Hearing is Believing
2021-10-20 19:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

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.
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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.

January Senior Jumpstart - Day 1
2022-01-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Online
Join Career Services, Alumni Relations, and Wheaton College alumni over January break to help solidify plans, networking skills, and job search materials and strategies for post-Wheaton life!
This is a two-day virtual event for Wheaton seniors which will consist of interactive workshops and presentations, lunch with alumni, and alumni panel discussions.
Day One
January 12, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Skill Building, Resume and Cover Letter, and Networking Workshops
Day Two
January 13, 2022
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Alumni panels in the field that include STEM, Engineering and Biotechnology, Business and Entrepreneurship, Arts, Marketing and Communications, Education and Social Services, Government and Law
The Zoom links to register will be posted here when available.
Sponsored by the Filene Center and Alumni Relations

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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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.

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.

KPMG Ignition Opportunities
2022-09-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join this session to learn more about KPMG’s Tax Ignition group and what they do. Candidates should be pursuing a Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Accounting Information Systems, Business or Data Analytics, Information Science, Computer Information Systems, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics, Accounting, Actuarial or a related field from an accredited college or university.
Join online at 6 p.m. EST

Removing Barriers: PPD's Summer Diversity Internship Program
2022-09-15 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
Join this virtual information session to learn more about Pharmaceutical Product Development’s Summer Internship Program.
PPD – Pharmaceutical Product Development, is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. As the world’s leader in serving science, our professionals develop critical solutions—and build rewarding careers. We offer services and products that help customers around the globe in laboratories and clinics, on production lines and out in the field. We’re a driving force in the research, healthcare, industrial and applied markets, generating more $35 billion in annual revenue. No other company can match our range of customer touch points—technologically, geographically or commercially. We help customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment, bringing medicines to market, making sure our food is safe and moving forward with thousands of important projects that improve millions of lives.
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Fostering Diversity at MEDITECH - Careers in Healthcare IT for ALL majors!
2022-09-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join this virutal presentation to hear about the exciting career opportunities at MEDITECH.
At MEDITECH we believe there is strength in a diverse workforce, powered by the contributions of people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We are committed to fostering a work environment and culture in which all of our staff members can reach their fullest potential. It’s even more important to provide an affirming culture that values our BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and team members of all abilities.
The magic of inclusion and belonging happens in our Workplace Communities and across our teams. #BelongingMatters #InclusionIsEverything
Check out the MEDITECH profile page on Handshake, then join us to hear more about the exciting career opportunities for all majors at MEDITECH!
AGENDA ~ 30 minute – MEDITECH info session ~ 15 minute – informal networking/Q&A with MEDITECH team members
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Lives in Crime: Perspectives on Criminal Justice, Restorative Justice and Criminology
2022-11-21 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
Join us for a panel discussion via Zoom on the study of criminal justice, restorative justice and criminology in the liberal arts, featuring insights and perspectives from three active scholars in the field. The conversation aims to situate these areas of study within Wheaton’s curriculum. Participants are encouraged to bring questions and comments for the panel members.
The panelists are:

Luis A. Fernandez, Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University
Lois Presser, Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee
Jo-Ann Della Giustina, Professor of Criminal Justice at Bridgewater State University

This event is sponsored by the sociology, political science, and philosophy departments and the Office of the Provost.
Register for the event to receive access to the discussion via Zoom.

AmeriCorps Basics: Get the Basics
2022-12-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
You can address local challenges in communities across the country while building your resume. Join us for a virtual information session to determine if a year or a summer as an AmeriCorps member with a VISTA project is right for you. Benefits of service include:

Education award upon successful completion of service
Healthcare assistance
Living allowance
Non-competitive eligibility (federal jobs)
Relocation allowance (if applicable)
Student loan forbearance

Register online

Faculty Speaker Series
2023-02-22 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Miranda Yaver, Assistant Professor of Political Science for her upcoming lunch talk, Rationing By Inconvenience: The Scope and Impact of Health Coverage Denials in the U.S.
Presenters will start by discussing their topic then will end with question and answer. All presentations are virtual and free. The Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
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Faculty Speaker Series
2023-03-02 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Geoff Collins, Professor of Geology and Emily Martin ’06, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum for their upcoming lunch talk, The Sands of Iceland Meet the Snow of Enceladus: The (literal) pit falls of planetary science.
Presenters will start by discussing their topic then will end with question and answer. All presentations are virtual and free. The Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
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Faculty Speaker Series
2023-03-07 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Lisa Lebduska, Professor of English, Director of College Writing, for the upcoming lunch talk, Discussing Chat GPT: Questions and Possibilities for Our Writing Futures.
Presenters will start by discussing their topic then will end with question and answer. All presentations are virtual and free. The Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
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Faculty Speaker Series
2023-03-28 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Dana M. Polanichka, Associate Professor of History, for the upcoming lunch talk, Writing in Exile: A Medieval’s Mother Manifesto.
In 841 CE, an aristocratic woman in southern France was in desperate straits. As civil war raged in the empire, her husband betrayed the king, her teenage son became a political hostage, her unbaptized infant was taken from her arms, and her husband forced her to remain alone in Uzès. Lonely and ailing, she picked up a quill and began to write. This talk explores Dhuoda, the handbook she penned for her sons, and her rebellious ideas about daring ideas about gender and power.
Presenters will start by discussing their topic then will end with question and answer. All presentations are virtual and free. The Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.

