Community

First Year Matters Reading – Call for Noms

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Dear Wesleyan Community,

Wesleyan’s First Year Matters (FYM) Committee seeks nominations from faculty, staff, and students for next summer’s common reading program.  The theme for FYM 2029 is diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We welcome submissions of any form of media that may speak to the Class of 2029, help build community, and encourage meaningful and sustained conversations about this critical theme.

Submit your nominations here

Please submit your nominations by Tuesday, November 26th, 2024, at 5 PM.  Feel free to contact Kevin Butler, Assistant Dean/Director of Community Standards, if you have any questions, and we look forward to reviewing your nominations.

Senior Class Gift Social

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We hope this message finds you well as we begin our senior year! We invite you to join us for a semester kickoff at the Class of 2025 Wine and Cheese Social presented by Wesleyan’s Alumni Association!

Event Details:

  • Date: Thursday, September 19
  • Time: 6-8 p.m.
  • Location: Beckham Hall (2nd floor of Fayerweather)

What to Expect:

  • Light Appetizers
  • Wine
  • Class Camaraderie

All food and alcohol for the event is provided by Wesleyan’s Office of Advancement.

How to Attend:

Register for this event here.

Instead of an event fee, please make an optional gift to any part of Wesleyan that is important to you during registration!

Your senior gift can support what matters most to you such as financial aid, an athletics team or a campus center. Your support will help Wesleyan provide our peers with the same experiences that made our time here so special!

Register and make your senior gift here.

We hope you join us for our Wine and Cheese Social!

Best Regards,

Justin Biemann

Ilaria Valentini

Kelleigh Entrekin

The Final Cram: An Experimental Study Space

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Have a bit more studying to do, or a paper to finish? Join us at WesWell on 5/16 from 2-4pm for a curated study space experience.

We’ll break the time up using the Pomodoro method (25 mins of working, 5 min break) and do restorative activities together for the breaks. We’ll have snacks and drinks, and you can even get a sticker as a little reward when you finish a task. Need to be talked up? Motivational speeches will be available on demand to keep you going. Let WesWell support your final efforts this semester — come to 287 High from 2-4pm and get it done 👏

Wesleyan Student Ombuds

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** This is a paid student job open to all students regardless of work study eligibility **

POSITION DESCRIPTION
Student Ombuds Position Description  The Wesleyan Student Ombuds Program (link) was informed and inspired by student voices and began in Fall 2021. Student Ombuds are available to talk with students about their concerns related to experiences in the classroom, with their athletic team, or within other parts of their academic and campus life at Wesleyan. Each Ombud serves as a neutral and confidential* peer resource focused on empowering students to successfully navigate the institution and advocate for themselves in moments of conflict, particularly when there are power dynamic considerations. Although separate from the University’s Ombudsperson (link) for staff and faculty, these Student Ombuds are trained to use similar conflict resolution and restorative justice practices. Student Ombuds will provide information about resources, offer perspective, and advise students as they explore and navigate their options for resolving concerns. Student Ombuds will be selected to represent various academic areas of the institution (i.e., each academic division and Athletics) and will be compensated $16/hour for their work, with between 3 and 6 hours of work each week. As 2023-2024 will be the third year of this program, the next cohort of Student Ombuds will play a role in continuing to shape the program and its future. 

TO APPLY: Submit the basic application in Handshake (Job # 6240334) by Sunday, April 16th at 11:59pm (link). The 2022-2023 Student Ombuds are listed here: https://www.wesleyan.edu/inclusion/student-ombuds.html 

What Matters to Me and Why – Starts 3/28

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The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life is excited to be launching the series “What Matters to Me and Why,” dialogues with Wesleyan faculty and administrators that address questions about life, vocation, passion, purpose, values, and motivations.  Our first event is this Tuesday (3/28) at 6pm in Allbritton 311 with Professor Victoria Pitts-Taylor.  A free vegetarian meal from Tandoor will be served. 

QPR Training 3/29

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Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training for Suicide Prevention

Wednesday, 3/29 from 4:30-6:30pm in Usdan 110

QPR is a suicide prevention training that teaches participants how to engage with a person who might be suicidal and get them to a supportive resource. In this training, you will learn facts and figures about suicide, what the warnings signs are (verbal, behavioral, and situational), and how to engage in a productive and direct dialogue with someone who might be at risk. No RSVP required — simply show up. There’s space for 25 students to attend. Any questions? Email Chelsie Green at ctgreen@wesleyan.edu

TEDxWesleyanU Annual Conference – Sat 3/4

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TEDxWesleyanU’s 2023 conference is coming up soon on Saturday, March 4th at 1:00 p.m.at Ring Auditorium. TEDxWesleyanU is the annual, student-organized TEDx conference on campus focused on celebrating ideas worth spreading. 

Buy your tickets today at tedxwesleyanu.com! $10 for students, $12 for non-students.

Our schedule is packed with brilliant speakers, exclusive sponsor offers, Wesleyan student performances, merch give-aways, free food and, of course, ideas worth sharing! Don’t miss it!