Short Features – Page 28 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

FAMILY WEEKEND

Athletic contests, tailgating, the 24th Annual Dwight L. Greene Symposium, the 40th Annual Navaratri Festival, exhibitions, WESeminars, performances and more—and a 39—10 Cardinal football victory over Bowdoin—all made for an exciting weekend with 1,300 families attending. Photo by Olivia Drak…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

HISTORICAL ROW: WILLIE KERR: A WESLEYAN ORIGINAL

[caption id="attachment_9063" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Pictured: Willie Kerr and his classic Packard in 1974. Photo courtesy of the University Archives.[/caption] Clarence Williams “Willie” Kerr was…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

BOSTON GLOBE REVELATIONS IGNITE CAMPUS CONTROVERSY

In June The Boston Globe contacted Wesleyan administrators with disturbing news. The Globe was investigating private secondary schools that gave good job recommendations to staff members who were fired for…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

PROJECT NO RED ZONE

Within the first six weeks of school, students nationwide are statistically more vulnerable to sexual assault and violence, a period known as the Red Zone. This semester, the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) lau…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

BREAKFAST WITH BRIAN

A Wesleyan alumnus from Chicago. A faculty film aficionado. A martial arts teacher and that teacher’s teacher, a 10th-degree black belt visiting from Germany. Four elementary school students, here as a reward f…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

Fact Checking

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2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

STUDENTS TEND TO LONG LANE FARM

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2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

WELL READ

Harmony: A Novel By Carolyn Parkhurst '92 Meet the Hammonds—Alexandra, Josh, 11-year- old Iris, and 13-year-old Tilly—a family struggling to cope with their brilliant teenage daughter’s increasingly disruptiv…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

GARDNER ’96 HEADS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

[caption id="attachment_9005" align="alignleft" width="408"] John Van Vlack[/caption] Tracey Gardner ’96 began her two-year term as chair of the Wesleyan Alumni Association on July 1st. A former alumni-elect…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016July 8, 2019

DONNA MOREA ’76: WESLEYAN’S NEW BOARD CHAIR TAKES A LISTENING TOUR

[caption id="attachment_8999" align="alignleft" width="297"] Risdon Photography[/caption] Donna Morea ’76, P’06, who became Wesleyan’s new chair of the board of trustees this summer, has extensive experience…