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Faculty Speaker Series
2023-04-12 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Ursula Moffitt, Assistant Professor of Psychology, for the upcoming lunch talk, Race Talk During the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: Emerging Adults’ Critical Consciousness and Racial Identity in Context.
Presenters will start by discussing their topic then will end with question and answer. All presentations are virtual and free. The Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
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Critical Access Studies
2023-04-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Online
Much of the literature about accessibility seeks to convince architects of the significance of inclusion. However, the field of Critical Access Studies has emerged in the last 10-15 years to raise additional questions of what counts as access, who benefits, and how designers can know. Aimi Hamraie will discuss some of the insights of Critical Access Studies that can better inform the theory and practice of accessible design.
Aimi Hamraie is Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society and American Studies at Vanderbilt University, and director of the Critical Design Lab, a collaborative of disabled designers, artists, and researchers working within a disability culture framework. Hamraie is also the author of Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability. They are a recent appointee to the United States Access Board.
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Designing for Difference brings innovative design leaders, thinkers and humanists to campus, to celebrate the inauguration of Wheaton’s new Design program. Anchored in the History and Theory of Design course, this spring the WIIH asks students, staff, and faculty to challenge the concept of “normal” and reconsider what makes design inclusive. All events are open to the public.
Presented by the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program.

Summer Preview Day
2023-08-18 08:30 - 12:00 | All Campus, 26 E. Main St., Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Preview Days are designed to provide a general overview of the opportunities available at Wheaton College—everything from academics to life on campus. The program includes a look into the Wheaton Curriculum, an interactive student panel, admission and financial aid information, as well as a campus tour.
We hope to see you on campus soon!
Register to attend Friday, August 18, 2023

Faculty Research Talk
2023-10-02 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Miranda Yaver, Assistant Professor of Political Science n for an upcoming Faculty Research Talk, Damages Denied: The Impact of ERISA’s Statutory Design on Patients’ Access to Health Care.
Presenters will begin by discussing their topic, and each session will close with a question and answer segment. All presentations are virtual and free and the Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
Despite being written primarily as a pension law, the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 has come to apply to the majority of employer-sponsored health plans in the United States. However, despite its health care salience, it has a key statutory design feature that limits patients’ ability to access their prescribed care: it precludes damages recovery for those who have been denied health coverage, an insurance practice that is pervasive and increasing. The absence of litigation incentives creates perverse incentives for insurers because it makes it all the more unlikely that patients will be able to obtain legal representation, such that insurers may deny with impunity. Drawing on extant literature on path dependence and on ERISA’s history and implementation, legislative history, and interviews with key congressional staffers, this paper evaluates this statutory design’s persistence across moments of health care reform including the Patients’ Bill of Rights and the Affordable Care Act, and the ways in which this can not only limit patients’ rights upon a coverage denial but exacerbates inequities in the American health care system and reduces health insurer accountability in a manner that can perpetuate the denials themselves.
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Faculty Research Talk
2023-10-17 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Leanna Lawter, Associate Professor of Business & Management for an upcoming Faculty Research Talk, Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Format in Quantitative and Non-Quantitative Business Courses – A Meta-Analysis.
Presenters will begin by discussing their topic, and each session will close with a question and answer segment. All presentations are virtual and free and the Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
The current meta-analysis investigates two student outcomes of the flipped or inverted classroom format in quantitative and non-quantitative business courses: knowledge acquisition and satisfaction. Data was collected through a search of nine databases to identify empirical studies which compared student outcomes in flipped classrooms to lecture classrooms. A total of 35 studies were identified for inclusion in the study. Results show that flipped format had a positive effect on knowledge acquisition for both quantitative and non-quantitative courses as compared to lecture courses. The impact in non-quantitative courses on knowledge acquisition was larger than the effect in quantitative courses, but was not statistically significant. Student satisfaction in flipped classrooms as compared to lecture classes was higher in quantitative courses, but not statistically significant. The implications for business education is to not use flipped classroom approach as a universal format for instruction but in courses where students benefit from self-directed learning and the increased workload for students merits the gains in learning.
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Technology, Analytics & Innovation Virtual Career Fair
2023-10-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Online
The Technology, Analytics, and Innovation Virtual Career provides you direct access to leading companies, organizations, and startups actively looking to fill internship and full-time opportunities. All students, in all majors, class years, and with all types of career goals from Brandeis University, Suffolk University, and Wheaton College are invited to attend and connect with a wide range of employers.
Whether you’re a computer science major, a data enthusiast, or someone passionate about cutting-edge technologies, this is your career event. Connect with employers and alumni about internships, full-time positions, or simply to explore different career paths.
Why should you attend?

