Ryan Letada '08 has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to go to the Philippines to research methods to reduce homelessness.

Wheaton College 2008 graduate Ryan Patch plans to bike from California to Boston to raise $50,000 to empower poor villagers in Nicaragua, where he spent time last summer creating and funding microcredit as part of his project for peace, which was funded by Wheaton.

The Class of 2008 has set a new Wheaton record for Annual Fund participation by a graduating class, with 324 seniors--90 percent of them--contributing to the senior class gift.