Wesleyan University Magazine – Page 92

2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011April 28, 2014

No Laughing Matter

Among this year’s most popular SuperBowl ads was the latest installment in CareerBuilder.com’s “monkeys” campaign, starring a horde of rowdy chimps with corporate jobs. In the ad, chimpanzees in ties and trench coats crash-park their jalopies in the company lot, then scramble over the wreckage of a…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011April 28, 2014

Our Man in India

By Eric Gershon ’98 | Photography By Vidyun Sabhaney William Nanda Bissell ’88 has big ideas for a big country. He would abolish the presidency and one house of parliament. He’d lift corporate taxes and income taxes, r…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: A PASSION FOR POETRY

Did you know that Wesleyan owns one of the country’s most complete collections of William Butler Yeats? Also in Special Collections & Archives in Olin Library, you’ll find more than 30 different editions of Walt Whit…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011September 29, 2014

WesLive, the Community Blog: Alumni Check In

WesLive, the Wesleyan community blog, includes postings by and updates on alumni, students, and professors. If you want to share your new project or reflect on your creative or intellectual passions, please follow the li…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011September 29, 2014

Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns: Histories of Race

“Histories of Race” was the topic for the ninth annual Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, held on campus April 8–10. Endowed by James Shasha ’50, P’82, GP’14, this educational forum is for Wesleyan alumni, parents, and f…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011September 29, 2014

Attend a Summer Sendoff

Celebrate the Class of ’15 with a Summer Sendoff. Remember the anticipation you felt the summer before you (or your son or daughter) started at Wesleyan? Share that excitement with a new student and family from your are…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011September 29, 2014

Alumni Named Award-Winners at R&C 2011

The Reunion & Commencement Alumni Association honors included Baldwin medalists, Distinguished Alumni awards, and professors recognized with the Binswanger Prize. The Baldwin Medal, which pays tribute to Judge Raymo…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011September 29, 2014

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Dear Fellow Alumni, Think of it as Foss Hill in the springtime. Or a late-night discussion at your fingertips—as well as instant access to services the university offers its alumni and updates on alumni networking in yo…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011September 29, 2014

LETTER HOME

Dear All, As I packed up my home in Mali and prepared to catch a flight to Yaounde, Cameroon, I wasn’t nervous about culture shock. I imagined that having spent much of the past four years in Sub-Saharan Africa, includi…

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2011 Issue 1January 15, 2011September 29, 2014

Campus Life: International Student Photo Contest

Wesleyan students submitted more than 300 photos for the 2011 International Student Photo Contest, sponsored by the Office of International Studies and the Office of Student Activities. Of these, 46 were selected as fina…

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