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Archive for April, 2008

Banquet serves up information on global hunger

April 7, 2008

An interactive “hunger banquet” was held at Wheaton on February 28 to help raise campus awareness of global hunger, poverty and fair trade.

Wheaton junior wins Goldwater Scholarship for excellence in the sciences

April 7, 2008
Wheaton junior wins Goldwater Scholarship for excellence in the sciences

Blair Rossetti ’09, a biochemistry major from Plymouth, Mass., has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for 2008. Awarded to outstanding college juniors and seniors in the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering, the Goldwater Scholarship is the premier national award for undergraduates in these areas.

Greek revival

April 7, 2008
Greek revival

A Wheaton tradition that dates back to the 1920s returns center stage on Friday, April 11, courtesy of senior Michael Balderrama, who is staging a Greek tragedy on the steps of the Madeleine Clark Wallace Library. Euripides’s Orestes: A New Translation will be performed from 1 to 2:30 p.m. as part of Balderrama’s senior honors thesis during Wheaton’s 17th annual Academic Festival.

Wheaton Ranks Among NCAA Division III's Top 15 Percent in Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings

April 4, 2008

Wheaton College is ranked among the top 15 percent of over 400 NCAA Division III institutions in the final winter United States Sports Academy Directors’ Cup standings.

Wheaton senior wins Fulbright for cultural research

April 3, 2008

Wheaton senior Esther Jeong has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to research changes in traditional dance styles and the cultural shifts that have occurred as globalization has taken place in contemporary South Korea. Fulbright scholarships are awarded for a variety of educational activities, including university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and [...]