Abdolkarim Soroush, a leading light in the Islamic reform movement, will give a lecture entitled “Islam and Democracy: Democratic Voices within the Islamic World” at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 7.
Archive for March, 2008
Islamic scholar to speak on democracy and Islam
March 31, 2008Professor's film nabs top festival honors
March 27, 2008The latest feature film by Wheaton professor Jake Mahaffy won the award for best “feature film” at the South By Southwest Film Festival held recently in Austin.
Wheaton students win awards and national honors
March 26, 2008Representing the broad diversity of scholarship and achievement on campus, a dozen Wheaton students have won awards and national honors this spring, including two seniors who have earned coveted Watson Fellowships for independent study abroad. The students have won recognition for their scholarly work, proposed research and service projects, as well as achievements in the arts.
Wheaton voice students draw raves at R.I. song festival
March 26, 2008
Eight Wheaton students performed at the Song Festival of the Rhode Island chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing on March 1, and five of them came away with honors in the annual competition.
Alumni conference to celebrate diversity milestone
March 26, 2008
April 12, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
On April 12, a campus conference entitled “Building Bridges: A Celebration of 100 Alumni Men of Color,” will highlight the experiences and accomplishments of alumni and male students of color since the college began admitting men in 1987.
Wheaton to walk for American Cancer Society
March 24, 2008
Wheaton students, faculty and staff will again join the American Cancer Society in the fight against cancer by raising funds through the Relay For Life, an all-night campus walk-a-thon.
Two students win grants for peace projects
March 21, 2008
Thanks to the Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace initiative, Ann Kwan ’09 and Kelly Maby ’09 have each won $10,000 grants to promote world peace through projects to be undertaken this summer. Kwan will establish a handicrafts shop for a Cambodian non-profit, while Maby will take urban high school students on a tour of the American South to learn from Civil Rights leaders.
Ringgold shares life of art, activism
March 20, 2008
Acclaimed artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold, who has published 14 children’s books, visited Wheaton recently to share her work with local schoolchildren and the campus community.
Computer science students lend Norton a hand in organizing town history
March 19, 2008
Computer science professor Mark LeBlanc and four of his students are developing a searchable database of local historic images at the Norton Historical Society.
Meehan wins MacDowell fellowship
March 19, 2008
Wheaton Associate Professor of English and playwright-in-residence Charlotte Meehan has been awarded a coveted Alpert/MacDowell Colony Fellowship. The MacDowell Colony was established in Peterborough, N.H., in 1907 to nurture the arts by offering talented individuals an inspiring environment in which to produce their work.. Meehan joins the impressive company of previous MacDowell fellows, including award-winning playwrights Suzan-Lori Parks, Wendy Wasserstein and Thornton Wilder.
