A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD P. WILBUR, FORMER PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, BY LARRY D. CARVER

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD P. WILBUR, FORMER PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, BY LARRY D. CARVER

Editor’s Note: The poet Richard Wilbur, a former professor of English at Wesleyan (1957-77), died in October at the age of 96. The following tribute was composed by Larry D. Carver ‘66 on the occasion of Mr. Carver’s 50th Reunion last year, in honor of “this remarkable poet, teacher, human being.” A…

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Across America, groups are enclosing themselves in bubbles that protect them from competing points of view, even from disturbing information. This has always happened to some extent; it’s easier to be with people who sha…

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…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

We hear it all the time: The cultural and economic context into which our graduates enter is a global one. For many years, Wesleyan has energetically recruited students from across the United States because we …

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

COOK ’62 CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF MEDICAL THRILLERS WITH THE RELEASE OF CHARLATANS

In 1977, Boston ophthalmologist Dr. Robin Cook ’62 published a book that would spawn a new literary genre, change the public’s perception of medicine (and doctors), and a launch a literary career. That book was Coma—a me…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Illusory Bubble

I often hear students refer to the “Wesleyan bubble,” a term meant to suggest that life on campus is somehow apart from the world. In some respects, it is—by design. The opportunity to take a course with no app…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Letter Home: Walking With Giants in the Hills of Thailand

What happens when a Wesleyan student discovers a passion for protecting elephants—and begins her career in a small Southeast Asian Village?— ■ REBECCA WINKLER ’16 began working with the Mahouts Elephant Foundation…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

President’s Letter

In March I received a carefully thought-out proposal for a resource center that would support students who feel themselves to be at risk because of their own experience on campus or who feel marginalized by long-term tre…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Editor’s Note: Expanding Our Vision

When I was a young teenager, I devoured science fiction. I figured that by the turn of the 21st century we would have a colony on Mars, or at least the moon, so science fiction seemed like tomorrow’s news today. My re…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016November 13, 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION? When I was in school, we used the term “Liberal Arts Education,” which generally referred to a broad exposure to the humanities, history, literature, government, etc., to ensure a stu…