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Note from Dean Brown

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2017’ers,

I hope you are getting into your classes and the rhythm of the semester—and are enjoying being a senior!  

With drop/add over, CHECK YOUR CREDIT ANALYSIS to make sure you are all set to meet degree requirements by the end of the spring semester so that you can walk in the ceremony and graduate on May 28!!! 

Update Your Major Certification Form (MCF)

December Completions should submit a completed form by September 30; May Completions should do so early in the spring semester.  This tool both tracks your progress in the major and is used by your department to confirm that you have completed major requirements. 

 Grading Option/Schedule Confirmation Deadline

September 30 is the deadline for choosing a grading mode for courses that offer the option.  It is also the deadline for confirming the accuracy of your schedule so be sure to check!

Thesis & Essay Writers

The library is offering workshops on research sources and interlibrary loan and other services for seniors writing a thesis or an essay. Sessions will be offered on Mon. 9/26, Tues. 9/27, Wed. 9/28, and Thurs. 9/29 at 11 a.m, 1 p.m and 3 p.m. each day. No need to sign up ahead of time. Choose a date and time convenient for you and join a group for a 45-minute info session at Olin Library’s Reference Office. Attendees will be granted expanded interlibrary loan privileges. Contact Kendall Hobbs, Reference Librarian, at khobbs@wesleyan.edu with questions.  

Work at Homecoming and Family Weekends
This year’s Homecoming (Oct.21-22) and Family Weekends (Oct. 28-30) are fast approaching, and we need student employees! Aside from getting paid, you’ll also have the unique opportunity to help out with one of Wesleyan’s most important events, make lasting connections with alumni, and represent the student body to hundreds of visitors and guests. Fill out and submit the student worker application by Wed., Oct. 5 at 5 PM, and we will notify you of your employment status no later than Mon., Oct. 10.  Note: Homecoming is during fall break.  There will be a mandatory student employee meeting on Wed., Oct. 26 at 5 PM. If you are hired, you must attend this meeting to receive your work schedules, event staff T-shirt, and other important event information.  If you have any questions, please contact us at aprinterns@wesleyan.edu.  Best, Nisha Grewal ’17, Avva Saniee ’17, Amanda Yeoh ’19 & Maxine Gibb ’19 

I have loved seeing so many of you already this semester.  Don’t hesitate to drop in, make an appointment, or email me with questions or concerns.  Best, Dean Brown

 

Work for Reunion/Commencement! App deadline 4/10

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Reunion and Commencement Weekend 2015 is fast approaching (May 21st-May 24th), and we need student employees! Aside from getting paid, you’ll also have the unique opportunity to help out with one of Wesleyan’s biggest events, make lasting connections with alumni, and represent the student body to hundreds of visitors and guests. Potential jobs include working at the Registration site, being a Camp Cardinal Counselor, escorting guests around campus in shuttle vans, and much more!

To apply for a position, please fill out and submit the student employee application, available here. Applications will be accepted until Friday, April 10th at 5:00 PM, and we will notify you of your employment status no later than Wednesday April 14th.

There will be a mandatory student employee meeting on Tuesday, May 19th in Exley Science Center 150, at 5:00 PM. If you are hired, you must attend this meeting to receive your work schedules, event staff T-shirt, and other important event information.

If you have any questions, please contact us at aprinterns@wesleyan.edu or 860-685-2802. Thanks for your interest!

Best, Interns

Aarit Ahuja ’16, Melissa Leung ’16, Catherine Marquez ’16, and Nisha Grewal ’17 Reunion and Commencement 2015 Interns Office of Alumni and Parent Relations 330 High Street aprinterns@wesleyan.edu (860) 685-2802

 

Stress Relief Practicum–App deadline Jan. 28

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Stress Relief Practicum

Connect with others who are seeking healthy ways to handle stress.

Learn new skills and tools to manage stress and take care of yourself.  

Wednesdays beginning

February 4th –March 4th from 5-6PM

Meetings will follow an exploratory workshop format and participants will learn and practice different stress relief techniques each week.

Contact Tanya Purdy, MPH MCHES Director of Health Education

for more information or to sign up.

Reference “Stress Relief Practicum” in the subject line.

Sign up by Wednesday, January 28th.

Space is limited and on a first come basis.

Participants will be expected to attend all 5 sessions.

Morgenstern-Clarren Social Justice Award for Sophomores & Juniors–Applications due Feb. 27

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Peter Morgenstern-Clarren ’03 Social Justice Award for Sophomores & Juniors

The Peter Morgenstern-Clarren ’03 Social Justice Award was created in memory of Peter Morgenstern-Clarren who pursued social justice while a student at Wesleyan.  His activism included securing benefits for Wesleyan custodial staff, participating in the United Student and Labor Action Committee, and contributing his leadership to the campus chapter of Amnesty International.  We are grateful to Dr. Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren and The Honorable Pat Morgenstern-Clarren for their generosity in sponsoring this award that honors their son’s activism for the public good.  A committee will select the sophomore or junior who best embodies the pursuit of social justice.  The application process is described below.

