The Middletown Planning and Zoning Commission released its current draft of the 2020-2030 Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) on Nov. 4. The document will serve as a guide for how the City of Middletown hopes to grow over the next ten years. The final draft will be sent to the Common Council and then the […]
The Middletown Community Fridge opened to the public on Monday, Nov. 16. Located at 33 Ferry St. under the stairs of the Community Health Center (CHC), the fridge sits next to the Ferry Street Community Garden. The fridge is a collaborative project between Middletown Mutual Aid, the North End Action Team (NEAT), a collective of University […]
Around 10 to 15 wood frame houses lost access to WiFi on Friday, Nov. 6, impacting between 40 to 60 students in total. The issue arose when Comcast Corporation, to which the University outsources WiFi coverage of wood frames, reviewed the University’s account and disconnected WiFi from houses that it believed were not covered by […]
While most students currently on campus will leave by the start of Thanksgiving break on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 316 students have been approved to stay beyond the start of the break. According to Vice President for Student Affairs Michael Whaley, 172 of those students will stay until the end of the fall semester, Sunday, Dec. […]
The University has partnered with Pachaysana, an Ecuadorian virtual study abroad program, to teach four immersive courses in the coming spring semester, two of which will be taught in Spanish and two in English. Eligible students can register for these courses through traditional course registration on WesMaps. While all spring study abroad programs were suspended […]
The Office of Residential Life (ResLife) is instituting a new move-out policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the hopes of streamlining the spring 2021 move-in process in the safest way possible. All students on campus are required to turn in their keys before leaving for winter break, according to an all-campus email from […]
Due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases, new campus restrictions were announced by Dean of Students Rick Culliton via an all-campus email Thursday, Nov. 18. The changes were introduced in response to a significant increase in University COVID-19 cases. At the time of publication, there were 25 (13 students and 12 employees) active cases on […]
The University raised $76.6 million in gifts and donations during the last fiscal year (from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020) for the renovation of campus buildings and to combat the $15 million budget deficit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The total raised in the last fiscal year amassed to the University’s second highest annual fundraising total […]
A Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) resolution to establish restorative processes was passed unanimously by the WSA with zero abstaining votes on Sunday, Nov. 8. The resolution was sponsored by Chair of the Community Committee (CoCo) George Fuss ’21, senator Adam Hickey ’22, Chair of the Student Life Committee (SLC) Anna Nguyen ’22, Chief of Staff […]
The Fries Center for Global Studies will host a variety of events celebrating International Education Week (IEW) from Nov. 16 to Nov. 20. While all events will take place over Zoom, students will have the option to register to watch them in-person at Fisk Hall. The U.S. Department of State created IEW in 1999, with the hope […]