Wheaton College Massachusetts

TRYBE Gala 2020: A Moment in Time
2020-02-15 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Gala 2020 uses dance to take audiences on a journey from past to future. Join Trybe in their 21st year for an evening of fun, learning, celebrating and dancing. Gala will include guest appearances by S.O.L.E. and Wheaton’s Dance Company. Tickets: $5 general, $3 students, may be purchased online via the Watson Box Office.

Sewing Conversation
2020-02-16 12:30 - 14:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Inspired by her Appalachian family history and the tradition of quilting circles, Jenkins brings people together to sit, talk, and sew.

Children's Concert: The Carnival of the Animals
2020-02-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Emerson Dining Hall – Faculty Dining Room
Children’s Concert, presented by the Wheaton Sinfonietta.
This children’s concert features music inspired by circus animals. It will be performed by the 12-member chamber music group from Wheaton College.
The concert will feature woodwind, brass, string, and percussion instruments, and it is appropriate for children of all ages.
Join us at 10:30 a.m. for fun activities and refreshments prior to the performance.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Celebration
2020-02-18 19:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
While tickets are free-of-charge, you must reserve them in advance. You can make your reservation by visiting the Box Office website.
Our annual award ceremony will occur on the evening of Tuesday, February 18, at 7 PM in Weber Theatre.
Our keynote speaker this year will be scholar, author, and civic influencer Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean. With a keen eye toward the practical implications of democratic conflict, Dr. Brown-Dean is a preeminent expert on issues of criminal punishment, mass incarceration, voting rights, and U.S. elections. Read a short bio and summary of some of Dr. Brown-Dean’s many accomplishments.
Another highlight of the Celebration is our Creativity Showcase, where we share and celebrate student creative work that offers tangible reflection on King’s philosophies and principles of equity, justice and/or peace. There are prizes for the top submissions and a selected few will be shared with the community before the keynote address on February 18.
For more detailed information about the submission process, deadlines, and prizes for the Creativity Showcase, please visit: Students invited to share creative work in MLK Legacy showcase
Schedule:
11 a.m.–5 p.m. Creative Arts Showcase, Emerson Dining
4:30–5:30 p.m. Reception with contest entrants, Emerson Dining
7–9 p.m. MLK Legacy Celebration with Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Weber Theatre
9 p.m. Book signing and reception with Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Haas Concourse

Where It Used to be Home: Writing Russia and Ukraine under the Trump Administration
2020-02-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Olga Livshin will discuss how culture, translation, history, current events and her own biography intermingle in her 2019 book of poems, A Life Replaced , which reflects on the experience of living as an immigrant under the Trump administration and with Putin’s war on Ukraine looming. Raised in Odessa and Moscow, Livshin writes witness poetry about xenophobia, war, and strongmen at the helm on both sides of the world. The book braids original poetry in English with translations from Anna Akhmatova, the great poet of 20th-century Russia, and Vladimir Gandelsman, fellow immigrant and winner of the Moscow Reckoning, Russia’s highest prize for poetry. Livshin’s poems, translations, and essays appear in The Kenyon Review and Poetry International, and are widely published. She holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literature, and taught at the university level for a number of years before focusing on writing and translation.
Please join us in the May Room for a reception immediately following the lecture.
Sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University and by the Russian Department at Wheaton College.

Reporter as Receiver: Storytelling, Journalism, and the Tendency to Prejudge
2020-02-20 17:30 - 18:30 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Please join us for a conversation with Torey Malatia, President and General Manager of the Public’s Radio , Southern New England’s NPR. You are also invited to join us for a reception in the Woolley Room will immediately following the event.
This visit is sponsored by a Mellon grant supporting integrative learning in the humanities and directed by Nancy Kendrick.

Lyons Lunch and Learn webcast - Social entrepreneurship
2020-02-26 12:30 - 13:00 | MA
Join President Dennis M. Hanno and guests for a Lyons Lunch and Learn webcast
Social entrepreneurship
Wednesday, Feb. 26
12:30 to 1:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast and conversation
President Hanno and Imran Chowdhury, the inaugural Diana Davis Spencer Chair of Social Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Business and Management, will discuss current social entrepreneurship initiatives and how they fit into the mission of the college’s liberal arts curriculum and, specifically, within Wheaton’s historic focus on experiential learning as an integral part of students’ education.
For this Lyons Lunch webcast, several students involved in social entrepreneurship efforts will share what they are learning through coursework and from putting their own ideas into action. Also, Madison Dunaway, the new Coordinator of Innovation Spaces and Programs, will discuss how our programs, workshops and events help students gain confidence and competence to follow their passions and launch their own social enterprises.
You can join the conversation by posing questions to President Hanno and his guests, during the webcast or in advance, by sending an email to lyonslunch@wheatoncollege.edu.
Watch the webcast on Livestream

