LAST DAY OF CLASSES!

Reading Week is from Thurs., May 10 – Mon., May 14

Final Exams are Tues., May 15 – Fri., May 18

University housing closes Sat., May 19 at noon

Photos from the Cinco de Mayo Third Year Yard Party, with many thanks to the 2013 class council and ResLife.   

The Deans’ Office is pleased to announce that a new, enhanced version of the Credit Analysis Report is now available through the e-Portfolio.

ePortfolio login > Student Portfolio > Wesleyan Career > Credit Analysis Report.

The Credit Analysis is a review of the academic record that monitors progress towards meeting graduation requirements with regard to semesters in residence, GPA, earned and enrolled credits, and oversubscription.  It flags potential problems that may affect completion of graduation requirements, but it does not track completion of major requirements (the Major Certification Form is used to do this).

Enhancements to the new version include:

• Academic Career-in-a-glance layout.  The first page of the report is designed to present a concise summary of progress towards meeting the graduation requirements.  Warning messages flag potential problems towards meeting these requirements.
• Student Type tracking.  The report knows whether you are a First-Year Entrant or Transfer Student.  If you are a Transfer Student, it knows whether you are a Sophomore, Mid-Year Sophomore or Junior Transfer.
• Semesters in Residence tracking.  The report calculates how many semesters remain to meet the residency requirement and is aware of the different residency requirements for first-year entrants and transfer students.
• Oversubscription Calculation.  The report calculates total oversubscription to provide “Total Useable Graduation Credits.”  It also calculates oversubscription at the department and category levels and displays the number of remaining or oversubscribed credits at these levels.  The report is aware of special exceptions for students who double-major in ARHA and ARST or MATH and COMP and recalculates oversubscription limits accordingly.
• Complete Crosslisting information.  The report identifies every department and credit category in which a course is crosslisted, regardless of the selection that may have been made during the course registration process.

The Credit Analysis is updated every evening to reflect changes in course enrollment status (drop/add transactions, withdrawals, etc.).  In addition, courses in which you are pre-registered are included in the credit analysis.  More information about the oversubscription regulation and how oversubscription is calculated can be found at http://wesleyan.edu/studentaffairs/facguide/oversub.html.

If you have questions about the Credit Analysis or if you believe your report is in error, please contact Dean Brown immediately.

Class of 2013, 2014, or 2015, vote for your representatives NOW. Ensure that your voice is heard! Vote at wsa.wesleyan.edu/voting

Also, take our semester survey: it’s only 15 short questions, and your input informs the issues that the WSA takes up next year. All class years can take the survey.

Lastly, we have our WSA Constitution up for approval along with a description of the changes we have made. You can also read about the changes here. Again, everyone is able to vote on changes.

As always, let us know if you have any questions.

Best, The Elections Committee

Have questions for the mayor of Middletown? Interested in discussing the relationship between Wesleyan and the rest of Middletown? Curious about city government and ways to get involved? The WSA will be hosting an open conversation with the Mayor of Middletown Dan Drew on Wednesday, May 2nd at noon in Usdan 108. 

 See you there, Zachary Malter, WSA President

Buttermilk — Tournament Winners

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM BUTTERMILK

WINNERS OF THE 2012 DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT

FUNDRAISER FOR SHOFCO

SPONSORED BY THE 2013 & 2015 CLASS COUNCILS

 

THANKS TO ALL THE TEAMS WHO PARTICIPATED!

YOU MADE IT THE SUCCESS IT WAS!

 

 

Nothin' But Peanuts -- Second Place

 

Check out the SLIDESHOW!

Muslims’ Experiences of Devalutaion:  Gendered Images, Gendered Sentiments”

Prof. Patricia Rodriguez-Mosquera, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Russell House   4:30 p.m.

Attitudes toward Islam and Muslims have continued to deteriorate over time. In this talk, Professor Rodriguez Mosquera will discuss how Muslim Americans feel about the societal devaluation of their group. The lecture is based on psychological studies of Muslim Americans’ feelings of anger, sadness, and fear in four studies using multiple methods. These emotions were examined in the context of significant social events for Muslim Americans (i.e., the 9/11 anniversary) as well as in the context of individual experiences of unfair treatment (i.e., emotional narratives).  The lecture considers the psychological and social implications of feeling angry, sad, and afraid for Muslim Americans and the relations of these emotional experiences to the gendered nature of societal images and stereotypes about Muslims.

Screening of “My Neighbor, My Killer”

& Discussion with Filmmaker Anne Aghion

Tuesday, May 1, 5:00pm Center for Film Studies

Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha), which literally means “justice on the grass,” is a form of citizen-based justice which Rwandans decided to put into place in an attempt to deal with the crimes of the 1994 genocide. Filming for over a decade in a tiny rural hamlet, director Anne Aghion has charted the impact this experiment in transitional justice has had on survivors and perpetrators alike. Through their fear and anger, accusations and defenses, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness, and hope for life renewed, she captures the emotional journey to coexistence.

As a filmmaker, Anne Aghion has been drawn to places as far-ranging as rural Rwanda, the ice fields of Antarctica and the slums of Managua. She has been praised by critics, both as a director of unique and poetic vision, and a documentarian who conveys a strong sense of the people and places she covers. Her work has also earned her, among other honors, a UNESCO Fellini Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, an Emmy, and the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival’s Nestor Almendros Award for courage in Filmmaking.

Hey Wes!

When you were a frosh didn’t you wish you had someone to show you the ropes and walk you through getting 

involved with different activities on campus?  Now you can be that person for an incoming first year student 

and help make their transition to college life that much easier!

The WSA in coordination with SALD is starting the Cardinal Connect: First Year Student 

Social Connection Program for the upcoming year.  We need rising juniors and seniors to 

volunteer to be paired with incoming freshmen to serve as social and extra-curricular 

resources.  The goal is to help freshmen get involved with life here at Wesleyan more 

easily by providing a formal connection with an experienced upperclassman.  You would be 

expected to meet with your freshman once per month to chat and help them out.  Please fill 

out and submit this form by May 20th. 

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please email me at sebb@wesleyan.edu

Just a reminder that voting is open for WSA President, Vice President and for Senior Class Officers (2013).

EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE! wsa.wesleyan.edu/voting    (Seniors, you can vote, too.)  We are halfway through the election; here are the voting stats so far -

Frosh : 265    Sophs : 203     Juniors : 252

If you haven’t voted, vote NOW.  Also, if you are interested in being a part of the WSA next year, run for class rep. You can get a petition in the WSA office, or print one here.

Best, The Elections Committee–Meherazade Sumariwalla ’12 (Chair), Syed Ali ’13 and Maeve Russell ’14