Last Call for the Shuttle

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Dear student,

By the end of the day today, Wednesday, May 12th, make your reservations for the end-of-the-year Bradley and New Haven shuttles.  As always, the shuttles LEAVE Wesleyan from in front of Usdan.

The cost of the Bradley shuttle is $20 one-way, $40 round trip. You can pay at the Box Office in Usdan with cash, credit, or check.

The shuttles leave Usdan at 5:45 AM and 12 PM on Friday, May 14th and Saturday, May 15th. Each shuttle arrives at the airport one hour after leaving Wesleyan, so please plan accordingly.

 The New Haven Union Station shuttles will leave from Usdan at 10 AM and 2 PM on Friday and Saturday. Cost is $9 each way.

 Good luck on finals, and safe travels,  Ben Firke, Chair, WSA Finance and Facilities Committee

Prizes and Awards Recipients in the Class of 2013 — Congratulations!

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Congratulations to the following first-year students for their academic and leadership accomplishments!

Katherine Marcus 2013 — Ayres Prize:  The gift of Daniel Ayres, Class of 1842, to the first-year student who attains the highest academic standing in the first semester.

James Gardner 2013 — Blankenagel Prize:  From the John C. Blankenagel Fund, established in 1970, awarded at the discretion of the Department of German studies to enrich educational offerings in the area of humanistic studies, or to assist a superior student in completing a project in German studies.

Miriam Kwietniewska 2013 — Chadbourne Prize:  The gift of George Storrs Chadbourne, Class of 1858, to that member of the first-year class outstanding in character, conduct, and scholarship.

Rebecca Coven 2013, Piers Gelly 2013, Shelley Miller 2013, Marina Reza 2013, Benjamin Soloway 2013 — Cole Prize:  Established through the gift of George Henry Walker, Class of 1981, in the memory of Charles Edward Cole. Awarded to the first-year student who shows the greatest ability in fiction or nonfiction writing.

Chuqiao Dong 2013, Scott Greene 2013 — CRC Award:  Awarded to an outstanding first-year chemistry student, based on grades in organic chemistry over the interval of the current academic year.

Joseph O’Donnell 2013 — First-Year Leadership Award:  Awarded to a first-year student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership or involvement in the Wesleyan community.

Alexa Chiappetta 2013, Hyunjin Cho 2013, Valerie Eldridge 2013 — Susan Frazer Prize:  Awarded annually to the student (or students) who has done the most distinguished work in the elementary and intermediate French language sequence.

Guy Geyer 2013, Huitao Zhu 2013 — Johnston Prize:  The gift of David George Downey, Class of 1884, in memory of Professor John Johnston. Awarded to those first-year students or sophomores whose performance in their first two semesters of physics shows exceptional promise.

Chen-chi Chien 2013, Azra Horowitz 2013, Naixi Wang 2013 — Sherman Prize―Math:  Established by David Sherman, D.D., Class of 1872. Two prizes awarded annually, one for excellence in first-year mathematics and the other for excellence in classics.

Symposium: Green Energy and Biofuel Technology — May 7

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The 35th Peter A. Leermakers’ Symposium will be held on May 7, 2010 at Wesleyan University.  This years’ symposium, entitled Green Energy and Biofuel Technology, will feature an outstanding program of talks from leaders in government, industry and academia.   For more information, refer to the symposium web page.

 http://www.wesleyan.edu/chem/Leermakers/index.htt

Friday: Sun: Mural + Ice Pops! Foss Hill

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Bring your imagination with you to Foss Hill on Friday afternoon and contribute to the 2013 mural.  The 2013 Class Council will supply the paint and brushes – and the necessary ice pops.  So come on out, enjoy the sun, and be creative.  Canvas and 70 degree weather provided.

Advice to the 2014’ers: What do you wish you had known?

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What do you wish you had known as you were starting your first semester at Wesleyan?  What do you wish you had done differently?  What changes have you made?   What did you do to make your first semester (and second, for that matter) a successful one?  In other words, what advice can you give the incoming members of the Class of 2014 as they anticipate their first semester at Wesleyan?  With your first year of college nearly done, you are uniquely qualified to suggest the steps that the new ‘14’ers should take for a successful semester, so let’s hear ’em!  

Send your suggestions and advice–brief or lengthy–to me at lsbrown@wesleyan.edu.  Woo hoo!

Celebrating Students 2013: SALD Awards to 2013’ers!

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The Student Activities and Leadership Development Awards recognize students’ contributions to the Wesleyan community across a variety of activities. 

CONGRATULATIONS to the following first-year recipients!

Student Organization of the Year Award “recognizes a student organization that has excelled in sustaining leadership, an active membership and programmatic efforts that contribute to the larger Wesleyan Community.” 

2013 Class Council

members  (l to r):  Michael Zazzaro, Gladys Sosa, Patrick Chiarawongse, Rebecca Coven, Katie Schad, Lan Chi Le, Lily Kaplan, Ural Grant, Leah Koenig, Bing Wu     Not Present:  Emily Berman, Sydney Hausman-Cohen, Adam Rashkoff, Vivianne Swerdlow, Lily Voravong

 

First-year Student Leadership Award is ”presented to a student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership or involvement in the Wesleyan community.”

Joseph O’Donnell 

 

Mosaic Award “recognizes the contribution(s) of a student organization that has raised campus awareness through educational initiatives on issues of identity, culture and social justice.”  

Wesleyan Students for Disability Rights–Lucas San Juan, a first-year member 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!

Coffee with the Writing Fellows: Tips for Finals 4/29

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Feeling Weighed Down By Finals?

 

We Can Help. 

Come have coffee with the Ford Fellows Thursday April 29th at 8 p.m. in the Shapiro Creative Writing Center Lounge (3rd floor of Allbritton)

The Ford Fellows will offer tips on how to get started on your papers and who you can turn to for help.  We will discuss the fundamentals of paper writing, and ways to be a better writer than you were in high school.  Take this opportunity to ask about final papers and in-class writing exams.