Wheaton has won a grant of $99,500 from the Teagle Foundation to expand the reach of quantitative analysis (QA) in the college's multidisciplinary curriculum. A Wheaton working group will develop a variety of initiatives to encourage faculty members to incorporate new quantitative dimensions into their teaching and help students strengthen their QA skills and understanding.

NORTON--Wheaton College junior Stanley Ellicott, a double major in economics and Russian language and literature from Avon, Maine, won a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to fund his spring semester study in Russia.

Patricia A. King '63, Wheaton College trustee and Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics and Public Policy at Georgetown Law Center, has been elected as the first female African American member of the Harvard Corporation, the university announced Dec. 4.

NORTON--Wheaton psychology major Valerie Tobia, a junior from Falmouth, Mass., became the college's first winner of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship late last month.

NORTON--In an address at Wheaton College today, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) criticized political leaders in Massachusetts and Washington for not working hard enough to improve access to education and healthcare and to eradicate poverty and injustice.

Wheaton's Greenhouse will host an open house and plant re-potting clinic on Friday, Dec. 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

U. S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass. ) has graciously agreed to accept the Otis Social Justice Award. He will be visiting campus on Monday, Nov. 28 and the award will be presented to him in Cole Memorial Chapel at noon.

NORTON, Mass. -Alexander K. Dewar, a senior who is studying political science and plans to pursue a career in climate change policy, was on Saturday named Wheaton's third Rhodes Scholar in five years.

The Wheaton College chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, the nation's first student-run think tank, will host the organization's first Northeast Regional Retreat this weekend (Nov.

The Institute for International Education announced this week that Wheaton College tied for fourth place among American undergraduate institutions in Fulbright Awards won last year.

The author of an autobiography that was read by members of the freshmen class at Wheaton as part of the college's orientation program will visit campus on Oct. 24.

Wheaton has been selected as one of 16 colleges and universities to participate in a national initiative on global education, sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).

Americans have been three times as quick to protest Iraq war as they were to criticize the Vietnam War, Wheaton College History Professor Alexander Bloom provided the historical and cultural context for a discussion of protest.

Wheaton's Greenhouse will host an open house and plant re-potting clinic on Friday, Oct. 7, from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named Wheaton College one of four Truman Scholarship Honor Institutions for 2005. The award recognizes the liberal arts college's success in promoting the values of social responsibility and in preparing students to be leaders through public service careers.

Wheaton College has decided to establish an expedited admission/transfer process for students who are displaced by Hurricane Katrina and who live within commuting distance of the liberal arts college's campus in Norton, Mass.

In an essay published by the Boston Globe, Wheaton President Ronald A. Crutcher called on Congress to establish a broader and more accurate method for holding colleges accountable to the public.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL- The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has announced that Wheaton College finished 41st in the prestigious United States Sports Academy (USSA) Directors' Cup in NCAA Division III competition for the 2004-05 academic year.

Wheaton College has recently been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation to fund the college's Infusions Program, a key piece of the innovative Wheaton Curriculum.

[NORTON, Mass. ] - Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault decried the politicians and pretenders in America who have contributed to the decline in public trust in journalism and warned the 431 members of Wheaton College's Class of 2005 that they and their professors are honor-bound to safeguard the institutions of freedom.

The Department of Athletics presented major awards to five outstanding athletes at the department's annual awards ceremony on April 25.

NORTON, Mass. - Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher, in his inauguration as Wheaton College's seventh president today, challenged higher education to embrace 'a new paradigm' for diversity, relevancy and public accountability of the liberal arts.

NORTON, Mass. --John Heywood '05 of Oakland, Calif. , an independent major in science, technology and society, will conduct research in Estonia next year as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship.

NORTON, Mass. --Karin Seeber '05 of Groton, Mass. , a double major in English and German, and Henry Gerlits '05 of Franklin, Mass. , a double major in philosophy and religion, will teach English in Germany and South Korea, respectively, next year as the recipients of Fulbright Scholarships.

NORTON, Mass. -- Seven Wheaton students have won competitive national scholarships so far this semester. The college's two Watson Fellows, two Truman Scholars and one Fulbright Scholar will travel and study at home and around the world as they pursue unique learning experiences before heading to graduate school and careers.

NORTON, Mass.--Karin Seeber '05 of Groton, Mass., a double major in English and German, will teach English and American studies in Germany next year as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship.

NORTON, Mass.--Two Wheaton political science majors, both planning to pursue law degrees and careers in the development of land use policy, also share the honor of being named 2005 Truman Scholars.

NORTON, Mass.--Wheaton seniors Liza Semler and Tyler Matteson are two of 50 college students nationwide selected today to receive a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.

The Beard and Weil Galleries at Wheaton College are proud to host alumna and Visiting Artist Miki Hsu Leavey '74 and a collection of her paintings from Monday, March 3 -Saturday, April 5, 2003.

Wheaton President Ronald A. Crutcher has been elected chair of a national association of colleges and universities advocating for quality in the undergraduate experience on American campuses.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the former award-winning national correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and current bureau chief and correspondent for CNN in Johannesburg, will address the Class of 2005 at Wheaton's 170th Commencement on May 21, 2005.

NORTON, MA- The Wheaton Athletic Mentors, a leadership group of student-athletes from each of the college's 21 varsity sports programs, will host ''The Big Event'' to promote sobriety among college students and to contribute to the local community.

A major winter storm is expected throughout the day with significant snow accumulation. At this point we expect the college will be open tomorrow.