Wesleyan University Magazine

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 antagonistic feelings harbored by male students who felt threatened by the academic p…

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

GOING UNDERGROUND: C-CERT EXPLORES CLOSED BUTTERFIELD BASEMENT & TUNNEL SYSTEM BY OLIVIA DRAKE

On Oct. 17, Wesleyan’s Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT) toured the basement level, or “tunnels” of th…

2017 Issue 1October 2, 2017December 12, 2018

Q&A WITH J.R. RHODES ’90: OFFERING MUSICAL PRESENCE WITH HER NEW ALBUM, “I AM”

With the newest album by J.R. Rhodes ’90 titled “I Am”—a sentence both as simple and complex as existence—the message is…

2017 Issue 2September 6, 2017December 12, 2018

MEET OUR ELEPHANTS, BY REBECCA WINKLER ’16

Rebecca Winkler '16 writes about her experience working with the Mahouts Elephant Foundation in the latest issue of Wesl…

2017 Issue 2September 6, 2017December 12, 2018

BOOK EXCERPT: ENEMY OF THE GOOD, BY MATTHEW PALMER ’88

From Enemy of the Good, by Matthew Palmer, published on May 23, 2017, by Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Gr…

2017 Issue 2September 5, 2017December 12, 2018

BOOK EXCERPT: THE RULES DO NOT APPLY, BY ARIEL LEVY ’96

An excerpt from The Rules Do Not Apply, by Ariel Levy, published in the United States by Random House, an imprint and di…

TopSeptember 5, 2017November 29, 2017

WESLEYAN MAGAZINE, ISSUE 2 2017

Wesleyan's first president, Willbur Fisk, famously called for a liberal education that would benefit not only the indivi…

FeaturesAugust 22, 2017December 12, 2018

WHAT’S THE BUZZ: 5 QUESTIONS FOR BEEKEEPER STEPHANIE BRUNEAU ’00

Beekeeper-herbalist-artist-entrepreneur Stephanie Bruneau '00 runs The Benevolent Bee, a small business specializing in …

2017 Issue 3August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

YOU CAN’T SOLVE A PROBLEM UNLESS YOU TALK ABOUT IT: A CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE WITH BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM ’75

Beverly Daniel Tatum ‘75, Hon. ‘15, P’04, PhD, is a psychologist and author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Togeth…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

JOHN ’62, GINA DRISCOLL RECEIVE BALDWIN MEDAL

During the 185th Commencement ceremony on May 28, John ’62 and Gina Driscoll were honored with the Raymond E. Baldwin Medal, the highest award of the Alumni Association. John and Gina have each provided exemplary service…