Any sophomore or junior in good standing may submit an essay that addresses the following:

Describe in detail the most influential social justice effort in which you played a leadership role that sought to make our local and global communities more equitable (The effort should have a direct affect on the Wesleyan campus and/or on external communities.);

  • Explain your level of involvement in the work for example: your role in raising awareness about a particular issue on campus, coordinating events, implementing programming and campaigns in the pursuit of social justice;
  • In addition to your essay, you must include a letter of support from a faculty or administrator involved in your effort and submit evidence of impact that the social justice effort had on making our society more just by contributing testimonies from individuals (excluding family and friends) directly involved, artifacts from your social justice effort (e.g., past printed programs, presentations, and articles), and/or your work from courses. You may include non-print items, such as DVDs.

You must include at least four copies of the non-print and printed items and drop them off to Dean Marina J. Melendez, North College, 2nd floor, Room 215 by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 27, 2015.  All essays, letters of support and printed items must be in by the deadline.  By submitting your packet, you agree to allow the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity and Institutional Partnerships to use it (or excerpts from it) for assessment, archival, and promotion purposes.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Dean Marina J. Melendez, Ph.D., x.2765, mmelendez@wesleyan.edu.

Previous recipients:

2014:  Hailey Sowden, class of 2015 Middletown Food Project/Long Lane Farm

2013:  Joshua Krugman, class of 2014             Long Lane Organic Farm

2012:  Corey Guilmette, class of 2013              Wesleyan Committee for Investor Responsibility

2011:  Ali Chaudry, class of 2012                      Pakistan Flood Relief Initiative

2010:  Allegra Stout, class of 2012                    Disability Issues

2009:  Lily Mandlin, class of 2010                     Facilitator, North End Action Team Teen Dreams Society

2008:  Mu Abeledo, class of 2009                     Founder, Middletown Youth Radio Project (MYRP)

2007: Lashawn Springer, class of 2008            Program Organizer, “Common Struggle for Freedom & Justice”

 

 

 

Selection Committee:  Joseph Matthew Brown ’03; Richard Culliton ; Assistant Vice President/Dean of Students; Derek Vincent Garcia, ’04; Renee Johnson-Thornton, Dean of Equity & Inclusion; Lily Mandlin, 2009 Recipient & Alumna ’10; Marina Melendez, Class Dean 2018 & Chair; Ann Wightman, Professor of History and Latin American Studies.

 

 

 

 

Grading Mode Option Change Deadline — 9/26, 5 p.m.

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Hey 2017’ers,

 

Here is information concerning grading mode changes for a course with a grading mode option: 

 

thumbnailCAGFPHI0In courses in which students have a choice of grading mode, the final choice must be made by Friday, September 26 at 5:00 p.m.

 

If you wish to change the grading mode of a course in which you are currently enrolled, you must do this by completing the grading mode change form and submitting it to the Registrar’s Office no later than fourteen days after the drop/add period ends—September 26 at 5 p.m.  

 

Whether a course has a grading mode option is listed in the course’s description in Wesmaps.  If it does not say “Student option” under Grading Mode, then it only has one grading mode and there is no option.   

 

Best, Dean Brown

Study Abroad Deadline for Wesleyan-sponsored Programs–Oct. 1

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FROM THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES –

RE: APPLICATIONS FOR WESLEYAN’S PROGRAMS IN BOLOGNA, MADRID, AND PARIS FOR SPRING 2015

This is a reminder that applications for SPRING 2015 for the Wesleyan-administered programs in BOLOGNA, MADRID, and PARIS are eiffel towerdue WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 BY 5:00 P.M. This is a firm deadline and late applications will not be accepted. Applications must be turned in to the Office of International Studies, 105 Fisk Hall.

Effective this semester the Wesleyan “Permission to Study Abroad” application doubles as the application to these three programs. If you have already done the steps noted BELOW, the application and checklist are in your portfolio.

If you have NOT been in our office this semester, the process is as follows:

Go to the “Academic Career” section in your student portfolio and click on the “Study Abroad application and information” link. This takes you to our landing page and you must:

  • Read the four documents (General Regulations for Study Abroad, Financial Regulations, Academic Regulations, and Responsible Study Abroad).
  • Complete the “Initial Inquiry” form and click “submit.”
  • Come to our office for an advising session during our drop-in hours (M-W-F 10-noon; T-TH 2-4 p.m.) If you cannot make any of our drop-in hours, please call for an appointment.

After your advising session you will be given access in your portfolio to the Permission to Study Abroad Application and Checklist which you must complete by the October 1 deadline. The application consists of 7 documents, 4 of which are online.

