The Department of Athletics honored five student athletes at its annual awards ceremony on May 1.

Wheaton College senior Ashley Young, a biology major from Westford, Mass., has been awarded a research Fulbright to study the effect of an invasive insect and animal on the lives of indigenous people in Canada.

Lauren Cipollone '08, a German major from East Burke, Vermont, has been selected to participate in a weeklong summer seminar--the Graduate School Experience--at the University of Minnesota for academically outstanding students considering graduate work in German studies.

Laura Corkery '07, a French Studies and International Relations major from North Marshfield, Mass., has won a French Teaching Assistantship through the Fulbright program. She will teach English next year in the university town of Rennes, France.

The struggle for gender equality in the workplace is not over and today's college students graduates must carry the fight forward, said noted attorney Kathleen O'Donnell, who received an honorary degree during the college's 172nd Commencement on Saturday, May 19, 2007.

Giving the keynote address at Wheaton College's 172nd Commencement held on May 19, 2007, pioneering educator Freeman Hrabowski III told the 370 members of the Class of 2007 that education can equalize opportunities, and he urged them to realize their potential as leaders.

The Wheaton Board of Trustees voted unanimously to divest from its endowment holdings any direct investments in companies identified as conducting business in the Sudan.

Meghan Smith '09 recently participated in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) national championship show.

President Ronald A. Crutcher played Vivaldi's Concerto in G minor with the Boston Classical Orchestra (BCO) at Faneuil Hall.