EDITOR’S NOTE: WHAT OUR READERS SAY

2016 ISSUE 1April 6, 2016December 13, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: WHAT OUR READERS SAY

[caption id="attachment_749" align="alignleft" width="200"] William Holder ’75, editor.[/caption] I was a young reporter for the Middletown Press when it moved from its hole-in-the-wall location on the north end of Main Street to a new building on the south end that would have been the envy of an…

2016 ISSUE 1April 6, 2016December 13, 2018

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

[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, 2015

WESLEYAN HISTORY

You published an interview with David Potts ’60 about his most recent book on the history of the college (Wesleyan, 2015, #1). Although the book covers the 1960s, I find only a vague reference to the university’s partici…

2015 Issue 3December 7, 2015January 4, 2016

FROSTY FROST IN SPRING: A REMINISCENCE BY WALT PILCHER ’63

Although brought up in Arlington, Va., and educated at Wesleyan, I’ve lived in North Carolina for the past 45 years and counting, the last 25 in Greensboro. In retirement I’ve taken to doing some writing and involving my…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

PATRIOTS AND DRAFT PICKS

The first 2015 issue of Wesleyan just reached these shores, and much as I concur with Rob Abel ’65 and his praise of Bill Belichick ’75, I feel obliged to point out that the Pats team that won the Super Bowl had five of …

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

REMEMBERING GEORGE CREEGER

I was saddened to read in Wesleyan magazine (Issue 1, 2015) of the death of Professor Creeger. He was my freshman English professor during the school year 1955–1956. While saddened, I was also reminded again of what a…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

USAID AND ROCK & ROLL

I've just read the good article in the Wesleyan mag on USAID and the Wes guys who help make its reach truly global. I share the class of ’68 with Chris Holmes, and since we both were flying into Middletown (well, as clos…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

FOSS HILL MEMORIES

[caption id="attachment_5899" align="alignleft" width="360"] Spring has sprung at Wesleyan. (Photo by Dena Matthews)[/caption] Claude Smith’s (’66) note in Letters [Issue 3, 2014] brought back a flood of memories from…

2015 Issue 1May 6, 2015

REMEMBERING PROFESSOR OF ART JOHN FRAZER

I am saddened by the news that John Frazer has passed. He was undoubtedly the most profound influence on my career at Wesleyan. He helped me obtain a Fulbright Scholarship and recognized my potential. I actually feel he …

2015 Issue 1May 6, 2015

ARTISTS FOR WORLD PEACE CELEBRATES WESLEYAN TIES

All of us with Artists for World Peace (AFWP) were delighted that Associate Editor Cynthia Rockwell had the opportunity to write about her trip with us to Tanzania last summer. I’d also like to send a shout-out to other…