Wheaton College Massachusetts

Wheaton Dance Company Auditions
2021-09-01 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Balfour-Hood – Ellison Dance Studio, Norton, 02766, United States
Interested in dance? Consider auditioning for the Wheaton College Dance Company. Auditions will begin with a modern stretch and warm up, then a short combination will be taught and performed in small groups. Participants should arrive 10-15 minutes early to fill out a quick form. Please wear clothes that you feel comfortable dancing/moving in.

Birds, Bees, and Humans: Faculty Speaker Series with Dr. Jessie Knowlton
2021-09-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join us for the fifth Faculty Speaker Series event, celebrating the scholarly research and creative works of Wheaton’s faculty members.
Dr. Jessie Knowlton, Assistant Professor of Biology, will present a talk titled “Birds, bees, and humans: why we should care about all species.” Dr. Knowlton will talk about her research with Wheaton students on the impacts of environmental change on bird and bee communities in Ecuador. She will also explain why what happens to other species can make a big difference to humanity as well, and what we can learn from paying attention to the diversity of life on our planet.
Dr. Jani Benoit, Professor of Chemistry, will moderate the Q&A.
This hour-long talk and moderated Q&A will take place on Zoom. Pre-registration is required.
If you require accommodations for this event, please contact Megan Brooks at brooks_megan@wheatoncollege.edu by September 15, 2021.

MAP Day!
2021-10-14 09:00 - 14:00 | All Campus, 26 E. Main St., Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Join us for MAP Day, October 14, 2021! Classes are canceled between 9 a.m–2 p.m. to allow time to step back and reflect on your Wheaton journey.
MAP Day provides time for students to see all that Wheaton has to offer, from study abroad, career planning, honors & scholars programs, LEAPS, majors, financial planning, and much more. First and second year students will meet with MAP Advisors and peers in morning cohort meetings to reflect and plan.
Attend an author reading and Q&A with Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. This collection of short stories won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize and the 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. A Q&A session will follow.
Wheaton’s Diversity, Equity and Access Leadership will host a discussion entitled Progress Towards Equity: A Community Discussion, to bring the Wheaton community together for this important discussion.
Don’t miss cider & donuts on the Dimple and in the Pine Courtyard from 10-11 a.m.
Learn about all of the many opportunities available to you as you plan your Wheaton career and your life after Wheaton! All events, including descriptions, preregistration information, and meeting links are available on Inside Wheaton -> Academics -> MAP Day.

Understanding Race, Racialization, and Systemic Oppression in Higher Education
2021-10-14 16:00 | Online
A panel discussion exploring the ways that racism manifests itself in college campuses and what members of the Wheaton community can do to help Wheaton be an anti-racist institution.
Panelists

Raquel M. Rall, Ph.D., assistant professor at the School of Education, University of California, Riverside
Cheryl D. Ching, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston

Commentator

Richard Chait, Ph.D., professor emeritus of higher education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Register via Zoom
Sponsored by the Office for Institutional Equity and Belonging and Diversity, Equity & Access Leadership (DEAL)
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Shaya Gregory Poku at poku_shaya@wheatoncollege.edu by October 13.

Printmaking for Social Change
2021-10-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Chapel Field, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Screenprint social impact driven designs onto shirts! Students in Professor Fieo’s Printmaking for Social Change class will be on hand to help you print their t-shirt designs created in collaboration with student organizations. Learn about a variety of organizations on campus who are trying to make a difference. Participating groups include TWAP, ECCO, Emerson House, Model UN, First Gen, SHAG, and Safe Haus. Bring your own shirt or use one of ours! And don’t forget to swing by the food truck while you’re waiting for your shirt to dry.

Hearing is Believing
2021-10-20 19:00 | Online
Academy Award-winning sound designer and voice actor Ben Burtt, whose credits include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series, ET: The Extra-terrestrial and Wall-E, will discuss how sound completes the illusion in motion pictures and the artistry involved in sound design.
Register via Zoom
Sponsored by the Film and New Media Studies and the French Studies departments.

Pass the Mic! Create. Curate. Care.
2021-10-22 14:00 - 17:30, 2021-10-23 10:30 - 14:00 | Virtual
Pass the Mic! Create. Curate. Care.
Artists, curators, scholars, and art facilitators recognize that cultural initiatives must respond with more agility and alacrity to the realities of inequity, in all of its forms. How those responses are effectively enacted is a more complex set of questions. This conference will focus on the political potentials of care and compassion as practiced in the arts. Participants will reflect on the differences between hearing and actively listening, and between speaking with and speaking to, in a variety of art-centered exchanges.

