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2021 Issue 1May 15, 2021May 28, 2021

Letter to the Editor: A Wesleyan Gay Romance

“Freshman year I was rooming in the basement floor and Dan Waters was on the ground floor of our Foss Hill dormitory. We met, became close friends, grew inseparable, fell deeply in love and have been together ever since. We got married in 2004 when it was first legally allowed in Massachusetts and t…

2021 Issue 1May 15, 2021May 28, 2021

Editor’s Note: Pushing for Progress

Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein ’13 It’s springtime in Connecticut. A few days ago students enjoyed 70-degree weath…

2020-2021 Winter IssueFebruary 6, 2021

Editor’s Note: Learning Curves

I returned to my office in South College recently to pick up a few things, having not been there since the University’s transition to remote working and learning environments last spring. It was like stepping into a time…

2020-2021 Winter IssueFebruary 6, 2021February 6, 2021

President’s Letter: Effective Leaders Learn from Crises

Now that I’ve been a president for about 20 years, I’m frequently asked what it’s like to be in charge of a very decentr…

2020-2021 Winter IssueJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Courageous Wesleyan Alumni

To the Wesleyan Community: After the horror and disgust of the attempted insurrection by Trump supporters on January 6, I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to three Wesleyan alumni who were intimately involve…

2020 Issue 2October 21, 2020February 6, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Civic Engagement Across the Generations

The Spring 2020 issue of Wesleyan University Magazine correctly conveys with breathless immediacy the urgency of political and cultural issues now facing the United States of America. I only hope that the sense of immedi…

2020 Issue 2October 19, 2020February 6, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Justice, Hiding in Plain Sight

I write with encouraging news and a call to action. At a moment when the abject failings of the criminal legal system stand in such clear and crushing relief, the Wesleyan alumni community has an opportunity to deepen it…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020

Editor’s Note: Cultivating Equity

After her appointment in December, Nicole Stanton was slated to begin her official duties as Wesleyan’s 12th Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs on May 15, 2020. In honoring interim Provost and SVPAA R…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020

President’s Letter: ‘This Changes Everything’

Each year, incoming students are asked to read a common text as an intellectual introduction to Wesleyan. This year’s selection, a documentary entitled "This Changes Everything," offers an unflinching look at the impact …

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020February 6, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Teaching Moments in a Time of Diaspora

I met with my New School students for the last time on Wednesday, March 11. I’d instructed them to bring their laptops; we were going to have a trial “webinar.” This was right before our extended two-week break, …