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Wheaton to host concert by renowned Irish performers

Sunday, March 30, 2003

Wheaton is proud to present Evelyn Danzig Haas Œ39 Visiting Artist Mick Moloney and guests who will perform in Cole Memorial Chapel on Sunday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Public Radio International's From the Top to record at Wheaton

Friday, March 28, 2003

From the Top, the hit public radio program that NBC Today calls classy reality programming comes to Wheaton on April 10 to record a show before a live audience. This program, in Wheaton's Weber Theatre, is being recorded for broadcast, and will feature talented and diverse group of young musicians from Massachusetts, Illinois, California and Alabama.

Worldfest at Wheaton sponsors an evening of Irish and Appalachian music

Thursday, March 27, 2003

Wheaton proudly presents a coffee house style performance of Irish and Appalachian traditional fiddle-guitar music featuring Mick Daly from Cork, Ireland, guitar, banjo and voice and Anna Falkenau from Wesleyan, Connecticut, fiddle and voice on Thursday, March 27 at 7:30 p.

Wheaton College Plans Daylong Moratorium on 'Classes as Usual' to Discuss Iraq War - March 26

Friday, March 21, 2003

NORTON, Mass., March 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the U. S. strike on Iraq underway, Wheaton professors are calling a one-day moratorium on ''classes as usual'' to help students understand the conflict and its aftermath.

Martin lecture to explore Jerusalem conflict from a feminist perspective

Friday, March 14, 2003

Exploring the centuries-old struggle over Jerusalem's sacred spaces from a femeinist perspective will be the topic of this year's Martin Lecture on Monday, March 24, to be delivered by Bonna Devora Haberman.

FACULTY PLAN FOR IRAQ WAR WITH ONE-DAY MORATORIUM ON CLASSES

Monday, March 10, 2003

[NORTON, Mass. ] - If and when the U. S. launches its long-anticipated strike on Iraq, Wheaton professors are prepared to act. The Wheaton faculty voted on Friday to call a one-day moratorium on classes as usual, in the event of war.

WHEATON PRESIDENT DALE ROGERS MARSHALL WILL STEP DOWN JUNE 30, 2004

Friday, March 7, 2003

[NORTON, Mass. ] -- Wheaton College President Dale Rogers Marshall has announced that she will resign on June 30, 2004, after leading the college for 12 years.

New York playwright and visiting artist Howe to give lecture at Wheaton

Thursday, March 6, 2003

As part of Wheaton's Evelyn Danzig Haas '39 Visiting Artist Program, well-known New York playwright Tina Howe will give a public lecture, ''The Thrill and Danger of Writing for the Theater,'' on Tuesday, March 25.

New York playwright Howe to deliver lecture at Wheaton

Thursday, March 6, 2003

As part of Wheaton's Evelyn Danzig Haas '39 Visiting Artist Program, well-known New York playwright Tina Howe will give a public lecture, The Thrill and Danger of Writing for the Theater, on Tuesday, March 25.

Wheaton chemisty prof awarded grants on methyl mercury production

Thursday, March 6, 2003

Methyl mercury, a potent neurotoxin, can exist in dangerously high concentrations in Massachusetts coastal and inland waters, high enough to pose health threats to anyone consuming fish from those areas. A Wheaton chemistry professor has been awarded two grants to study the production of methyl mercury in coastal marine sediments.

Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart to speak at Wheaton

Thursday, March 6, 2003

Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart will deliver a lecture this spring as part of the continuing Jane E. Ruby Lecture Series at Wheaton. The lecture will be held on Thursday, April 3 in Cole Memorial Chapel at 7:30 p.m.

Wheaton hosts a Festival of New Plays

Tuesday, March 4, 2003

Wheaton College is proud to present A Festival of New Plays, Tuesday, March 4 - Saturday March 8 at 7:30 p. m. in the Kresge Experimental Theatre in Watson Fine Arts.