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2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014February 26, 2014

FELLOWSHIPS FOR PEREL-SLATER ’11

[caption id="attachment_1792" align="alignleft" width="300"] Max Perel-Slater '11[/caption] Max Perel-Slater ’11 has won an Advancing Leaders Fellowship from World Learning for the Tanzania-based project, The Maji Safi Movement (“maji safi” means “clean water” in Swahili). Maji Safi is focused on d…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

MELLON GRANT TO SUPPORT CREATIVE CAMPUS, INSTITUTE FOR CURATORIAL PRACTICE

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts a $750,000 grant to support the Creative Campus Initiative and the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance (ICPP)—another major grant for th…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

CFA RECIEVES DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION’S GRANT AWARD FOR ADAPTABILITY

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts is the recipient of a $400,000 grant recognizing the CFA as an innovator and leader among arts organizations. The unsolicited gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is one of five—…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

BETWEEN THE LINES: CITY PLANNER AS AGENT OF CHANGE

Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press), the fascinatin…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014March 6, 2014

NEWS LITERACY PROJECT LAUNCHES ONLINE CURRICULUM

[caption id="attachment_2038" align="alignleft" width="504"] The News Literacy Program sponsored a program at George Washington University in November on “America’s Changing Role in the World and How the Press Covers It,…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

LETTERS

REMEMBERING FRANKLIN REEVE As an underclassman at Wesleyan, I experienced mostly terror. Every day, I was afraid I wouldn’t measure up—who really knows to what standard. Something fabricated in my head, something exotic…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: MEGAN NORRIS ’83, P’17

While I was a student, a fairly muted celebration marked the 10-year anniversary of the second arrival of women at Wesle…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

FINS ’82 RECEIVES TOP HONOR FROM SPAIN’S MEDICAL ACADEMY

Joseph J. Fins ’82, MD, MACP, The E. William Davis, Jr. M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Chief of the Division of Me…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

PLANNED GIFTS: CREATING A LEGACY

Like the sound of the South College bells echoing down the years, gifts to Wesleyan of all sizes have a lasting impact; …

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

WES AT WORK

[caption id="attachment_1847" align="alignleft" width="360"] Wesleyan alumni who thrive in the culture of Argus Information and Advisory Services span nearly three decades of campus life: Sabrina Zook ’89, Adam Watson ’1…