Amazing Grace - a Film featuring Aretha Franklin
2020-02-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Ellison Lecture Hall, Norton, MA, 02766
Join us for a viewing of the 1972 concert film featuring the incomparable ARETHA FRANKLIN. Wednesday, Feb 26 at 5 PM in the Watson Ellison Lecture Hall.
A brief Q&A will follow with Profs. Shawn Christian & Ann Sears.

The game is rigged! Mathematics for cheaters and scoundrels
2020-02-27 17:00 | Discovery Center – Hindle Auditorium, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Join us for the 12th Norman W. Johnson Lecture in Mathematics and Computer Science.
Professor Zeitz of the University of San Francisco will explore a variety of wagers and games that practically guarantee a win for the player who makes the best mathematical analysis—and will demonstrate why this is the case. It’s not all fun and games though, these vignettes have important mathematical morals to share.

Tales from Mongolia: Adventure in Social Entrepreneurship and Public Health
2020-02-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Knapton Lecture Hall, Norton, Massachusetts, 02766
Ms. Munkhbayar will discuss why and how she chose the path of entrepreneurship and social business, her personal and professional experiences connected to social entrepreneurship in Mongolia, and what she is trying to achieve in Mongolia and elsewhere after her Fulbright Scholarship period in the United States is complete. Dr. Bromage will discuss how he got interested in Mongolia during his doctoral studies and the nutrition situation in the country, his current efforts in Mongolia and related efforts elsewhere, and where his next career steps might be following his postdoctoral work at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Reception to follow in Knapton Lobby.

Stakeholders in the British Shipbreaking Industry
2020-03-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Woolley Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Digital History at Wheaton College presents Stakeholders in the British Shipbreaking Industry: A Critical Practice of Digital History into Text Encoding and Semantic Web by Naoki Kokaze, University of Tokyo and Kiyonori Nagasaki, International Institute for Digital Humanities

Applied Ethics in the Hardest of Places by LTC Nathaniel B. Davis
2020-03-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Despite the recent urging of high-profile figures like Pope Francis and Senator Bernie Sanders to establish a “moral economy,” we have not. Free-market advocates hold fast to justifications that amount to variations on the “invisible hand” theory of Adam Smith — that the economy is not a moral space, but one that relies on a free and fair market, self-interested (as opposed to selfish) actors and amoral (as opposed to immoral) calculation to arrive at the most efficient and innovative outcomes. The invisible hand of the market must be allowed to act; placing moral limits on the economy, they argue, would hinder this flourishing.
Humanity has tried to limit war on moral terms since Cicero first outlined the Just War Ethic, an effort that continues to this day. In war, the reversion to barbarism can be tempting in the heat of battle, and as passions and hatreds rise between peoples. However, even here, humanity has managed to place moral limits. In the modern world, the Just War Ethic may seem like a distant abstraction; but its effects influence the relationship between war and society in profound ways. Michael Walzer, perhaps the most influential living philosopher of just war theories, articulated the importance of seeking to establish moral principles there: “War is the hardest place: if comprehensive and consistent moral judgments are possible there, they are possible everywhere.”
If we can seek to regulate war in terms of morality, there is no reason such morality cannot be equally applied to the economy, as Walzer indicates. War is inherently unjust, but the Just War Ethic has made it more just. The economy is not moral, but a foundational ethics of the economy could make it more moral. The product of such ethics would be decidedly imperfect, but it would be better than no ethics at all.
Reception to follow in Mary Lyons Wooley Room

French Cabaret
2020-03-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Balfour-Hood – Lyons Den, Norton, 02766, United States
A night of music and comedy with performances by students, faculty and special guests Les Frères Manouche. Come have a crêpe and support the students singing their hearts out like Piaf.
Contact Prof Walsh at walsh_jonathan@wheatoncollege.edu if you’d like to perform something in French or have questions (by March 1 please).
Open to the public.

