News and Information for the Class of 2013
lsbrown Dear Students,
As a reminder, please complete the WSA University Outreach Committee survey, which will help the WSA improve alumni resources, including jobs and internships, for students. To complete the survey, click HERE.
Sincerely, WSA University Outreach Committee–Zachary Malter ’13, Meherazade Sumariwalla ’12, Syed Ali ’13, Sam Ebb ’13, Sisi Miteva ’15
Each spring the Dean of the College Office offers Leadership Awards to students and student organizations for exceptional work and dedication to campus
and community involvement throughout the academic year.If you are interested in nominating a student or a student organization, please read the information below and then continue to the Nomination Form. All nominations are due no later than 5pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012.
Information regarding descriptions of the awards and nominations can be found at:
www.wesleyan.edu/sald/leadership_development/leadership_awards.html
All awards will be recognized at a ceremony planned by SALD on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
Come to the reading on Wednesday night by Dorothy Wickenden, Executive Editor of The New Yorker and author of Nothing Daunted, “an alternative Western.” The book juxtaposes “a saga about two cosseted women from New York” who went West to work as teachers in 1916 (one of whom was her grandmother) with the violence of the expansion of the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
You are invited to attend the
We will be showing three films from this large post-industrial area in western Germany. The first film, Bang Boom Bang by Peter Thorwart, will be shown on Friday at 7:00 p.m. The other two-Losers and Winners, a documentary by Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken, and Solinoby Fatih Akin-will be screened on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., followed by a discussion. The introductory session by Sina Nitzsche, Visiting Assistant Professor of German at Oglethorpe University, and Kate Thorpe, Teagle Writing Fellow at Wesleyan will place these films in the context of the transformation through art and image-making that the region is experiencing.
The event is sponsored by the German House, German Studies Department, Writing at Wesleyan, and the Goethe Institute Boston.
The library is looking for students to participate in one of two focus group discussions to help gather information about current library resources and services. Free food will be provided for those who join in. You can sign up for either Thursday evening, April 19, at 6:00 (which includes dinner) or Friday afternoon, April 20, at 12:30 (which includes lunch). These conversations should take no more than an hour. Space is limited, so we can only take the first 15 students who respond. To join either group, or if you need further information, please contact Andrew Klein, aklein01@wesleyan.edu, on or before Tuesday, April 17.
Wesleyan’s annual Battle of the Bands is taking place on April 13th at Eclectic House! The winning band will open for Spring Fling on May 
10th. Please email a demo (2 songs) to dbostick@wesleyan.edu by Tuesday, April 10th. Bands chosen to compete will be announced by Thursday.
PS: Don’t worry, the Spring Fling line-up will be announced very soon in the Argus and online. We appreciate your patience!
Dear Student,
We would like your opinions. University Relations is working with a consulting team to create a message for the next Wesleyan fundraising campaign. We are preparing to raise more money than ever before through a capital campaign that will launch in the next year or so. Our top priority is to increase scholarship funds, while enhancing academic programs.
We need to hear from students as we define the best way to express Wesleyan’s needs. Why did you choose Wes? What is particular to a Wesleyan education? Student voices will allow us to create a campaign that resonates with our alumni and parents. Please come to one of two discussions and talk about Wesleyan.
Tuesday, April 17th at 10:30 am (coffee/snacks will be provided), Location: Usdan 110, Andersen Meeting Room OR
Tuesday, April 17th at 2:30 pm (coffee/snacks will be provided), Location: Usdan 136, Hicks Meeting Room
Space is limited. RSVP by April 10 to Jen Peck at jpeck@wesleyan.edu. Your thoughts and opinions are crucial – we can’t do this without student participation!
Many thanks! Barbara-Jan Wilson
The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (CAAS) is presenting a talk today at 5:00 pm in Usdan University Center, Room 108:
Why the Tea Party of 1773 Achieved More Than the Tea Party of 2012, by Elvin Lim, Associate Professor of Government
The talk is free to all.
The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1799 and is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. The Academy sponsors several lectures a year, including an annual lecture at Wesleyan.
Dear Students,
Want to keep up with the WSA but don’t have much time? Starting today, the WSA will publish a weekly one-page newsletter to let you know the highlights of what we’ve worked on for the week and what we’ll discuss at our Sunday meeting. It is embedded below and also attached as a PDF. Not to worry, the extensive committee reports listing our full activities will still be available online.
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