2015 ISSUE 2
EDITOR’S NOTE
Twenty Years and Looking Ahead • Bill Holder
LETTERS
Foss Hill Memories
USAID and Rock & Roll
UPFRONT
President’s Letter • Michael S. Roth ’78
Scholar Athlete: Andrew Yin ’15 • brian katten
Tweets Reveal Priorities in Congressional Politics • lauren rubenstein
Just Published • DAVID LOW
Pathogens and Biofuels Offer Big Questions That Motivate Erika Taylor • Christine Foster
Between the Lines: My Characters, Myself • Magazine editor
Remembering George Creeger • Magazine Editor
Patriots and Draft Picks • magazine editor
Historical Row: Henry Bacon’s Imprint on Wesleyan • leith johnson
A Sparkling Work of Scholarship • magazine editor
CONNECT WITH WESLEYAN
Wesleyan Welcomes Six New Members to The Board of Trustees • MAGAZINE EDITOR
Kevin Sanborn’s Legacy Lives On • Magazine Editor
Alumni “Drum Up” Support to Honor Abraham Adzenyah • Magazine Editor
Social Impact Summit Slated for November • MAGAZINE EDITOR
Message from the Chair: Join a Wesleyan Professional Network • Daphne Kwok ’84
Reunion & Commencement 2015 • Magazine Editor
PROFILES
Educator Middy Tilghman ’03 Kayaks on the “Roof of the World” • magazine editor
Kate Gordon ’94 Brings an “Astute Policy Mind” to Climate-Change Economics • magazine editor
Employee of the Month: Lazarus ’99 Get to the “How and Why” of What People Do • MAGAZINE EDITOR
FEATURES
Hooked on the Music of Africa • CYNTHIA ROCKWELL
Pedagogical Innovation • Charles g. salas, ma ’85
Ganbarg’s Greatest Hits • Laurie kenney
Gumption and Games • CHRISTINE FOSTER |