May 2008
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COMMENCEMENT REUNION WEEKEND
May 16-18, 2008
Welcome, parents, alumnae/i and friends! Wheaton will celebrate the Class of 2008 at the college's 173rd Commencement this Saturday, May 17, at 10 a.m. The festivities begin on Friday as Wheaton welcomes hundreds of returning alumnae/i and their guests to campus for Reunion. (Read more and see schedule.)
What's in a name?
Identity, culture and family heritage, for starters. As the one who reads the names of every graduate at Commencement, Dean of Students Sue Alexander knows the importance of names and takes great care to pronounce each one correctly. NPR's "Here and Now" recently interviewed Dean Sue (who is retiring this spring) to find out how she does it. (Read more.)
CAMPUS NEWS
Professor and poet Sue Standing wins Fulbright
Sue Standing, Wheaton's writer in residence and Jane Ruby Professor of English, will teach, study and write in France this fall as a Fulbright Scholar. Standing will lecture at the Université de Toulouse Le Mirail and write a series of poems inspired by the work of an itinerant medieval sculptor. (Read more.)
Rediscovering the Abenaki
Ashley Smith '08 will study the lives of Abenaki native people in contemporary North America as she heads to Canada on a Fulbright Scholarship this fall. (Read more.)
Nursery School sprouts a garden
The children and teachers of the Elisabeth S. Amen Nursery School on campus have started a vegetable garden with a little help from their friends—including President Crutcher. (Read more.)
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Study space
Wheaton students took to the outdoors during finals week, seeking their places in the sun (or shade). (View photograph.)
ATHLETICS
Sluggers still swinging
The Wheaton baseball team is headed to its fourth consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament and eighth in nine seasons, as the Lyons were selected as the second seed team. (Check out schedule and webcast info.)
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