President’s Letter

2016 Issue 2August 1, 2016December 13, 2018

As I write this in the first days of July, I am overwhelmed by the generosity shown by the extended Wesleyan family during the course of our THIS IS WHY fundraising campaign. When we started discussing a fundraising campaign in 2008, the financial world was teetering on collapse, and the economy in …

2016 ISSUE 1April 6, 2016December 13, 2018

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="300"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] Over the past year I and others in higher education have been asked countless times about “political correctness” an…

2015 Issue 3December 7, 2015December 8, 2015

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="300"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] As we prepared to honor Middletown military veterans at Wesleyan University’s first home football game, I sought out…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="300"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] Early in my presidency, a Wesleyan faculty member described the difference between professors here and professors at…

2015 Issue 1May 6, 2015

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="300"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] This year my April Fools’ blog announced that Wesleyan was moving all of its classes online: “ALL MOOCS ALL THE TIME…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="300"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] My book Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters has received a gratifying amount of interest since its …

2014 Issue 2July 16, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="300"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] “Is c”—that’s all I have to type before the search engine jumps to “Is college worth it?” I hit return, and there ar…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014February 28, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="205"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] I met Henry Timms, interim chief operating officer of the 92nd Street Y, through Stuart Ellman ’88, the president of t…

2013 Issue 2October 7, 2013February 26, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="205"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] Since assuming the presidency I have often returned to the themes of inclusion and diversity on campus. This year we a…

2013 Issue 1September 18, 2013February 26, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignleft" width="205"] President Michael S. Roth '78.[/caption] At this year’s winter meeting of the Board of Trustees we officially announced the launch of our THIS IS WHY fundr…