The University’s Alumni and Parent Relations Department, a sector of the Office of Advancement, launched a revamped version of WesConnect on Sunday, Jan. 21, following a successful relaunch of the platform to alumni in conjunction with the public announcement of This is Not a Campaign at Homecoming + Family Weekend. WesConnect has an expanded directory and […]
The University named Robyn Autry the new faculty director for the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life (CSPL) at the beginning of the 2023–24 academic year. Autry has been teaching at the University for nine years and maintains her role as an associate professor of sociology in addition to serving as the CSPL […]
Major Maintenance Committee reviewed potential maintenance projects and allocated the $3.8 million priorities budget for 2024 on Wednesday, Jan. 3. This annual budget is designated for costly and complicated projects that fall outside the scope of renovation, construction, and work orders. The Major Maintenance Committee funded 23 out of 28 proposals for the calendar year, […]
The Wesleyan Student Association (WSA) Community Committee (CoCo) approved 37 new student groups during the 2023-24 school year, with 16 beginning in Fall 2023 and 21 to begin in Spring 2024. According to the Office of Student Involvement (OSI) website, the University has over 200 recognized student groups, which help individuals find peers with common interests, […]
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) released the results of the winter 2023 at-large election in an all-campus email sent by WSA Chief of Staff Hazel Allison-Way ’24 on Friday, Dec. 9, 2023, announcing the election of 11 senators. The group included several returning members: Molly Connolly-Ungar ’25, Tanvi Navile ’25, Ava Petillo ’25, Ben Shifrel […]
After nearly three years of renovations, the Frank Center for Public Affairs is open to students and faculty, boasting around 68,500 square feet of offices, classrooms, and study space. The building, which includes the original 1927 construction plus a 20,500 square foot addition, will host much of the Government, Economics, History, and Sociology departments, as well […]
After a months-long, nationwide search, the University announced in December 2023 that Willette Burnham-Williams would be the University’s next Vice President of Equity and Inclusion. This appointment follows the departure of Allison Williams ’81, who left the position in October 2022. The Vice President of Equity and Inclusion reports directly to President Michael Roth ’78, […]
In a meeting with the University’s Finance Committee and the Student Employment Advisory Subcommittee (SEAC) of the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) on Tuesday, Dec. 5, a representative from the Gordon Career Center said that University administrators will meet Friday, Dec. 8, to discuss the potential campus-wide implementation of the divisive online employee confirmation system E-Verify. E-Verify is a federally […]
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) plans to vote on an amendment to increase the Student Activities Fee (SAF) upon its return to campus in January 2024. The amendment aims to tie the SAF, which has not been adjusted since 2015, to the inflation rate. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, which tracks inflation based on […]
The Office of International Student Affairs (OISA) selected Mishaa Vohra ’26, Anh Tran ’27, Nirvaan Mehta ’27, Tihitina Gebeyehu ’27, Mallika Srinivas ’25, Holiness Igiraneza ’27, Alexis Gerwe ’27, and Rania Ahmed ’26 to join the University’s International Student Advisory Board (ISAB), which is responsible for informing and advising OISA and other administrative departments on needs […]