How can we amplify inclusive, polyphonic narratives based on lived experiences, instead of the perceived authority of academic or fine arts expertise? How might art workers conceive of their role as facilitation for collaborations and conversations about justice taking place outside cultural institutions? Over two online sessions, we will explore creative, curatorial and activist projects focused on toppling hierarchies, empowering BIPOC voices, reimagining history, and centering the voices of historically marginalized authors and creators. Hear more about cultural initiatives locally and internationally—making change now.
Information on conference program and participants.
This event is being presented virtually via Zoom.
Registration for Friday, 10/22
Registration for Saturday, 10/23
Please note: there are separate registration links for each day of the conference.
This event is sponsored by the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program.

Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice. A lecture by Scott Seider and Daren Graves.
2021-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
Schooling for Critical Consciousness addresses how schools can help Black and Latinx youth resist the negative effects of racial injustice and challenge its root causes. Scott Seider and Daren Graves draw on a four-year longitudinal study examining how five different mission-driven urban high schools foster critical consciousness among their students. The book presents vivid portraits of the schools as they implement various programs and practices, and traces the impact of these approaches on the students themselves.
Guests must register (anytime in advance) using this link in order to receive a Zoom invite:
Register on Zoom
Hosted by the Consortium for Excellence in Teacher Education, Education Department, SGA and the The Marshall Center.

Puerto Rican Poetic Resistance(s) to Continued Colonialism: Interactive workshop with Dr. Melinda González
2021-11-04 17:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Ellison Lecture Hall, Norton, MA, 02766
Poetry-based art movements have functioned as an important locus of community organizing and political discourse across both Puerto Rico and the U.S. since at least the 1930s. In this interactive workshop, scholar-activist-poet Dr. Melinda González will perform poems, facilitate a poetry writing workshop, and discuss the role of poetry spaces in disaster recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria across the Puerto Rican diaspora.

This workshop is sponsored by the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program, the Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning, WorldFest, and the Departments of English and Anthropology.

Faculty Speaker Series with Dr. Joel Relihan
2021-11-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join us for the sixth Faculty Speaker Series event, celebrating the scholarly research and creative works of Wheaton’s faculty members.
Dr. Joel C. Relihan, Professor and Chair of Classics, will give a talk titled “The Latest from Hades: Menippean Dispatches from the Other Side,” based on his recently published book, Lucian: Three Menippean Fantasies.
Dr. Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus will moderate the Q&A.
This hour-long talk and moderated Q&A will take place on Zoom. Pre-registration is required.
Live captioning will be available to all attendees. If you require accommodations for this event, please contact Megan Brooks at brooks_megan@wheatoncollege.edu by November 3, 2021.

Indigenous Heritage Month Speaker - Tracy Kelley
2021-11-19 12:30 | Mary Lyon Hall – May Room, Norton, MA, 02766
Tracy Kelley is an educator, writer, and linguist working on Indigenous Language Revitalization. She is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and is serving as interim director of the Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project.
Tracy will be speaking about her work in language reclamation, intergenerational learning and culturally competent teaching as a way of learning language and also as a way of passing on traditions within their community.
Register on Zoom to attend virtually, or join us in person in the May Room.
Sponsored by the Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning.

Meditation Workshop with Dr. Wangchuk Rinzin
2021-12-01 16:30 - 17:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel – Basement (The Base), Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life invites you to join Wheaton’s Scholar in Residence, Dr. Wangchuk Rinzin, in Buddhist meditation instruction and practice. Dr. Rinzin is a Bhutanese scholar and former Buddhist monk who is teaching this year in the departments of Religion and English. RSL is excited to help share his considerable knowledge and experience with the winder Wheaton community.
Please join us Wednesday December 1st at 4:30 p.m. in The Base meeting room for this special meditation workshop.
If you have any accessibility needs or concerns, please contact grogan_caleigh@wheatoncollege.edu.

