February 17th, 2009
Byron Hurt, a filmmaker, writer and anti-sexism activist, will visit Wheaton on Wednesday, February 25, to lead a discussion about hip hop music and its underlying messages on race, gender, violence, sex, and visual media.
February 17th, 2009
Four Wheaton seniors will devote ten months of community service to help urban children August through City Year, an AmeriCorps program.
February 17th, 2009
The Department of English and the Dale Rogers Marshall Visiting Artists Program Endowed Fund within the Evelyn Danzig Haas'39 Visiting Artists Program proudly present author Margot Livesey on Wednesday, February 18, at 5 p.m. in Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts. The reading is open to the public without charge.
Margot Livesey grew up in a boys' [...]
February 10th, 2009
A partner in one of Boston's best-known institutional investment firms will visit campus to discuss economic theory, investing and careers in financial management as a Wheaton Distinguished Fellow.
February 9th, 2009
Molly Rose Galdston '09 is the co-author of a study on language development in children with autism that has been presented at two international conferences. The study points up important differences between bilingual and monolingual children with autism that could help refine treatment and intervention methods.
February 3rd, 2009
The Wheaton Quarterly magazine has won two silver awards for excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
February 3rd, 2009
The Wheaton community was among the first to preview renown filmmaker Werner Herzog's documentary "Encounters at the End of the World," which was screened on campus last fall. Now that the film has been nominated for an Oscar, there is even more to celebrate.
January 30th, 2009
The global problem of poverty in the midst of plenty, and what that says about the modern food industrial complex, is the subject of a lecture and related events on the Wheaton campus.
January 14th, 2009
When Mike Plante bought lunch for Associate Professor of Art and Film Jake Mahaffy at Red Stripe in Providence, RI, he made one stipulation. In exchange for the meal, Mahaffy must agree to produce a short film. After a couple of burgers and beers, Plante, a Sundance Film Festival programmer, drew up a contract on [...]
December 10th, 2008
Wheaton seniors Sarah Mielbye and Kristine Vilagie have been chosen to participate in Teach for America (TFA), a select corps of college graduates who commit to teaching for two years in low-income communities across the nation.
November 26th, 2008
Students in the anthropology course "Feast or Famine" conducted an emergency fundraising drive on campus to provide Thanksgiving dinners for local families.
November 21st, 2008
Wheaton presents its annual holiday Vespers concert on Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m.
November 21st, 2008
Come visit Wheaton's greenhouses during open house and repotting clinic on Friday, Dec. 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
November 14th, 2008
Derron "J. R." Wallace has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship that will further his aspiration to improve the situation of impoverished rural communities around the globe by enhancing educational systems.
November 11th, 2008
Seven students from Wheaton won Fulbright Scholarships in 2008, placing the college among the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country. The success of the top Fulbright-producing institutions was highlighted in the October 24 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 31st, 2008
Professor of Mathematics William Goldbloom Bloch explores the intersection of math and literature in his recently released book The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel.
October 27th, 2008
Wheaton will present Professor of Chemistry Emerita Bojan Jennings with an honorary degree on Thursday, Oct. 30, at noon in Cole Memorial Chapel.
October 22nd, 2008
The next time you're savoring a Hostess Twinkie, think about what is inside that treat: carbon monoxide, petroleum and rocks. Confused? Author Steve Ettlinger will visit Wheaton on Wednesday, Nov. 5 to explain.
October 22nd, 2008
What would you do with $10,000 to promote world peace?
Wheaton students interested in answering that question have until Jan. 12, 2009, to develop a plan. That's the deadline for submitting a proposal for the Davis 100 Projects for Peace program.
The Davis Projects for Peace program is made possible by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, an accomplished [...]
October 19th, 2008
A new online video series, Wheaton InFocus, has been launched, and the series' first installment focuses on the creation of a site-specific sculpture for the college.
October 13th, 2008
President Ronald A. Crutcher and the Board of Trustees are inviting the Wheaton community and local residents to the groundbreaking for the new Center for Scientific Inquiry and Innovation on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m.
October 3rd, 2008
College students voting in this year's presidential election can thank others for leading the way in earning their right to cast a ballot. Among them: Candy Yaghjian Waites '65 and a group of her friends and classmates.
October 2nd, 2008
The Wheaton College greenhouses will offer an open house and repotting clinic on Monday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 24th, 2008
Arc of Intent: Claudia R. Fieo, Selected Works, 1988-2008, which is currently in the Beard and Weil Galleries through Oct. 19, reflects Professor of Art Claudia R. Fieo's faith in creating art, as well as traces the arc of her life. As a printmaker, this marks Fieo's 11th solo exhibition. The works span a range of techniques, stylistic choices and creative periods, but ultimately center upon what Fieo calls the "mystery of life's contrasting forces."
September 22nd, 2008
Wheaton and Norton officials have teamed up to improve safety on campus and in town. Through a program called Citizen CPR, Wheaton's peer health advocates, Norton Emergency Medical Service staff and Norton High School faculty will work together to train all Norton high school students in CPR, which can double a cardiac victim's chances of surviving. Wheaton's resident advisors also will receive the training.
September 18th, 2008
On Friday, September 26, the college will celebrate the 199th birthday of Eliza Baylies Wheaton, the principal founder of Wheaton Female Seminary. The event, which begins at 1 p.m. in Cole Chapel, marks the revival of Founders' Day, a tradition first celebrated in 1889 to mark the 80th birthday of Mrs. Wheaton.
September 15th, 2008
Tom Farrey, a regular correspondent with ESPN's primetime newsmagazine E:60, will speak at Wheaton College on September 24 about youth sports in the United States. His talk will be at 7 p.m. in the Holman Room in Mary Lyon Hall. His book, Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children, explores the pressure on younger and younger children to excel in organized athletic competition.
September 15th, 2008
The Religion Department will host scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker as the college's annual Martin Lecturer. Her address, entitled "The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology," will take place in the Holman Room of Mary Lyon Hall at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22.
September 5th, 2008
Miss opening convocation? You can watch it online. President Ronald Crutcher delivered the keynote address, "Where Do 'The Two Cultures' Intersect?: Engaging the Sciences and Humanities in a Broader Dialogue."
September 3rd, 2008
On campus for three weeks as a visiting artist, internationally known sculptor Patrick Dougherty will work with Wheaton College students to create a piece of outdoor art that will be visible to passers-by on the town of Norton's busiest street.
