About the cover photo
What better way to illustrate the international connections we have at Wheaton than to showcase the flags that hang in Balfour-Hood Center? The 70-plus daily reminders
World flags hanging from ceiling of Balfour-Hood. (Keith Nordstrom)
are more than beautiful decorations. They represent the countries and heritage of our students. And the Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership Office makes sure they all get seen, by rotating the flags displayed several times a year.
About the flags in Balfour-Hood
The Student Activities Involvement and Leadership (SAIL) office is in charge of the flags. The flags are rotated based on the current history month (i.e. Sept-Oct: Hispanic Heritage, February: Black History, etc). SAIL coordinates with Global Education to represent the current students’ countries at a given time. Here is the list of flags SAIL has:
- Abenaki Nation
- Afghanistan
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Chee Nation
- Choctaw Nation
- Colombia
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Cree Nation of Mistissini
- Crow Nation
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ecuador
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Eastern Cherokee Peoples
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Iroquois 6 Nations
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jatiboniku Taino Nation
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Mashantucket Pequot Nation
- Mexico
- Native Hawaiians
- Navajo Nation
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Penobscol
- People’s Republic of China
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- St. Vincent and Grenadines
- Sudan
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- US Virgin Islands
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Venezuela
- Wampanoag Nation