Wheaton College Massachusetts

Healthy Immunity and Mental Health Through Food
2021-02-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
How to Promote Healthy Immunity and Mental Health Through Food
Thursday, February 18 at 12 p.m. ET
In this workshop, Health and Wellness experts Naihomy Jerez ’08, owner of Bagels and Brussels and Dr. Jessica Arrendol Kiely ’05 will share tips and tricks for promoting healthy immunity, and positive mental health through food. This talk will leave you with the tools you can implement today, to improve your overall health and well-being.
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MLK Legacy Celebration
2021-02-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Join us for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Celebration. We invite you to this annual celebration which includes highlighting the student winners of the Creativity Showcase, the presentation of the MLK student and staff/faculty winners, and keynote and discussion by Joe Wilson, Jr., Visiting Assistant Professor in Theater and Dance.
Are we ready to reach the mountaintop?
Visiting assistant professor/artist-in-residence at Wheaton College, and activist, Joe Wilson, Jr. users his talent to enact what the humanities can do to change the world. He has dedicated himself to create a better world, through his models on stage, in his writings, in his teachings and in his support of many organizations what he would like to see in our world today.
This is a virtual event and registration is required.
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Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact vaz_pamela@wheatoncollege.edu by Wednesday, February, 17, 2021.
Sponsored in cooperation with the Marshall Center, the Diversity and Equity Access Leadership (DEAL) Educational and Programming Committee, and the Office of the President.

Whea Are Wheaton
2021-02-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual
Join the Marshall Center and Alumni Relations for a panel of powerful Black alumni. The panelists will discuss their experiences at Wheaton and how their identities have shaped their work and personal lives.
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Strength Training and the Benefits in Everyday Life
2021-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Jon Shepard ’10, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and Certified Functional Strength Coach, will discuss the anatomy of strength training and how it can be beneficial in everyday life. This workshop will walk through a typical 4 week session and how it can be structured to accommodate the fitness goals of anyone, at any level.
Following the discussion will be a Q&A and a brief circuit class demonstrating different movements.
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Investing in Low-Income and First-Gen Students
2021-02-25 17:00 | Online
Join Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack, acclaimed author and Harvard scholar, for a campus conversation. He will talk about what we as a community of students, staff and faculty can do about the common barriers faced by low-income and first-generation college students.
For questions and to learn more, contact sjci@wheatoncollege.edu.
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Natural Solutions for Stress Management
2021-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Zoë Hack Keller ’05, Holistic Health Coach and Medicinal Herbalist, will present Natural Solutions for Stress Management. Come learn how to use food, medicinal herbs, and lifestyle strategies to effectively support your nervous system and reduce stress.
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Exploring Student-Faculty Partnerships as Anti-Racist Pedagogy
2021-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
The tragic COVID-19 pandemic revealed long-standing inequities in America that have been disguised by post-racial ideology; it shattered the perception of higher as the great equalizer, and it exposed systemic injustices operating as the status quo. As we envision the times beyond the recent climaxes of these dire crises, what is our responsibility within higher education for resisting intersecting forms of oppression? How do we understand and enact anti-racist pedagogy to create authentically inclusive educational spaces? Join Dr. Chanelle Wilson, Bryn Mawr College, and Mercedes Davis, Haverford College ’20, as they facilitate an interactive workshop about student-faculty partnerships and co-teaching as a form of anti-racist pedagogy. The workshop will include theoretical grounding and practical strategies for entering into and expanding classroom partnership, along with the opportunity for interactive engagement with these concepts.
Speaker Biographies:
Dr. Chanelle Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Education in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Colleges Education Program, and the Director of Africana Studies at Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Wilson has served as a public school practitioner, teaching secondary education students, in the United States and around the world. She enjoys facilitating knowledge in a way that encourages personal connections, promotes critical thinking, highlights contemporary relevance, and necessitates justice. Her current scholarship focuses on race and anti-racism in education, decolonization of schools and the mind, students as teachers and learners, culturally relevant pedagogy in international schooling contexts, and multicultural education in K-12 settings. Dr. Wilson employs strategies of mindfulness and emotional support, with `a steady underlying premise of love, joy, and hope.
Mercedes Davis holds a BA in Sociology and Education from Haverford College, where she specialized in studies of race, socioeconomic inequality, and cultural processes.

