Letter to the Editor: Courageous Wesleyan Alumni

2020-2021 Winter IssueJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Courageous Wesleyan Alumni

To the Wesleyan Community: After the horror and disgust of the attempted insurrection by Trump supporters on January 6, I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to three Wesleyan alumni who were intimately involved at the Capitol and in the aftermath. Colorado Senators John Hickenlooper (Clas…

2020 Issue 2October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Civic Engagement Across the Generations

The Spring 2020 issue of Wesleyan University Magazine correctly conveys with breathless immediacy the urgency of political and cultural issues now facing the United States of America. I only hope that the sense of immedi…

2020 Issue 2October 19, 2020October 19, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Justice, Hiding in Plain Sight

I write with encouraging news and a call to action. At a moment when the abject failings of the criminal legal system stand in such clear and crushing relief, the Wesleyan alumni community has an opportunity to deepen it…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

The Method Gun: Producing Live Theater Online (Video)

In the Spring of 2020, Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl directed a groundbreaking performance of The Method Gu…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Teaching Moments in a Time of Diaspora

I met with my New School students for the last time on Wednesday, March 11. I’d instructed them to bring their laptops; we were going to have a trial “webinar.” This was right before our extended two-week break, …

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 28, 2020

How to Take Charge of Your Own Story

Along with learning to tell her own story, Michele Barnwell '89 offers some advice on how others can do the same: L…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 28, 2020

Making Her Own Luck: Michele Barnwell ’89

A formative early experience inspired Michele Barnwell ’89 to support others in taking charge of their personal narrativ…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

On the Front Lines: Max Rose ’08

From meritorious service in Afghanistan to public service in his native New York City, Max Rose ’08 takes an action-orie…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020

Get Involved

Max Rose '08 offers four easy ways to make positive change in your community. Be Honest. About income inequality an…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

What a Difference a Year Makes: The Most Important Problems Facing the U.S. Today

In Fall 2019, students in Professor of Government Erika Franklin Fowler’s GOVT372 Political Communication in a Polarized…