First-year Seminar Availability!

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Professor Andy Curran, the director of curricular initiative and dean of the Arts and Humanities, wants to inform the Class of 2017 that there are several excellent first-year seminar classes that still have spots for the spring semester. These classes are writing intensive and are designed to demystify college writing, while still introducing you to an interesting discipline. A survey among students this year (on last year’s program) determined that students felt like they improved their writing and got a lot of the new FYS classes.

Here are the remaining classes:

ANTH111Hawai`i:   Myths and Realities
Section: Instructors: Times:
01 Kauanui,J.     Kehaulani ..T….     01:10PM-04:00PM;
02 Kauanui,J.     Kehaulani .M.W…     11:00AM-12:20PM;
COL115How   to Read a Literary Text
Section: Instructors: Times:
01 Fitzpatrick,Joseph     J. ..T.R..     10:30AM-11:50AM;
HIST138The   Environment and Society in Africa
Section: Instructors: Times:
01 Twagira,Laura     Ann ..T.R..     10:30AM-11:50AM;
HIST144What   Is History?
Section: Instructors: Times:
01 Eudell,Demetrius     L. ..T.R..     02:40PM-04:00PM;

 

 

Fullbridge Internship Edge Program — App deadline: 11/25

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Fullbridge Internship Edge

is hosting their 12 day business fundamentals immersion boot-camp on campus this winter. Personalized coaches will teach competencies and skills to help students gain a competitive edge in the internship & job market, allowing students the opportunity to learn from business-related curriculum that they otherwise wouldn’t get to experience at Wes.  The final day of the program is dedicated to networking with hiring managers, from various industries, including Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and start-ups, who will give an exclusive first-look at their coveted Summer 2014 internships.

Application Deadline is November 25th.

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO from Oladoyin Oladapo ’14, who talks about her experience going through the program: http://vimeo.com/72987709

CSS Open House — 11/19/13

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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 Tuesday, November 19th, 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. Pizza and beverages will be served.  To learn more about the College of Social Studies visit http://www.wesleyan.edu/css/.

An announcement will be made in early 2014 when applications will be accepted for admission consideration.

Juice Vocal Ensemble — Sat., Nov. 9, Crowell

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Juice

Juice Vocal Ensemble
Connecticut Premiere
Saturday, November 9 at 8pm
Crowell Concert Hall

“Sassy, vibrant and enthralling.”
—The Irish Times (Dublin)

London’s Juice Vocal Ensemble, an experimental a cappella trio that mixes contemporary classical with folk, jazz, world music, pop, and electronica, features sopranos Anna Snow and Sarah Dacey, and alto Kerry Andrew. The group’s influences range from Meredith Monk and the Beach Boys to Camille (France) and Björk (Iceland). Their playful debut album Songspin (2011) won an Independent Music Award for “Best Contemporary Classical Album” in May 2012.

For their first U.S. tour since an appearance at the South by Southwest Festival in March 2011, at Wesleyan the group will perform vibrant classical works including the world premiere of “Ferrara Redux” by New York-based composer and Wesleyan alumnus Toby Twining MA ’06; six U.S. premieres, including one work written by Anna Snow, plus compositions by Mica Levi, Anna Meredith, Dai Fujikura, Jim Moray, and Peter Moran; and unusual arrangements of British folk songs and pop music by Guns N’ Roses, Erasure, Mariah Carey, and Flatt and Scruggs.

Watch a video of Juice Vocal Ensemble singing “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses on YouTube.

A Crowell Concert Series event presented by the Music Department and the Center for the Arts.

There will be a pre-concert talk by Wesleyan University John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce at 7:15pm. He will be joined by composer Toby Twining MA ’06.

Tickets for this performance are $22 for the general public; $18 for senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, and non-Wesleyan students; and $6 for Wesleyan students. Click here to purchase tickets online.

Sing with Juice
Friday, November 8 at 4:15pm
Daltry Room (Music Rehearsal Hall 003)
60 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
FREE!

Come sing with the Juice Vocal Ensemble. All singers welcome!

Costumes and Consent: Looking at Halloween and Harassment — Thurs., noon-1 p.m.

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 Costumes and Consent:   Looking at Halloween and Harassment

 

  Come join the Sexual Violence Action Committee, the Queer Resource Center, and Students for Consent and Communication

 to discuss the importance of consent and Halloween.

 What are the pressures surrounding women and costumes?

What kind of experiences of consent have you had on Halloween?

How can we make a more friendly Halloween experience for all? 

What are some of your favorite Halloween consent phrases?   

 

Where: Woodhead Lounge

 When: Thursday, October 31st from 12pm-1pm

 There will be Mondo’s Pizza!!

 

East Asian Studies Lecture: “Luring the Immortals: An American Artist’s Experiences in a Chinese Garden” — Thurs., 4:30 p.m.

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Luring the Immortals: An American Artist’s Experiences in a Chinese Garden

Ian Boyden

Thursday, October 31, 4:30 PM

Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies

for info — 860-685-2330

Witness to the drama of burgeoning China and how it responds to, incorporates, and sometimes eclipses its past, Asian art historian and visual artist Ian Boyden (‘95) presents a talk about recent experiences as the first artist-in-residence in the Jia Yuan Garden, a 17th century classical garden in the heart of Suzhou, China. At the invitation of an investment arm of China Telecom, Boyden was the art consultant in the garden’s extensive renovation, an experience that provided an incredible stage upon which to witness and participate in the surreal clash of recasting and leveraging old-world culture according to new-world values. In this highly visual talk, Boyden contemplates multiple forms of acculturation: that of the often awkward and hilarious ways the Chinese made sense of him, of his own struggles making sense of the quickly shifting identity of China, and of the way his evolving knowledge of Chinese culture filters and informs his own art practice. His wild art trajectory in Suzhou included introducing the concept of a place-based artist residency, designing and overseeing the construction of a 4,700 sq ft art gallery, making a series of installations responding to the garden, and ultimately holding a solo exhibition at the I. M. Pei-designed Suzhou Museum where his ink paintings were hailed as starting a new tradition of Chinese painting.

Artist’s website: http://ianboyden.com/

Flu Shots!

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thumbnailCA1W2X0ZDear Students,

If you missed the campus-wide flu clinic but would like a flu shot, please call the Health Center for an appointment at 860-685-2470.  We have a limited supply for students and will offer on the following dates BY APPOINTMENT:

Friday, 11/1 (afternoon), Thursday, 11/7 (late morning and afternoon), Wednesday, 11/3 (afternoon), Friday, 11/5 (afternoon)

Joyce L. Walter, Director
Davison Health Center 860-685-265

www.wesleyan.edu/healthservices

Student Accounts and Pre-Reg

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This is a reminder from the Office of Student Accounts that the October 2nd E-Bill due date is November 1. If you are participating in the Tuition Management Systems (TMS) monthly payment plan, November 1 is also the due date for the November installment.

To be eligible to participate in spring course pre-registration your account must be in good standing. Use the “Student Account” link within your student portfolio to verify if payment has been received.

If you have questions about your account, please don’t hesitate to contact the Student Accounts Office by email at student-accounts@wesleyan.edu or phone (860) 685-2800.

Thank you,

Karen Hook, Director of Student Accounts