WesMarketplace—a website for members of the University community to buy and sell used goods—went live for beta testing with about 100 users on April 7, 2023. After testing for a week without any major hiccups, the creator Nick Sng ’23 made the website accessible to the entire University community on April 14, 2023. Sng created WesMarketplace […]
The University launched a $600 million fundraising campaign entitled “This Is Not A Campaign. This Is Wesleyan” during Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 28. This is the largest fundraiser in University history and has raised around $364 million so far. The money raised will be spent across several areas. “The money we raise will help Wesleyan […]
Wesleyan began collaborating with 19 other universities on a two-year research project exploring the capacities and consequences of generative AI in the classroom at the beginning of the fall 2023 semester. Although Caleb T. Winchester University Librarian Andrew White and Associate Director of Assessment Rachael Barlow are the primary facilitators of the project at Wesleyan, faculty and staff from a […]
The University released its first Sustainability Strategic Plan (SSP) Annual Report in late October, covering the progress achieved since the adoption of the program in May 2022 and outlining its further goals. Alongside the release, the Wesleyan Sustainability Office posted signs around campus to raise awareness of the report, which is available on the Wesleyan Sustainability website. The SSP […]
One or more unknown suspects broke into four student vehicles—three in the Vine Street parking lot and one in the Cross Street lot—on the evening of Monday, Nov. 6, according to a campus-wide email sent by Director of Public Safety (PSafe) Scott Rohde. A PSafe officer reported two more attempted thefts at the Vine Street […]
Polls will open across the City of Middletown for residents to vote in municipal elections from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Voters will elect the mayor, Common Council, Board of Education, Board of Assessment Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, and Planning and Zoning Commission alternate, in addition to voting on a budget question. As a […]
The Office of Equity and Inclusion hosted the first of the three open forums with finalist candidates for the position of Vice President of Equity and Inclusion and Title IX Officer on Monday, Nov. 6 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. over Zoom. Alison Williams, who previously held the position, left the University in October […]
Thousands of Wesleyan University alumni and family members arrived on Wyllys Avenue on Friday, Oct. 27, picking up their tickets to celebrate past and present students during Homecoming and Family Weekend. The three-day program gathered the broader Wesleyan community to reconnect during social events, listen to WESeminars, watch various athletic competitions, and participate in many more […]
Dozens of University students and community members gathered outside of North College in a planned demonstration to support Gazans currently under blockade by the Israeli government on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 4:30 p.m. Bearing signs decorated with red and green—the colors of the Palestinian flag—attendees proclaimed their support for the Palestinian liberation movement and, more […]
The Wesleyan Harm Reduction Initiative (WesHRI) began distributing Narcan—a potentially life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose in minutes—across campus in September 2023. Students can now obtain Narcan, also known as Naloxone, anonymously and at no cost through an online form. Modeled after the Middletown Harm Reduction, an organization co-founded by Livia […]