Current News

While there are NO reported or suspected cases of H1N1 influenza (swine flu) on the Wheaton College campus, the recent reports about several cases in Massachusetts presents an opportunity to remind students, faculty and staff about the steps each person should take to guard against the flu and other communicable diseases.

The Wheaton Dance Company, under the direction of Assistant Professor Christianna Kavaloski, will showcase a variety of new works in its spring concert, "Synergy," on May 1, 2 and 3.

By now campus community members are aware of the swine influenza outbreak (swine flu) that is a growing national and global health threat. This message is meant to update the Wheaton community on the impact of this disease and offer other important information.

The second annual iSpeak! spoken word showcase will take place at Wheaton on Saturday, April 25, with performances by student artists and two guest slam poets.

The Wheaton College greenhouses will offer an open house and repotting clinic on Friday, May 15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Horticulturalist and greenhouse caretaker Jane Young will be available to answer questions.

Jewelry design, encaustic painting, sculpture and film: These are just a few of the media to be showcased at the senior studio art majors' exhibition, entitled Framed, on view from April 22 to May 8 in the Beard and Weil Galleries.

Two Wheaton seniors will see the fruition of a cherished idea on Earth Day, when the college breaks ground for an apple orchard behind the Presidents' House. The festivities will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Earth Day, April 22.

For more than two years, Julia Butterfly Hill lived in the upper reaches of an ancient redwood tree to save it from destruction by a logging company. On Earth Day, April 22, Hill will visit Wheaton to talk about that experience and her continuing work as an environmental activist.

The four winners of Wheaton's third annual Concerto-Aria Competition will perform on Thursday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m., during a concert by the Great Woods Chamber Orchestra at the Weber Theatre in Watson Fine Arts.

Wheaton students recently won a series of music competitions at the Song Festival, sponsored by the Rhode Island chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (RINATS).

Senior Lily Mulcahy has won first prize in the undergraduate student paper competition at the 6th Annual Greater Boston Anthropology Consortium Student Conference for her research about a Web site for young cancer survivors.

Wheaton College President Ronald Crutcher announced that Linda Eisenmann, a scholar of higher education and an experienced academic administrator, has been named the Provost and will officially take office on July 1, 2009.

The versatile pianist Eric Eid-Reiner '11 will celebrate the release of his new CD, "On a Meadowlark Night," with a performance drawing musical inspiration from New England, Ireland, Scotland, Quebec and Cape Breton.

Rachelle DeCoste, assistant professor of mathematics, will bring her Career Mentoring Workshop for Women in math (CaMeW) to Wheaton for the second consecutive summer, thanks to a grant of $6,000 from the Mathematical Association of America/Tensor Foundation.

Chelsey Taylor '09 of Rockford, Illinois, has won a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in South Korea.

Wheaton presents an outdoor/indoor performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth April 9, 10 and 11, 16, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Weber Theatre in Watson Fine Arts.

The impact of a warming Earth on arctic glaciers will be the subject of senior Megan O'Sadnick's research as a 2009 Fulbright Scholar.

Gabe Amo '10 is one of 60 college students in the nation to win the prestigious 2009 Truman Scholarship in public service.

Senior Scott Clark will spend his first year after graduation as a Fulbright Scholar in Argentina, teaching English at a teacher-training college and pursuing his interest in journalism for publications in the U.S. and in Latin America.

The Wheaton community will hold its second annual Focus the Nation "teach-in" on March 23-26 with a series of events designed to raise awareness about sustainability practices on campus and in our daily lives.

Members of the Gentlemen Callers will celebrate the group's 20th anniversary on Saturday, April 4 at 8 p.m., with a reunion concert in Cole Memorial Chapel that will bring back to campus more than 30 alums who were members.

Wheaton College senior Kelly Maby has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. The $28,000 award will support her research of the informal waste collection systems that have developed in Egypt, Australia, Brazil, Ecuador and Guatemala. She is the fourth Wheaton student to win a Watson in the past two years.

Professor Jake Mahaffy has been selected as one of 15 international filmmakers to participate in a prestigious workshop associated with the Cannes Film Festival.

Students recently shared their social justice work during a panel discussion on human rights.

A gallery exhibition and catalog, both created by students, trace the development of Wheaton's campus in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Professor of Mathematics William Goldbloom Bloch has won an honorable mention from the 2008 PROSE Awards for his book, The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel.

The work of nationally renowned artist Dorothea Rockburne will be featured in Dorothea Rockburne: The Astronomy Drawings in the Beard and Weil Galleries from Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, April 16.

The Wheaton greenhouses open house is scheduled for Weds., March 18. Greenhouse caretaker Jane Young will be available to answer questions.

Due to the winter storm, which is expected to result in significant overnight and early morning snow accumulation, Wheaton will delay opening on Monday, March 2, until 1:30 p.m.

Classes scheduled before that time, will not take place; administrative offices will open at 1:30 p.m.

Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, who was recently honored as the 2008 Classical FM Gramophone Artist of the Year, will showcase her talents as part of the college's Mary Bloor Loser '42 Concert Series.