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.