BULLY PULPIT: MARKETING FOR A BETTER WORLD

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018December 12, 2018

BULLY PULPIT: MARKETING FOR A BETTER WORLD

WHEN A PROGRESSIVE marketing and communications agency that has major Democratic organizations as clients—and ran the digital marketing operations for Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton—decides to expand…

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018September 11, 2018

ALUMNI PANEL: WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON IN JOURNALISM TODAY

During Reunion & Commencement 2018 a panel of four alumni presented a Celebration of Wesleyan Writing WESeminar “Pra…

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018December 12, 2018

REMEMBERING PRESIDENT BENNET

President Emeritus Douglas J. Bennet ’59, P’87, ’94, Hon. ’94, who passed away in June at age 79, presided over a dozen …

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018December 12, 2018

THE ART OF THE HUG

Everyone sells. Whether you are on a date or meeting a potential employer, you sell yourself. On the job, you sell your …

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018December 12, 2018

FROM GLASS CEILINGS TO GLOWING SCREENS

Jane Eisner ’77, P’06,’12 and daughter Miriam Berger ’12 discuss the profession that is their shared passion. Jane Ei…

2018 Issue 1May 10, 2018December 12, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: MY FAREWELL COLUMN

Lately I’ve been exploring the devilish complexities of Medicare as I approach my 65th birthday and a time of change in …

2018 Issue 1May 10, 2018December 12, 2018

LONG ROAD TO POSTHUMOUS PUBLICATION

[caption id="attachment_10325" align="aligncenter" width="2200"] Collegial Venture: The late Professor of History Jeffrey Butler (left) and his colleague, Professor Emeritus of History Richard Elphick (right), shared dee…

UncategorizedMarch 1, 2018March 2, 2018

ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT THE WESLEYAN WAY

In 1866 Wesleyan established the Permanent Fund, also known as the endowment, with $93,153 in pledges and gifts. The wor…

2017 Issue 3December 14, 2017December 12, 2018

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WESLEYAN HISTORY (NOT REALLY…)

To walk Wesleyan’s campus is to be surrounded by history that whispers from buildings. Presidents left their mark (or di…

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: WHY DID WESLEYAN ABANDON COEDUCATION IN 1909?

[caption id="attachment_749" align="alignright" width="200"] William Holder ’75, editor[/caption] I thought I knew the answer, and in my mind this odd twist in the history of a progressive institution arose from antag…