Wesleyan University Magazine

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 for good deeds, along with their principal and school nurse. This is breakfast…

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, 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…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016November 13, 2017

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

When I arrived on campus in the fall of 1975, Wesleyan was well-known for its pioneering ways, its great research output from the sciences to the arts, its demanding and productive teachers, its creative, rambu…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: CHOICES IN FOOD AND IN LIFE

We’ve become familiar with celebrity chefs, but a celebrity rancher? As the subject of feature articles in publications ranging from The New Yorker to Modern Farmer, Anya Fernald ’98 is getting noticed for her …

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…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

WESLEYAN WELCOMES SEVEN NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

LEO Y. AU ’71 Leo Au is a retired senior vice president and corporate treasurer of Mellon Financial Corporation, a global financial services company previously headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa. At Mellon,…