Wesleyan University Magazine

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 the mundane to the sublime from my years at Wesleyan (’61–’65): I started th…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015September 15, 2015

EDITOR’S NOTE: TWENTY YEARS AND LOOKING AHEAD

I’ve recently completed my 20th year as editor of this magazine. I’ll always be grateful for this opportunity and for Wesleyan’s willingness to entrust me with the assignment when I had never previously edited any magazi…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

HONORED WITH THE BINSWANGER PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

[caption id="attachment_6241" align="aligncenter" width="752"] Honored with the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teach…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015September 15, 2015

REUNION & COMMENCEMENT 2015

[caption id="attachment_6227" align="aligncenter" width="752"] The 183rd Commencement Ceremony took place on Andrus Fiel…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: JOIN A WESLEYAN PROFESSIONAL NETWORK

What is the first word that comes to mind when you think about our Wesleyan Alumni Network? For me, that word is “indisp…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015September 15, 2015

SOCIAL IMPACT SUMMIT SLATED FOR NOVEMBER

The inaugural Wesleyan Social Impact Summit, an opportunity for Wesleyan change-makers to come together and amplify thei…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

ALUMNI “DRUM UP” SUPPORT TO HONOR ABRAHAM ADZENYAH

Adjunct Professor of Music and Master Drummer Abraham Adzenyah has not only selflessly shared his vast knowledge of West African music, dance, and culture during his 46-year career at Wesleyan, but also has left a lifelo…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

KEVIN SANBORN’S LEGACY LIVES ON

Campus leader. Curious student. Activist. Celebrator extraordinaire. Generous friend. These are just a few of the phrases friends use to describe the late Kevin Sanborn ’87. Sanborn, an active member of the Wesleyan c…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015September 15, 2015

WESLEYAN WELCOMES SIX NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Phoebe C. Boyer ’89, P’19 Boyer is president and chief executive officer of The Children’s Aid Society. She came to C…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015December 8, 2015

“EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH” LAZARUS ’99 GETS TO THE “HOW AND WHY” OF WHAT PEOPLE DO

[caption id="attachment_6131" align="alignleft" width="752"] Catie Lazarus ’99, claims that her talk show about work, Em…