MLK Legacy Celebration: Critical Hope in Context of Crisis
2022-02-03 17:00 | Online
Keynote by Dr. Jamila Lyiscott
Aspiring way-maker, community-engaged scholar, and author of Black Appetite. White Food: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has changed our systems of education forever. Teacher shortages and attacks on teaching accurate historical and contemporary realities of race continue to compound the ways that schooling has long been a site of crisis for Black and Brown youth. But what if the crisis is a catalyst? One that compels us to come to terms with a broken education system that must be transformed in ways that are aligned with equity and justice for all.
In this talk, Dr. J will share her Fugitive Action Framework as a lens for moving beyond “mythical hope”–empty promises of true change–and developing critical, tangible hope to support the building of essential new futures.
Virtual event via Zoom, registration required.
Register on Zoom
We are having campus watch parties and if you contact the Marshall Center at marshallcenter@wheatoncollege.edu to let us know of your watch party, we will prepare a watch party snack bag for your group.

A Seminar on Cross-cultural Mindfulness
2022-03-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Discovery Center – Hindle Auditorium, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Non-Judging • Patience • Beginner’s Mind • Trust • Non-Striving • Acceptance • Letting Go • Gratitude • Generosity
Zen • Egolessness • Connection
Kendra is a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher-Level 1 from the Mindfulness Center-Brown University School of Public Health. She has also received training to teach Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Life course through the Oxford Mindfulness Center. Kendra also is a Professional Life Coach with Certification in Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) and a BA in Psychology, Family Studies and Counseling. Through Mindfulness Life Coaching, LLC she uses her skills to partner with participants in group settings and one-on-one to reach more awareness in their lives.
Kana Hattori lives in Japan and is a Certified Instructor of the Urasenke Tea Ceremony, headed by Sen Soshitsu XVI, Zabosai, a 16th generation descendant of “cha-sei” Sen no Rikyu. While at the Kyoto University of Arts, she wrote her graduation thesis, “Kimono Attire and Appearance: Between Tradition and Modernity”. She has also studied Chado, Shamisen, and Noh.

Colombian American poet and activist, Carlos Andrés Gómez
2022-03-09 18:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Wheaton Institute for Interdisciplinary Humanities (WIIH) presents Colombian American poet Carlos Andrés Gómez, star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and Spike Lee’s #1 box office movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, performing his original work on Wednesday March 9th at 6:00 PM in Holman Room in Mary Lyon Hall.
The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing with Gómez. Carlos Andrés Gómez is the author of Hijito, for which he was awarded the Foreword INDIES Gold Medal and the International Book Award for Poetry in 2020, and the coming-of-age memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood, released by Penguin Random House in 2012. His most recent book, Fractures, was selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry.
For concerns and accessibility needs, please contact leonquintero_valery@wheatoncollege.edu.

The Lived Experience of a Female Entrepreneur in Japan
2022-03-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Discovery Center – Hindle Auditorium, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
An event co-hosted by Social Impact & Innovation Club and Theater & Film students at large.
In response to a declining birthrate, the Japanese government has created a range of progressive policies that make it easier for women in the workforce to have and care for children while continuing their careers. However, the focus of the government’s help has been always female employees working in mid-to-large corporations, not female small business owners or female entrepreneurs.
Kana Hattori is a cultural entrepreneur who, after 5 years as an in-house translator and 11 years as a freelance guide, established “Mindfulness Journeys Japan” in March 2020. Kana’s business has always been mission-driven, driven by her love and respect for Japanese culture. She’s never lost sight of her goals and passion despite market volatility and huge declines of inbound tourism after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and because of the COVID-19 in 2020 (and still ongoing!). In this seminar, Kana will frankly talk about her lived experience as a female social entrepreneur in Japan.

Art History at Work: a networking mixer for students and alums
2022-03-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Online
Join Wheaton students and alums for this virtual networking mixer event!
Art History at Work is an opportunity for History of Art students to meet fellow History of Art alums and hear their own career journeys.
Students will be able to connect with other Wheaton students and alums and catch up on History of Art news on campus.
Contact gray_emily@wheatoncollege.edu for more information.