Even when you apply online, the personal employer connections you make during fairs like this one help set you above other applicants.
Gain exclusive insights about companies, roles, the hiring process (application timelines and submission deadlines) and what makes a strong candidate.
Discover new job and internship openings and ask any questions about roles you’re interested in applying for.
Make meaningful connections with recruiters and alumni in the field.
Practice! Employers know that this is an event for you to learn, so don’t worry about perfection!

After you register:

Set your schedule with your employers of interest ahead of the fair. Options include group sessions (30-minute group meetings with organizations) and 1:1 sessions (10-minute meetings one-on-one with you and the employer). Review this quick video to learn how to register for sessions.
Update your Handshake profile and review these preparation materials and tips.

Student registration for this fair opens on October 18th at 1pm ET, spots will fill up fast, so be sure to mark your calendar and be prepared to register!
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This event is sponsored by Brandeis University, Suffolk University, and Wheaton College.

Faculty Research Talk
2023-10-30 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Kathy Morgan, Associate Professor of Psychology for an upcoming Faculty Research Talk, Healing Dakota: A Story of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Working Dogs.
Presenters will begin by discussing their topic, and each session will close with a question and answer segment. All presentations are virtual and free and the Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
An estimated 50,000 working dogs are deployed in law enforcement in the US, most of whom are routinely exposed to dangerous and stressful conditions as a daily part of their jobs. Just as with humans, some individuals are resilient in the face of such stress, but others are not so fortunate, and become so overwhelmed by anxiety that they become dangerous and no longer deployable. In this talk, I will talk about recognizing signs of stress in dogs, and reading dog behaviors that can sometimes be quite subtle, but whose understanding can help prevent canine aggression. Using K9 Officer Dakota and his story as a case study, I will also present a brief history of dogs in law enforcement, and talk about my work and the work of Wheaton College students at the K9 PTSD Center in Seekonk, a nonprofit dedicated to the rehabilitation of law enforcement working dogs with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their time in service.
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Faculty Research Talk
2023-11-07 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Montserrat Pérez Toribio, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, for an upcoming Faculty Research Talk, The Manly Flight of Mary Stuart O’Donnell, Countless of Tyrconnell.
Presenters will begin by discussing their topic, and each session will close with a question and answer segment. All presentations are virtual and free and the Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
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Faculty Research Talk
2023-11-16 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Sara Donaldson, Assistant Professor of Education for an upcoming Faculty Research Talk, Leveraging Collective Doubt to Deepen Learning.
Presenters will begin by discussing their topic, and each session will close with a question and answer segment. All presentations are virtual and free and the Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
Transformational change within social contexts, such as schools, requires a cohesive vision and action plan. This work can be promoted by providing the individuals involved with structured opportunities to collectively grapple with the nuances of terminology and facets of related initiatives in terms of expectations for what the work looks like in practice. Using narrative data collected from field research with mathematics instructional leaders, this faculty research talk will unpack a five-phase framework shown to provide this needed structure. By positioning moments of doubt as opportunities for collaborative learning, this framework serves as a flexible structure to guide shared knowledge development from the initial identification of a shared goal to cohesive understanding and systemic transformation.
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AI in our world: chatGPT and more...
2024-02-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Please join us for a presentation on AI in our world: chatGPT and more… with Mark D. LeBlanc, Ph.D., Department Chair and Professor, Computer Science. He will be discussing different chatbots, “stages” of AI and machine learning.
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Faculty Research Talk
2024-03-05 12:30 - 13:30 | Virtual
Join Sarah Christensen, Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellow, History Department, for an upcoming Faculty Research Talk, Marriage as a Path to Freedom for Enslaved Women in the Early Middle Ages.
Presenters will begin by discussing their topic, and each session will close with a question and answer segment. All presentations are virtual and free and the Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
Description: I examine how enslaved women in the early Middle Ages approached marriage and childbearing as means to secure emancipation. According to a long legal tradition dating to the Roman classical period and lingering in the law codes of both medieval western Europe and Byzantium, marriage offered enslaved women a change in social position as well as a specific transformation of legal status from unfree to free. Looking at legal documents and narrative sources, I examine how individual women strategically leveraged marriage and childbearing to achieve desires that included but were not limited to emancipation, and how these women calculated possibilities for improvement using knowledge of their legal status, social standing, and sexual value.
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