Virtual Community Conversation - Understanding and Preventing Hate Speech & Crime
2020-03-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
Please mark your calendars for this on-line community event! Please join us virtually (via Zoom) on Tuesday, March 31st, 5-7pm for a community conversation on understanding and preventing hate speech and crime. This event is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and DEAL (Diversity, Equity, & Access Leadership).
RSVP: Please complete this form to RSVP by Friday, March 27th
During this community conversation faculty, staff, and students will have an opportunity to engage with each other and a panel of professionals from Wheaton and the wider Massachusetts community who will provide information, perspective, and guidance about this important social justice issue. They will help us make sense of these violent behaviors, which are on the rise nationally, and better understand how we can prevent them in our communities.
The panelists are:
Adam Strom, Director of Re-Imagining Migration
Adar Cohen (’04), Mediator-Facilitator-Speaker, Co-founder of Civic Leadership Foundation
Christina Riggs Romaine, Associate Professor of Psychology, Wheaton College
Peggy Shukur, Interim Deputy Director, Anti Defamation League (ADL) New England
Robert Winsor, Chief and Director of Public Safety, Wheaton College
Sophia Hall, Supervising Attorney, Lawyers for Civil Rights
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Surviving the Coronapocalypse: Finding Mental Health Care
2020-04-10 13:00 | Online
This event will focus on how to find mental health care close to you, with information on how to use your insurance to see what services are covered, different types of therapeutic services, and different digital ways to help improve your mental health.
Join the meeting on Zoom

An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Health Disparities
2020-07-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate.
Presenters:
Gabriela Torres, Professor and Chair of Anthropology; Co-Coordinator, Public Health Program
Hilary Gaudet ’09, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Sponsored by:
Wheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative
Summer Lecture Series Registration Form

Health Disparities and the Environment
2020-07-30 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate.
Presenters:
Janina Benoit, Professor of Chemistry
Russell Williams, Associate Professor of Economics; Chair, Department of Economics
Sponsored by:
Wheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative
Summer Lecture Series Registration Form

Modeling Disease Spread in the Context of Human Behavior: The Impacts on Policy and Social (in)Justice
2020-08-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate.
Presenters:
Emily Fischer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Kate Mason, Assistant Professor of Sociology/Women and Gender Studies
Sponsored by:
Wheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative
Summer Lecture Series Registration Form

Why Face Masks Work but not Everyone Wears One: A Biopsychosocial Look at COVID-19 Behavior
2020-08-13 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate.
Presenters:
Amy Beumer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Michael Berg, Professor of Psychology; Co-Coordinator, Public Health Program
Sponsored by:
Wheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative
Summer Lecture Series Registration Form

Weighing Goods—What’s at Stake: Philosophical Perspective and Scientific Application
2020-08-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate.
Presenters:
Teresa Celada, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Meg Kirkpatrick, Associate Professor of Psychology
Sponsored by:
Wheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative

Summer Lecture Series Registration Form

President's Welcome Ceremony 2020
2020-08-22 09:30 - 10:30 | Virtual
President’s Welcome Ceremony 2020
For New Students and Families

Virtual Program
https://youtu.be/ZgZusQUtE2E
Visit this page on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. to view this event and click the play button to start.
Please visit the Fall Orientation – Welcome Weekend page for a full listing of events and other helpful information.

Order of Exercises

Welcome
Dennis M. Hanno
President

Greetings
Walter Caffey
Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admission & Student Aid
Renée White
Provost
Zachary Irish
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Abaigeal Lypps ʼ21
President, Student Government Association
Meshal Muzaffar ʼ21
Chair, College Hearing Board

Closing
Dennis M. Hanno
President

Family and Friend Roundtable with Campus Leadership 2020
2020-08-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Parents, family and friends of our new students are invited to join President Hanno and other campus leadership for a roundtable discussion on Wheaton College, your student’s transition and what to expect during their first semester. Registration is required.

Virtual Program
Please register below and you will receive a follow up email with webinar information.
Program Registration
Please visit the Fall Orientation – Welcome Weekend page for a full listing of events and other helpful information.

Opening Convocation 2020
2020-08-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Virtual Program
The event will begin broadcasting at 5:00 pm EDT. Click play to start.