Wheatalks 2021
2021-04-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Join us for the 11th annual Wheatalks! Wheaton’s annual TED-talk-style event where students share their innovative ideas with the campus community.
Featuring

Candice Appiah ’21
Passport Power & Ethics of Travel
Anna Barry ’24
Borderline Insanity: How BPD is Misunderstood Throughout Modern Society
Asada Craig ’21
Cut at Your Own Risk: Urban Arts Education
Séamus Flynn ’21
Disordered Eating in College Students

Ian Hamilton ’21
Play the Objective, Not the Obstacle
Valery Leon Quintero ’23
Venezuela: Memories of a Nonexistent Freedom
Harrison Zeiberg ’22
Banjos, Beats and Backlash: Rethinking Folk Music

Guest Speakers

Dr. Darshan Goux, Program Director for American Institutions, Society and the Public Good at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Jonathan Spalter, President and CEO of USTelecom

This event will be fully virtual.
Find the Zoom link and RSVP form here

Chemistry at Wheaton Through the Years
2021-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join us for a panel discussion by alumnae with Elita Pastra-Landis ’69, Emerita Professor of Chemistry at Wheaton; Hilary Magruder Gaudet ’09, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Carina Rose Sclafani ’20, IRTA Fellow at The National Institutes of Health.
The discussion will cover topics ranging from their shared appreciation of science, the benefits of studying and learning from and with one another, to the long standing tradition of mentoring and creating a collaborative environment within the Wheaton laboratories.
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Celebrating Dale Rogers Marshall
2021-05-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
Join President Dennis M. Hanno, members of the faculty, and alumni leaders for a memorial program celebrating the life and Wheaton legacy of Dale Rogers Marshall, who served as President of the college from 1992 – 2004.
Her Wheaton presidency was defined by a strong commitment to the liberal arts, diversity, and social justice. She led recruitment efforts for a diverse and exceptional group of scholars to join the Wheaton faculty, and she instituted new programs aimed at increasing diversity on campus. In April 2005, the college named the Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning in recognition of her.
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Faculty Retirement Celebration
2021-05-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
President Dennis M. Hanno and Provost Renée T. White cordially invite you to a virtual celebration honoring the careers of the following esteemed faculty:

Matthew Allen, Music
Kirk Anderson, French Studies
Vicki Bartolini, Education
Bev Clark, English (posthumously)
Sam Coale, English
Mary Lee Griffin, Education
Donna Kerner, Anthropology
Shelly Leibowitz, Mathematics
Bianca Cody Murphy, Psychology
Patty Stone, Visual Art

Advance registration is required. We hope you can join us for this special event!
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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

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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.

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.
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Sponsored by the Film and New Media Studies and the French Studies departments.

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:
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Hosted by the Consortium for Excellence in Teacher Education, Education Department, SGA and the The Marshall Center.

Halloween on Howard
2021-10-29 17:00 - 18:30 | Howard Street, Howard St., Norton, MA, 02766, United States
In celebration of Halloween, the Davis International House and the Center for Global Education would like to invite you to participate in Halloween on Howard!
This family friendly event invites you to bring the kids to trick or treat on Howard street with participation from many of the Theme Houses, President Hanno and Mrs. Sue Hanno, a few departments and residents at Shepard’s Court.
Get candy, show off your costumes, play games and see the decorated houses!
Visitors to campus should park in Lot 1.
Sponsored by SGA with collaboration from:
Reni House, Davis House, Ohm House, Mad Haus, Safe Haus, Emerson Haus, First-Gen House, Art Haus, Hungry Lyons, President’s House, Educaton Club, CIVIC, Marshall Center

Run with Roary Virtual 5k
2021-11-07 - 2021-11-13 | Virtual
November 7 – 13, 2021
Join the Wheaton community from all around the world for our second Run with Roary Virtual 5k! Participants can walk, run or bike, all at their own pace, on their own time and in their current locations. This year, it’s a battle between two teams; Team Cowduck and Team Bruce the Goose. Choose which team you want to be a part of and complete a 5k (3.1 miles) or more between November 7-13, 2021. Let’s see which team completes 1,834 miles first!
Fees:
Alumni, Parents & Family, Friends, Faculty and Staff: $30
Wheaton Student: $15
Youth (12 and under): $15
*Fees include Wheaton swag containing a custom running arm band, sticker and bib.
Register today!

Reading by the Writer—Kent Shaw
2021-11-16 17:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – May Room, Norton, MA, 02766
Kent Shaw, Assistant Professor of English, will read from his second book, Too Numerous, and a selection of newer work.

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.
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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.

Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony
2022-02-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27th) marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp and is designated by the UN as a day to honor the great many lives lost in the Holocaust as well as reflect on our own roles in preventing this kind of devastation in the future.
Please join the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life with special guest Lori Gans, for a Wheaton community reflection on the legacy of the Holocaust and what it means for an institution of teaching and learning. Lori Gans is a long time trainer for “Echoes and Reflections,” a program dedicated to training educators across the nation to incorporate Holocaust education into their curricula using innovative teaching resources and best practices.
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Filene Center Sneak Peek & Cookie Share
2022-03-04 11:00 - 14:00 | MA
We have gone cookies over our new advising space! Get a sneak peek of the newly renovated Filene Center. See familiar faces and meet new staff members. We will give you a tour through our new space and share our stash of cookies!

Friday, March 4, 2022
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

We can’t wait to see you!

The Staff of the Filene Center

Ski and Ride Wachusett Mountain
2022-03-05 08:00 - 15:00 | Wachusett Mountain, 499 Mountain Road, Princeton, 01541, United States
Join Wheaton alumni, parents, and current students on the slopes at Wachusett Mountain. Don’t ski or snowboard? No problem! We invite you to join us for a buffet lunch.
8 a.m.–3 p.m.
Lunch – 12 p.m.
Wachusett Mountain
499 Mountain Road
Princeton, MA 01541
*There is currently no transportation offered from Wheaton to Wachusett Mountain.
Student Pricing:
Lift ticket only: $35
Lift ticket with rentals (ski or snowboard): $65
Beginner Package with rentals and a 1-hour lesson: $65
Lunch only: $15
*All prices include a buffet lunch.
Click here for adult and youth pricing,

Diaspora Panel
2022-03-30 17:00 - 18:15 | Mary Lyon Hall – Woolley Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning is hosting a Diaspora Panel featuring staff and faculty highlighting the rich ways that diasporas influence our families, communities, and traditions.
Panelists include: Touba Ghadessi, Jonathan Chow, Wesley Jacques, Rachael Pauze, and Wanda Suriel
We hope you will join us!
If you need special accommodations please contact marshallcenter@wheatoncollege.edu

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.

Passover Seder this Friday
2022-04-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Emerson Dining Hall – Faculty Dining Room
Dear Campus Community,
We would like to invite you to a Wheaton Passover Seder this Friday, April 22nd. Wheaton’s Hillel, the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, the Center for Social Justice and Community Impact, the Office for Institutional Equity and Belonging, and the Office of the President are excited to extend this invitation.
The Jewish holiday of Passover celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. The Passover Seder and recounting of the exodus story fulfill the biblical commandment to pass this story of liberation down to the next generation.
Wheaton’s Seder will be held in Emerson Faculty Dining from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 22nd. Professor Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus and student leaders will read the Haggadah and a catered kosher meal will be provided. No registration is required.
This community Seder is open to all–you do not have to be Jewish to attend. Hillel and all staff offices involved are committed to creating welcoming and supportive spaces for students and all community members to practice their faith and respectfully learn about the rich traditions that exist at Wheaton and beyond.
This time of year features several major holidays in addition to Passover: Ostara, the Spring Equinox in Wiccan and Neo-Pagan practices; Easter in the Christian tradition; and this year the holy month of Ramadan in Islam spans from April 1 to May 1. For more information on how to connect with other students observing these holidays, or with any questions, feel free to reach out to Interfaith Engagement Coordinator Caleigh Grogan: grogan_caleigh@wheatoncollege.edu or 508-286-3372.
Sincerely,
Caleigh Grogan, Interfaith Engagement Coordinator
Katie Hodes and Chloe Geller, Hillel Co-Presidents
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Professor of Religion
Lenny Breton, Director of the Centers for Social Justice and Community Impact and Religious and Spiritual Life
Shaya Gregory Poku, Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Belonging

Campus Climate Survey Action Sessions
2022-05-03 12:30 - 13:30, 2022-05-04 12:30 - 13:30 | Emerson Dining Hall – Faculty Dining Room
Please join DEAL (Diversity, Equity, and Access Leadership) for Campus Climate Survey Action Sessions. These sessions will be interactive with an eye toward improving campus culture. We will be discussing the results of the Fall 2021 Campus Climate Survey. There will be two sessions available. Tuesday, May 3rd, and Wednesday, May 4th from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm in the Emerson Dining Faculty Dining Room. This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff. Please feel free to bring your own lunch. Dessert will be provided. A virtual option will be available. Please email deal@wheatoncollege.edu for the link or for more information.

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!
