The academic integrity extended orientation session originally scheduled for Wednesday the 4th, will be on:
Wednesday SEPTEMBER 18TH at noon
with
Professors Anne Greene, Jim Donady, Paolin Tien, and Alice Hadler
DOWNEY HOUSE, Rm 113
See you there!
Month: September 2013
WSA Elections — Be a 2017 Rep!! Petitions due 9/13
Dear Students,
Ever feel like there is something you wish you could change about Wesleyan? Are you interested in setting policies concerning financial aid, residential life, student life, academics, dining, social justice, and other campus issues? Do you want to be involved with the allocation of money to student groups? Are you looking to serve your fellow students and the greater Wesleyan community?
If so, you should consider running for a spot on the WSA. If you are interested, election petitions are due at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 13th to the WSA office on the bottom floor of Usdan. If the office is closed, you may slide the completed petition under the office door. A mandatory candidate meeting will then take place at 5:15 PM on the 13th in Usdan 108.
Freshmen should complete the Class of 2017 Election Petition with 25
signatures from members of the Class of 2017. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors should complete the At-Large Petition with 25 members from the classes of 2014, 2015, or 2016. Printed copies of the petitions can be picked up in the WSA office on the bottom floor of Usdan.
Along with the petition, candidates should read the attached election guidelines, and should send a 150 word or less statement to wsa@wesleyan.edu by 5:00 PM on the 13th.
Voting will be open from 12:00:01 AM on Monday, September 16, 2013 to 11:59:59 PM on Friday, September 20, 2013.
If you’re looking to change Wesleyan and represent your friends, classmates and fellow students, then the WSA is the place for you! Please email us (wsa@wesleyan.edu) or check out out website (http://wsa.wesleyan.edu/) if you have any questions or concerns.
Jacob Musinsky ’15, Chair, Elections Committee, Chair, Organization and External Affairs Committee Coordinator, WSA
CFA: Doug Varone & Dancers — this Thurs. & Fri., 8 p.m., $6 tkts
Dear Class of 2017,
You met choreographer Doug Varone and his dancers Xan Burley and 
Alex Springer at the Common Moment during Orientation. They’ll be back this week when the company presents two performances at the CFA Theater on Thursday, September 12 and Friday, September 13 at 8pm. If you’ve never seen contemporary dance before, then this is the performance to see — the choreographer will take you through his process as the performance unfolds!
Naya Samuel ’14 interned with them this past summer and interviewed them about the program they’ll be performing:
Tickets are $6 for students and you can get them at the University Box Office in Usdan, online or at the door. Details are here:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events.html#performing and below:
Doug Varone and Dancers: Stripped/Dressed featuring Rise and Carrugi
Connecticut Premiere
Thursday, September 12 & Friday, September 13, 2013 at 8pm
CFA Theater
Pre-performance talk by Wesleyan DanceLink Fellow Naya Samuel ’14 on Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm in the CFA Hall
Buy tickets online.
“Doug Varone’s choreography is finely drawn and operatically rich…”
–-Portland Press Herald (Maine)
The return of Doug Varone and Dancers to Wesleyan is designed to give the audience an intimate look at Doug Varone‘s work. The first half of the program, Stripped, opens with his masterpiece Rise (1993), with music by John Adams, and the dancers in rehearsal clothes under minimal lighting. Mr. Varone then comes onstage to walk through the creative process that gave birth to his most recent work, Carrugi (2012), deconstructing the dance and showing how he works with dancers to build the choreography. For the second half of the program, Dressed, the company returns in costume and performs the fully-produced Connecticut premiere of Carrugi. Inspired by the winding, narrow streets and alleyways of the Liguria region of the northwest coast of Italy, Carrugi is set to the oratorio “La Betulia Liberata” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A Breaking Ground Dance Series event presented by the Dance Department and the Center for the Arts.
Pamela Tatge, Director, Center for the Arts
Join the Spring Fling Committee! App deadline 9/6
Dear Students,
Want to help plan Spring Fling, book artists, and have unadulterated access to the most top-secret listserv on campus? You’re interested in Spring Fling Committee (the artist formerly known as Social Committee). We are not the Concert Committee (they allocate money, we plan Spring Fling).
