CLEVELAND, OH- Wheaton College, which earned its highest ranking in the NCAA Division III Sears Directors' Cup two years ago, is currently ranked in a tie for 53rd overall and seventh best in New England through the first standings of the fall competition.

Nine Wheaton College student-athletes have been named to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) All-Academic team for the fall of 2002. Out of the ten member schools, 164 student-athletes received this honor.

The Wheaton Chorale continues a beloved holiday tradition in southeastern Massachusetts, presenting its annual Vespers concert midst the greens and candlelight of Cole Memorial Chapel on Sunday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m.

With the hiring of a new molecular biologist and the establishment of a state-of-the-art molecular biology lab, Wheaton students now have increased opportunity for cutting-edge research and learning in the areas of molecular biology, biotechnology and genetics.

The Great Woods Chamber Orchestra opens its first season next month inaugural season under the baton of its conductor, Earl Raney. This auspicious debut concert combines elegant Baroque, classical and twentieth century favorites with a dash of Boston Pops-style holiday merriment.

The current push by the federal government to stress phonics in teaching children to read will be good for big business, but not so good for the nation¡Ùs children, according to Assistant Professor of Education Mary Lee Griffin, who is speaking out on the subject in an essay published by the Los Angeles Times.

Muslim Chaplain Imam Talal Eid will speak on ''Islam and Pluralism after 9/11'' on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p. m. in the Holman Room, Mary Lyon Hall. A brief reception with refreshments in the May Room will follow the lecture.

Lynda Tocci, Wheaton class of 1989, was cited in The Boston Globe for her role as close advisor to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shannon O'Brien.

David Levering Lewis, the double Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of historian W. E. B. Du Bois, will address the Class of 2003 at Wheaton's 168th commencement on May 17, 2003.

Wheaton's Homecoming, held this year from Thursday, October 17 to Sunday, October 20, celebrates the college's vitality and its commitment to active, lifelong learning through an extensive array of events.

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, marks the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Wheaton remembers with a special tribute on campus and a look back at how our community responded to the tragedy.

Americans need to make global education a top priority from elementary school through college, according to an article by Wheaton President Dale Rogers Marshall published by MSNBC.

It's official: back to school season is here. Wheaton athletes and student leaders arrive in Norton this week, with 420 first year students arriving for orientation on August 31.

When most people plan a trip to Peru, they are interested in seeing Machu Picchu, or perhaps the mysterious Nazca Lines, the origins of which are still unknown. But Wheaton student Robyn Gravel '04 of Northfield, Conn., wanted to do more.

Wheaton graduate Anastasia Pano '02 of Worcester, Mass., was the first recipient of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Book Prize Undergraduate Research Award.

Brenda Wyss, associate professor of economics at Wheaton, has been awarded a lecturing and research Fulbright to Jamaica for the spring 2003 semester. Wyss, a political and feminist economist, studies the intersections of gender, family studies and economics, with a particular focus on Jamaica and the Caribbean.

Wheaton has received a grant from the George I. Alden Trust to fund a variety of science equipment priorities. The $75,000 grant supports curricular plans to make the sciences more central to the experience of every Wheaton student and gives Wheaton science faculty tools to illustrate critical connections between the sciences and other disciplines.

Wheaton will host an exhibition of works by noted painters Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason, from Sept. 9 through Oct. 20. The artists, who received honorary degrees from Wheaton in 2000, are the first to be featured in a major exhibition in the Beard and Weil galleries, which opened last spring following a $20 million arts construction and renovation project at Wheaton.

Associate Professor of English Paula Krebs writes about the pleasures and perils of a distinctly non-academic summer vacation--bowling camp--in this week's Slate.

Wheaton's Center for Global Education opens in August with the arrival of Dr. Harvey Charles, the recently appointed dean for global education at Wheaton. The center, a mandate of Wheaton's newly revamped curriculum, will emphasize the study of race and ethnicity in a global context.

Wheaton finished 24th overall in the prestigious Sears Directors' Cup in NCAA Division III competition for the 2001-02 academic year.

German major Laura Jones '03, of Freedom, Maine, has been awarded a prestigious DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) award in support of a directing and dramaturgy internship at Hamburg' s Thalia Theater next year.

Brooke Bisson '02 and Anna Schultz '02, Wheaton's latest Fulbright scholars, will head to opposite corners of the globe this fall. Bisson, a double major in English literature and music will explore Acadian culture and folk music in Nova Scotia while Schulz, who majored in international relations and political science, will embark on a study of integrated water management practices in Zambia, Africa.

Six Wheaton College student-athletes have been named to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic (NEWMAC) All-Academic team for the spring of 2002.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCollough warned the 325 members of Wheaton College's Class of 2002 not to be a nation of spectators.

Wheaton's Chamber Orchestra will perform its annual spring concert on Saturday, May 4, 2002 at 7:30 p. m. in Cole Memorial Chapel.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the college nearly $400,000 in grants this spring to help faculty establish a digital imaging facility and to support curriculum transformation across the disciplines.

Wheaton has received a $250,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York to help the college implement its new curriculum. The new curriculum, passed by the faculty last December after a two-year comprehensive review, emphasizes critical foundations of knowledge and connections across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough will address the Class of 2002 at Wheaton's 167th commencement on Saturday, May 18.

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is the opening production in Wheaton's Weber Theatre, an intimate, state-of-the-art space for theatre, dance and music performances, in the newly renovated Watson Performing Arts Center.

Why did the attacks of September 11 occur? What was the role of American culture and foreign policy? How can future attacks be prevented? These and other questions will be debated by two leading commentators on American culture at a debate at Wheaton on April 15.

Award-winning journalist Richard L. Berke, national political correspondent and senior writer for The New York Times, will speak at Wheaton on Monday, April 1.

Wheaton College, which earned its highest final ranking in the NCAA Division III Sears Directors' Cup championship of 23rd a year ago, is currently ranked 14th overall and second in New England following the first set of winter standings.

On Wednesday, March 27, Wheaton students will be busy packing more than 800 collected backpacks and school supplies to send to the northern Mexico town of Acu[breve]a.

The power of ethics in a crisis economy will be the subject on Tuesday, March 5, when gubernatorial candidate Robert Reich joins David Ellis, president and director of the Museum of Science, and Linda Whitlock, president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, for the 2002 Wheaton Distinguished Fellows Forum.

The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler's provocative, witty and whimsical paean to female sexuality, will be performed in Wheaton's Kresge Experimental Theater next month.

Wheaton's Director of Athletics, Chad Yowell, has announced the hiring of Pamela Wojnar as assistant athletic director, effective March 1, 2002. Wojnar has served as Rosemont College's director of athletics since 1994.

Writer and activist Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (not) getting by in America, will be this year's recipient of the Wheaton Otis Social Justice Award.

Wheaton President Dale Rogers Marshall is the recipient of the Pinnacle Award for achievement in the professions presented by the Women's Network of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

As the spring semester gets underway at Wheaton, there are a number of events for both students and members of the local community to anticipate in Watson Fine Arts Center and Mars Arts and Humanities.

Grammy-award winning violinist Joshua Bell will perform at Wheaton through the support of Wheaton's Loser Concert Series. The February 5 performance is his only appearance in New England this winter and spring.