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Welcome, Class of 2019!

In a time-honored tradition, incoming students gather for the lighting of candles around the Dimple during the opening weekend of the academic year.
In a time-honored tradition, incoming students gather for the lighting of candles around the Dimple during the opening weekend of the academic year.

This academic year, Wheaton welcomed 437 first-year students in the Class of 2019. Even before arriving, these remarkable students were well on their way to doing amazing things. The class includes a Junior Olympics qualifying fencer, a ski instructor and mountain rescuer, a competitive fiddler, a Carnegie Hall performing pianist, an Italian opera singer and an Arabic translator, just to name a few. Here is a glimpse of the class by the numbers:

Class of 2019Nicki Pardo photo