Month: October 2020

The Eco Facilitators are Hiring

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The Sustainability Office is looking for a group of 9-16 students (preference for freshmen and sophomores) with a range of environmental and non-environmental interests and backgrounds to join the 2021-22 Eco Facilitator program! EFs work to provide students with the tools, education, and encouragement necessary to develop sustainable living practices, as well to encourage a sense of environmental consciousness and social responsibility on campus, regardless of prior sustainability knowledge.

In Spring 2021, hired EFs will enroll in a semester-long student forum focused on learning about sustainability at Wesleyan, connecting environmental issues on campus to broader social injustices, and developing effective strategies to encourage sustainable practices. Throughout the 2021-22 school year, EFs will be paid to take out compost in their assigned dorm and conduct sustainability-related projects across campus. Working as an Eco Facilitator is a great opportunity to gain leadership skills and take part in building a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive campus community.

Info sessions will be held over Zoom:

Tuesday, October 20th, 4:30 pm (https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/91480832216) and
Thursday, October 29th, 2:30 pm (https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/94361346336)

Applications are due by Friday, October 30th at 11:59 PM.

More information, including an FAQ and job description, is available on our website.  Please email ecofacilitators@wesleyan.edu with any questions.

In-Person Pre-Election Fireside Chat and S’mores

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In-person, Pre-Election Fireside Chat & S’mores
Monday, November 2 | 7 pm

Fire is a place for warmth, survival, and renewal. We’re living in tumultuous times: join a caring community of your fellow students to find solace around the fire. Get ready to socialize and make s’mores with your Wesleyan peers. Come with your friends or make new ones there!

RSVP, masks, and social distancing all required. 

RSVP HERE for in person
Remote student? Click HERE for more information.

Facilitated by ORSL, and student leaders in collaboration with other campus departments
For more info contact Megan Perkins’23  mperkins@wesleyan.edu

Art and Art History Open Houses

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Department of Art and Art History Open Houses For Prospective Majors and Art History Minors

ART STUDIO:
Friday, Oct. 23, 12pm-1pm, in the Hogwart’s Tent (between the DAC and the Davison Health Center) also via Zoom.

Presentation starts at noon

ARST Zoom: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/94124290952
Meeting ID: 941 2429 0952

ART HISTORY:
Monday, Oct 26, 4:30-5:30pm, presentation starts at 4:30 followed by Q&A

ARHA Zoom: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/95744644194?pwd=QkhYdWVMUllGMWhoUFJhaitvWWdTQT09
Meeting ID: 957 4464 4194
Passcode: 668867

 

Application for Winter Session Financial Aid Now Open

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Applications for Winter Session aid are currently open in Portal/Courses/Winter Session. The deadline to apply and receive your award before registration opens is Monday, October 26 at 12:00 noon EDT. Applying for aid does not mean you have to take a Winter Session course. Registration for Winter Session will open on Tuesday, November 3. Winter Session has 2 sessions this term. Please visit the Winter Session site for complete details or email winter@wesleyan.edu.

English Department Virtual Open House 10/22

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Interested in English as a major?

Upperclassmen and faculty will answer your questions at this virtual open house event. Prospective majors are encouraged to attend, and current majors are also welcome!

Thursday, October 22, 2020
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Zoom Info:https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96977324193?pwd=VHFsYkx1OEkyUHQ4V3FYa3NxLzhwdz09

Meeting ID: 969 7732 4193
Passcode: 379672

College of Letters Open House 10/20

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Tuesday, October 20th, 4:30 to 5:30
Boger Hall 114/115
or https://wesleyan.zoom.us/my/gponce

Join us for our Open House, in person or on Zoom, to meet COL students and professors, ask questions, and learn more about the major and what it enables you to do.

The College of Letters is Wesleyan’s interdisciplinary Humanities major. The College’s mission is to cultivate the educated imagination through a balance of collective and individual study, based in historical, philosophical, and literary approaches to the production, transmission, translation, interpretation, and critique of the European intellectual and literary tradition. Each class of students forms a community of learners that enrolls in a series of five colloquia. COL majors study a foreign language, go abroad in the spring semester of their junior year, and pursue a senior capstone project. To encourage fearless intellectual and creative exploration, students receive written evaluations but no letter grades.

The College of Letters is a three-year major. The major declaration process for the class of 2024 begins in February 2021. No minimum GPA is required to enroll in the major and there are no prerequisites for declaring the major except for your personal commitment to learning a language other than English, on campus and abroad.

Petition to Remain On Campus after Thanksgiving Recess

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Thanksgiving recess begins Wednesday, November 25 and all students must depart campus by 12:00 noon on this day.  Students may return to campus for the spring semester beginning Friday, February 5.  Classes will begin online on Tuesday, February 9.

Students with special considerations (such as international students for whom travel is not advisable or students who depend on Wesleyan for housing) may petition to remain on campus after Thanksgiving recess.  The deadline to submit the petition is Friday, October 23, at 5:00 p.m.