Order of Exercises
Prelude
Prelude in C Major BWV 545 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Welcome
Dennis M. Hanno
President
Wheaton Anthem (Verses 1 and 3)
Led by Artie Street ’21
A Song for the Sesquicentennial 1984,
words and music by Carlton T. Russell,
Professor of Music Emeritus
Greetings
Zachary Irish
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Abaigeal Lypps ’21
President, Student Government Association
Dennis M. Hanno
President
Keynote Address:
“If Not Now, When?”
Renée White
Provost
Closing
Dennis M. Hanno
President
Wheaton Anthem (Verses 4 and 5)
Led by Artie Street ’21
With past and present members of Voices United to Jam and Chamber Singers: Yifei (Veronica) Yin ’21, Deanna Biddy ’17, Ian Hamilton ’21, Amanda Gerken-Nelson ’07, Michael Vallerie ’21, Jill Hirst ’21, and Elyse Hendrickson Seltzer ’07
Postlude
Marche Triomphale by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)

9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
2020-09-11 11:00 - 11:30 | Online
Join the Office of the President and the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life for our annual 9/11 commemoration in honor of the lives lost in the September 11th terror attacks.
Find the zoom link to join in your email or visit the Center for Social Justice and Community Impact on Engage.

Student Flu Shot Clinic at Norton Medical Center
2020-09-14 08:00 - 12:30 | MA
Flu shots are now mandated by the state of Massachusetts and all students who attend any classes or activities on campus, even once are subject to this requirement.
All students residing on campus or attending any classes or activities on campus will need to provide proof of receipt of a flu shot to Student Health Services by December 1st unless exempt for medical or religious reasons. This requirement does not apply to you if all instruction and activities are conducted remotely and you are never on campus in person.
Flu Shot Clinics at Norton Medical Center
Wheaton’s designated health center, located right next to the Old Town Hall COVID-19 testing building
Walk-in; no appointment necessary – First come, first served
Monday, 9/14, from 8 AM – 12:30 PM
or
Monday, October 5th, from 9 AM – 12:30 PM
COST: Free when covered by insurance
You must bring your health insurance card with you to the appointment.
All charges will be submitted to your health insurance and deductibles and copays apply. Please check with your insurance company to confirm coverage.
If you can’t attend either of these clinics, the local Walgreens and CVS administer the flu shot on a walk-in basis daily. Call the pharmacy to ensure availability.
CVS 508-285-4032
Walgreens 508-285-4961
Questions? Contact Cynthia Maricle, Associate Director, Student Health Services, at maricle_cynthia@wheatoncollege.edu or Valerie Tobia, Director of Counseling and Health Services, at tobia_valerie@wheatoncollege.edu.

Student Flu Shot Clinic at Norton Medical Center
2020-09-23 08:00 - 12:30 | MA
Flu shots are now mandated by the state of Massachusetts and all students who attend any classes or activities on campus, even once are subject to this requirement.
All students residing on campus or attending any classes or activities on campus will need to provide proof of receipt of a flu shot to Student Health Services by December 1st unless exempt for medical or religious reasons. This requirement does not apply to you if all instruction and activities are conducted remotely and you are never on campus in person.
Flu Shot Clinics at Norton Medical Center
Wheaton’s designated health center, located right next to the Old Town Hall COVID-19 testing building
Walk-in; no appointment necessary – First come, first served
Monday, September 14th, from 8 AM – 12:30 PM
and Monday, October 5th, from 9 AM – 12:30 PM
COST: Free when covered by insurance
You must bring your health insurance card with you to the appointment.
All charges will be submitted to your health insurance and deductibles and copays apply. Please check with your insurance company to confirm coverage.
If you can’t attend either of these clinics, the local Walgreens and CVS administer the flu shot on a walk-in basis daily. Call the pharmacy to ensure availability.
CVS 508-285-4032
Walgreens 508-285-4961
Questions? Contact Cynthia Maricle, Associate Director, Student Health Services, at maricle_cynthia@wheatoncollege.edu or Valerie Tobia, Director of Counseling and Health Services, at tobia_valerie@wheatoncollege.edu.

Run With Roary Virtual 5k
2020-09-24, 2020-09-25, 2020-09-26 | Virtual
Join the Wheaton community from all around the world for our first ever 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. Complete a 5k (3.1 miles) between the dates of September 24-30, 2020 and be a part of our community goal of 1,834 miles. Participants at every level are encouraged to join!
$20 for alumni, parents, families, faculty, staff and friends
$10 for Wheaton students
Learn more and register

Semester in the City Info Session
2020-09-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Are you interested in learning more about Semester in the City? This could be your opportunity to find your community, explore a new city, differentiate yourself, and contribute meaningful change to a social-impact organization. Through this program, you will learn more about yourself, discover your purpose, and begin building the network you need to succeed after graduation.
WAYS TO LEARN MORE
Attend an information session for Wheaton students where you’ll get to hear from 2-3 SITC alumni about their experiences! See the flyer attached for details and sign up here to attend.
