June 2002
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Campus News & Events
Annual Fund: Climbing toward the peak
We've reached the last days of the 2001-2002 Annual Fund--but we haven't yet reached our goal. In fact, we're $382,514 short as of June 17. Our percent participation now stands at 33, also shy of our 42 percent goal.
We're nearly out of time, but our determination to support Wheaton's mission remains. Please help. This year's Annual Fund closes its books on June 30, 2002. Make a gift by going to OnLyon, the Web site for alumnae/i.
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Faculty Focus
Why style matters and pedagogy still counts
Education professor Frinde Maher talks about testing, whether teachers are born or made, and the general public's greatest misunderstanding about what makes a great teacher.
"A problem with the position of teachers today is this combination of being blamed and not being listened to," Maher says. "We're the professionals in the field. It's like saying to doctors, 'You have a special interest in how to deliver health care, and therefore we're not going to listen to you,'" Maher says, explaining her frustration with the politics of public education.
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Media Moments
Wheaton alum takes national stage as expert on terrorism
Alumnus Tom Sanderson , deputy director of the Transnational Threats Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), was featured in a Washington Post online discussion June 10.
The former Wheaton international relations major and 1992 Wheaton grad told an online discussion participant, "One of the primary goals of the 'dirty bomb' would be to sow panic, which is why a well-informed public that receives accurate, timely information is the best defense against this."
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Seeing stars: alumna writes monthly astronomy column
Wheaton Observatory Director Lori Agan '98 writes a monthly column for the Attleboro Sun Chronicle describing when you can catch a glimpse of your favorite stars, planets and other celestial wonders. In June, see the Summer Triangle:
Summer's return is marked by the grouping of stars known as the Summer Triangle. Three stars, each within a separate constellation, join to form a large "asterism", a grouping not recognized as a formal constellation. The best known of these formations is the Big Dipper, which is an asterism within the constellation of Ursa Major. The Summer Triangle, however, is visible only in the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, so its presence in our skies reminds us of the passing seasons.
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Meet a Wheaton Student
A new stage: Mahendran Radhakrishnan begins theatre career
Son of South Indians Mahendran Radhakrishnan dabbled in pre-med and anthropology before declaring a theatre major. Next year, the thespian goes on the road with a children's theatre program.
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Athletics
Wheaton women's track just does it (again!)
The Wheaton College women's outdoor track & field team captured another national crown on May 23 at Macalester College, winning their second consecutive NCAA Division III Championship. Coupled with an astounding four straight indoor titles, the Wheaton women have found the nation's top spot to be almost commonplace.
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Denorfia drafted by Cincinnati Reds
Outfielder Chris Denorfia '02 (Southington, CT/Choate-Rosemary School) became the first baseball player in the five-year existence of Wheaton's varsity program to be taken in the Major League Baseball amateur draft, as he was selected in the 19th round by the Cincinnati Reds of the National League.
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Alumnae/i Matters
We want your homepages!
We recently invited alumnae/i to share urls for their personal Web pages with us. The pioneers are here; we invite you to join them by e-mailing us.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
You may want to note these important campus calendar dates on your calendar: Homecoming weekend will be October 18-20. New student Orientation begins August 31, while classes begin September 4.
AMENDMENT
Last month, we announced news of two Fulbright award winners at Wheaton. Scholarship winner Brooke Bisson '02, of Yarmouth, Maine, is a music and English writing and literature major (not only an English writing and literature major, as previously reported); she will study Francophone folk music in Nova Scotia next year.
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