Best, Gail Winter, Assistant Director of Study Abroad, 105 Fisk Hall, 860 685 3006, www.wesleyan.edu/ois

CSS Open House — Feb. 6; Apps due Feb. 10

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An Invitation from the Students and Tutors in the College of Social Studies

Join current College of Social Studies students and tutors for an Information Session to be held on Thursday, February 6, 2014 , from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., in the PAC 4th Floor Lounge.  Here’s your opportunity to ask questions to a panel of current students and tutors, and to learn what we might have to offer you as a major.  Refreshments will be served.  To learn more about the College of Social Studies visit http://www.wesleyan.edu/css/.

If you attended the open house held in November 2013, it is not necessary for you to attend again as the information provided at that time is repeated for those student who were unable to attend the first info session..

The College of Social Studies will be accepting applications from February 6thth at 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. on February 10th at which time the application link will be deactivated.  Applications submitted after the day and time indicated cannot be considered.   To access the application use the link provided.   http://www.wesleyan.edu/css/applying/application.html.

 

Mickie Dame, College of Social Studies, (860) 685-2240

Note from Dean Brown 11/26/13: Course Withdrawal Deadline Today

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Hey 2017’ers,

Just a reminder that today at 5 p.m. is the deadline for withdrawing from courses.  Please consult with the professor and your faculty advisor about doing so and if it’s a yes, then get their signatures before bringing the form to my office for my signature.

Use the Thanksgiving break to get organized and on top of your work for the last week of classes and finals.

Whether you will be on campus, at home or visiting friends, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Best, Dean Brown

 

Note from Dean Brown

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Hey 2017’ers,

Welcome and Orientation:

I hope this note finds you as excited about coming to Wes as we are about your arrival!  The orientation interns and Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development have organized a great orientation that will introduce you to Wesleyan’s academic and community expectations and values, and give you the opportunity to connect with other students in the class.  You will be meeting with your faculty advisor to discuss your plan of study and course selections, and be able to meet with a peer advisor who can help with questions in preparation for those meetings. The First Year Matters program and its theme of access is thought-provoking, so I hope you have done the readings and will bring an open mind and questions to your seminar and the Common Moment.  You should take advantage of everything that the orientation and extended orientation program offers.

Matters of Business:

ASAS & ASRE:  If you have NOT submitted your Academic Skills Assessment Survey, please do so to avoid having to do it when you check in at registration.  Thanks to all those who have written in; if you submitted the survey already, then you’re all set.  Make sure that you also have done your Academic Self-Reflection Essay.

LANGUAGE/MATH PLACEMENT EXAMS:  Language and math placement exams are required to move forward with those courses and the latter is required for those interested in ECON110, so make sure you do them, if you have NOT already.

I.D. PHOTO:  If you have NOT sent in a photo for your Wes I.D., please upload it immediately to “WesCard Photo” in your portfolio (under Orientation News and Checklist).  Also check a meal plan.  Otherwise, you will not be able to eat or get into your residential hall.  Problem!

I-9:  Make sure to bring the appropriate documentation for the I-9 that ALL students need to complete, regardless of whether they plan to work on campus.  Appropriate documentation is a 1) valid passport OR 2) social security card & driver’s license OR 3) driver’s license & birth certificate—original documents only.

Getting Involved:

2017 Class Council:  Be the ones to organize for the Class of 2017.  The 2013 Class Council brought their class together with, among other things, the sophomore Fallapalooza, an end-of-the-semester junior Cinco de Mayo dinner, the Senior Barbecue with bands, and an annual dodgeball tournament for all the classes that raised $$ for a charity of the council’s choice.  Let me know if you’re interested in doing this kind of thing for the 2017’ers.

Community Engagement and Student Activities Fairs:  Learn about the different ways to volunteer for community groups in Middletown on Wed., Sept. 11 and the many different WSA student groups on Fri., Sept. 13, and make sure to get involved in at least one activity/group.  There are a ton from which to choose.  It’s a great way to pursue your interests, meet people, make connections, and hone different skills.

The Connections Program:

Soon you will receive an invitation to join this network that connects you with a faculty or staff mentor and an upper-level student so that you have an “in” to the Wes community and people to help you navigate your way around.  Definitely something to check out.

The Class Blog:

While email is the official mode of communication (so check your email daily), I will also communicate with you through the Class of 2017  blog— www.classof2017.blogs.wesleyan.edu .  You can also send me announcements about events and I would be happy to post them.

In Closing…:

I truly look forward to meeting and working with each one of you over your next four years at Wes. As your class dean, I am here to support your academic success and intellectual development as well as to help you work out situations that get in the way of that success, whether they be academic, personal or social.  If I cannot help you directly, I will connect you with someone who can.  Wesleyan has an array of resources for this very reason.  You are joining a wonderful community and as a member of that community now, you will enhance it by your participation in the classroom, in the labs, in the studios, on the fields, and in the community.  There are many interesting and challenging opportunities ahead of you over the next four years, so get ready for a great ride!

Best, Dean Brown