure Development Bond, authorizing the city to borrow up to $55 million in upcoming years by issuing bonds. The ballot measure passed by a 76% to 24% margin. Money raised from issuing the bonds will be used to increase the number of public […]