MTEL Communication and Literacy Test Prep Session
2022-03-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-03-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Meneely 208
Academic Advising is providing free prep sessions for the Communication & Literacy MTEL from 5-7 PM on Monday, March 28 & Tuesday, March 29. This exam (along with completion of an education program) is required to earn your teaching license.
The Monday session will be on the Reading subtest and the Tuesday session will be on the Writing subtest. The instructor will focus on reviewing your questions about the practice tests below:

Reading Subtest
Writing Subtest

In order to be prepared and benefit from the sessions, it is important to complete and bring a copy (or have electronic access) of the Reading practice test (3/28) or the Writing test (3/29).
Scott Gelber (he/him)
Education Department Chair

32nd Annual Martin Lecture in Religion: Making Sense of Vajrayāna Buddhist Meditation Practices
2022-03-30 19:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
A scholar of Tibetan Buddhism who studies contemplative practices, Michael Sheehy ’98 is a research assistant professor in religious studies and the director of scholarship at the Contemplative Sciences Center, University of Virginia.
Join in-person in the Holman Room (Mary Lyon Hall) or virtually on Zoom.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus at jkraus@wheatonma.edu by March 29, 2022.

Social Impact Conference
2022-04-28 12:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-29 09:00 - 15:00 | Diana Davis Spencer Discovery Center – Lobby
The Wheaton Social Impact Conference is an annual student-run conference at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. The conference brings together students, professionals, members of the local community, and other interested individuals to think about the role of organizations in creating social impact. Participants will learn from distinguished practitioners and scholars working on the issue of social impact, as well as from students and community members who are working to make the world a better place, including participants in Wheaton’s Social Entrepreneurship Launch Program.
This is a two-day event:
Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 12–8 p.m.
Friday, April 29, 2022 at 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Register today

First-Gen Senior Send-Off
2022-05-16 10:00 - 11:15 | MA
We are excited to announce an inaugural reception celebrating first-generation* students from the Class of 2022. Any graduating students who identify as first-generation are encouraged to attend.
This celebration honors the experiences of graduating first-gen students while also recognizing those who have supported first-gen students throughout their time at Wheaton.
The event will occur in-person on May 16th at 10a.m. The location will be announced soon. Registration RSVP no later than May 9, 2022, please.
Form to RSVP
This reception is being hosted by the First-Gen and Low-Income Task Force, the Office for Institutional Equity and Belonging, and the Center for Social Justice and Community Impact.

Honors Thesis Parade
2022-05-16 11:45 | Mars Center for Science and Technology, Norton, 02766, United States
The Annual Honors Thesis Parade is Monday May 16th. The parade commences at 11:45 at the main doors of Mars Center for Science and Technology and proceeds around the Dimple to the Registrar’s office.
All are welcome to march along with the honors thesis students or stand around the Dimple and watch!

Music Department Meet & Greet
2022-08-31 17:00 | Watson 222
Interested in getting involved in Music? Come out and meet the faculty and hear about opportunities for classes and performance.

Theatre & Dance Meet & Greet
2022-09-01 17:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Experimental Theatre, Norton, 02766, United States
Come out and meet the faculty and staff of the Department of Theatre and Dance and hear what’s planned for the coming year. Information about auditions for both theatre and dance will be provided as well as information about classes and the major.

Mainstage Auditions
2022-09-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Auditions for the fall mainstage production of ROE, written by Lisa Loomer and directed by Professor Stephanie Burlington Daniels, will take place on Thursday, September 1. Current students can sign up for an audition slot on the Theatre and Dance call board, located in the hallway outside of Watson office 126. A PDF of the script is available, please contact Professor Daniels for access. A cast list will be posted on call board by 7pm Friday night (September 2).
Updates about the production can be found on instagram @roeatwheatonma
Rehearsal schedule: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night 7-10pm, and Friday afternoon from 2-4pm. Rehearsals begin on Tuesday night Sept. 6. The show opens on November 3 and runs until the 12th.

Wheaton Dance Company Auditions
2022-09-06 17:00 | Balfour-Hood – Ellison Dance Studio, Norton, 02766, United States
Are you interested in jazz, ballet, and modern dance? Current students are invited to audition for the Wheaton College Dance Company. There will be a warmup with our modern teacher then you will be taught a combination. Please wear clothes that you are able to dance in.
Find the company on Instagram @wheatondanceco

Library Open House: Come Find Your Space!
2022-09-08 15:00 - 18:00 | Wallace Library, Norton, 02766, United States
Come Find Your Space at the library’s open house! Get to know the staff, tie-dye a t-shirt, graffiti a whiteboard, or read a graphic novel. You can register to vote, make a button, work on a puzzle, and play a board game with Roary. While you are here, score some sweet swag, enter to win Lyons Bucks, and explore the building to find your favorite corner, carrel or couch!
