Words Matter, a community conversation
OnlineJoin your Wheaton librarians to learn more about the status of our collection activism and how to contribute your perspective to this ongoing project.
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Wheatalks 2021
OnlineWheaton's annual TED-talk-style event where students share their innovative ideas with the campus community.
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Pursuing a Career in Sports Marketing with James Carmichael
OnlineZoom discussion on Sports Marketing Featuring James Carmichael
Decolonizing Universalism: Constructing a Transnational Feminist Ethic
OnlineA Zoom presentation by Serene J. Khader, Professor and Jay Newman, Chair in Philosophy of Culture, Brooklyn College.
Free
Wheaton X Series—2020 and Beyond: Our Reflections. Our Responses.
VirtualThe X Series (xperimental/xperiential/xpression) celebrates Wheaton’s creativity in a multidisciplinary virtual event composed of ‘acts’ created by our community. Spanning dance, song, and film to visual art and theatrical performance, each project responds to the prompt: 2020 and Beyond: Our Reflections. Our Responses. Over the course of this two-night live premiere, we gather to share our creative processes and to present the culmination of that work. Via Zoom, registration required.
Free
Lakou Sanblé featuring Eïa! live from Martinique
VirtualThe phrase Lakou Sanblé connotes a gathering among friends and neighbors. During this live concert the band Eïa!: Christophe Césaire (composer, keyboard, guitar), Christel Coïta (singer), Carole Rosine (piano), and Jacques Bajal (bèlè drum) with special guest Mano Césaire (founder of Malavoi, violin) will perform traditional songs from Martinique, Guaudeloupe and French Guyane.
Free
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Why Do We Need It Right Now?
OnlineThis workshop will introduce participants to the neuroscience based principles of Universal Design for Learning, how these principles are applied, and why it should matter to us and our students.
Free
Wheaton X Series—2020 and Beyond: Our Reflections. Our Responses.
VirtualThe X Series (xperimental/xperiential/xpression) celebrates Wheaton’s creativity in a multidisciplinary virtual event composed of ‘acts’ created by our community. Spanning dance, song, and film to visual art and theatrical performance, each project responds to the prompt: 2020 and Beyond: Our Reflections. Our Responses. Over the course of this two-night live premiere, we gather to share our creative processes and to present the culmination of that work. Via Zoom, registration required.
Free
Gallery Exhibition—2021 Wheaton Biennial_final_final_FINAL
VirtualThe 2021 Wheaton Biennial is an open-call exhibition focused on new media and juried by author and curator, Legacy Russell. Presented virtually, this exhibition includes artists whose work challenges and celebrates new media. As with past Biennials, our definition is boundary-pushing and inclusive, seeking a diverse range of experimental work, collectively evoking an open-ended conversation.
Free
Living Together: Intentional Communities and the Architectural Imagination—13th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture featuring William Richards ‘04
VirtualThe architectural response to the concept of community has always been much broader than shelter. But, as we’ve learned to live with each other lately in new ways at the intersection of political upheaval and a post-pandemic malaise, can architecture adequately respond? This is a talk about “intentional communities” and why the choices we make in living together can enrich the values of the communities we choose. Via Zoom, registration required.
Free