Spring Fling Committee remains a committee unlike any other, which happens to plan and execute one of the biggest campus events of the year and funding thereof. Its application process is open to the entire student body; its selection process based on your application, experience, merit and an interview. Those unhappy with the Spring Fling booking process would do well to take note: here’s your opportunity to get involved.
Spring Fling is an all-campus outdoor concert that happens on Foss 
Hill when it’s sunny and in the Hockey Rink when it’s not, every May. In the past, artists like Chairlift, Kendrick Lamar, Big Boi and TV on the Radio have come to rock out with Wesleyan’s student body. Spring Fling Committee works throughout the year to put together a multiple-act show that brings diverse, current and enjoyable bands to campus in an effort to celebrate the end of the year with the entire student body.
If you would like to become a member of Spring Fling Committee in the 2013-2014 school year, please answer the questions in the attached application (either in an email or an attached word document) and send them to Elisa Cardona(ecardona@wesleyan.edu)by 5pm on Monday, September 9th. We will review the applications and contact applicants for interviews. The committee meets once a week according to member availability. Download the application here.
– The Spring Fling Committee
Bookstore Rebate Program
Beginning on September 1, 2013, the Broad Street Bookstore is launching a limited time incentive for all in-store purchases. As you 
may know, Broad Street Books provides students with affordable and convenient options for buying and renting textbooks. Now, our new rebate program will put even more extra cash into our students’ hands for a later visit.
Program Details: Stock up on all school essentials now! Offer valid 9/1/13 – 9/15/13.
Spend $100* – earn $10 on your next in-store purchase
Spend $150* – earn $20 on your next in-store purchase
Spend $300* – earn $50 on your next in-store purchase
*Valid for in-store and online purchases with in-store pickup. Excludes previous purchases, computer hardware, software, and gift cards.
Don Dantzler
Store Manager
Tel: 860.685.7323 | Fax: 860.685.7338
Follett Higher Education Group
Broad Street Books
Wesleyan University Bookstore and Cafe
45 Broad Street Middletown, CT. 06457
0084mgr@fheg.follett.com www.follett.com
Note from Dean Brown
Hey 2017’ers,
I hope you have had a great orientation and are ready for the first day of classes tomorrow, Monday, September 2. It has been great meeting so many of you already!! You now enter two weeks of drop/add, which ends on Friday, September 13. If you are going to add or change courses during this time, consult with your faculty advisor and try to make the changes as soon as possible so that you keep pace with the coursework. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this.
CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES – DROP/ADD PERIOD
During drop/add, check your schedule for accuracy—the right 
section, the right departmental or program designation, and the right grading mode (letter grade of CR/U, if the course offers an option). Make sure that you are in fact enrolled in all the classes you are attending! You cannot change the designation or the grading mode option after the drop/add period. After this comes the withdrawal period, when you will need to petition to make any course changes, so CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES!
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD
The withdrawal period begins on Saturday, September 14 and goes through the tenth week of classes. During this time, besides no changes in grading mode or course designations, dropping a course will be noted with a “W” for “withdrawal” on your transcript.
CONNECTIONS!
Check out the email I sent about the Connections—a program where you are matched with a faculty or staff mentor and an upperclass student, both of whom can serve as a good touchstone for you and answer your questions about the University and life at Wes on a one-to-one basis. It’s a great way to get connected with the Wes community!
DROP-IN HOURS/APPOINTMENTS
If you want to consult about courses or academic direction or just talk about how things are going for you as you settle into Wes, please do not hesitate to come to my drop-in hours, listed below. I also will be sending out notes so that we get a chance to meet, so don’t be surprised if you get one! Drop-ins are first-come, first-served and you can sign up for a meeting on the sheet outside my office door. If you would like longer than a 10 minute or so meeting, please contact Camille Martin, my administrative assistant, at x2758 or csmartin@wesleyan.edu to schedule a time that’s good for you. Any question is a GOOD question, so please stop by to see me.
Have a great first week of classes and check out the great programs offered during extended orientation this week!
Best, Dean Brown
Drop-in Hours: M–2-3 p.m. T–3-4 p.m. W–5-7 p.m. Th–11 a.m.-noon F–2-4 p.m.