Intern­ship Insights BY MARK GREGORIO Stu­dents receive world class oppor­tu­ni­ties through intern­ships and research programs.Traditionally, research oppor­tu­ni­ties on col­lege cam­puses, espe­cially at large research uni­ver­si­ties, are the priv­i­lege of  grad­u­ate stu­dents or fac­ulty. How­ever, in recent years, insti­tu­tions like Wes­ley have sought to engage under­grad­u­ate stu­dents in research and cre­ative discov­ery by pro­vid­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for […]

Wesley’s Hon­ors Program

Fall Activ­i­ties for Alumni and Fam­i­lies BY AMANDA DOWNES ’06 On Novem­ber 1 a group of alumni and fam­i­lies took in the sights, sounds and tastes of fall at Linvilla Orchards in Media, Penn­syl­va­nia. Par­tic­i­pants enjoyed a pic­nic lunch fol­lowed by an enter­tain­ing after­noon of activ­i­ties on the grounds of the 300-acre farm well known […]

A New Fresh­man Lec­ture Series BY ELISE MARIE KNABLE ’09 LAST JANUARY, a fac­ulty com­mit­tee was formed to eval­u­ate the fresh­man expe­ri­ence on cam­pus. While dis­cussing ways to help Wes­ley stu­dents bet­ter accli­mate them­selves to the col­lege envi­ronment and increase stu­dent reten­tion rates at the same time, the idea for a fresh­man lec­ture series was […]

Susan Bobby, assis­tant pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish, is the author and edi­tor of “Fairy Tales Reimag­ined: Essays on New Retellings,” (McFar­land and Com­pany, Inc., 2009). The book takes a fresh look at reimag­ined fairy tales of the late 20th and early 21st cen­turies. It explores the social, polit­i­cal and cul­tural truths of our age with insight, […]

ALUMNI PROFILE: Linda Broy­hill ’71 BY LEIGH ANN COLEMAN ’09 Linda S. Broy­hill ’71 knew exactly where she wanted to con­tinue her edu­ca­tion after high school. How­ever, the Uni­ver­sity of Vir­ginia (UVA) at that time didn’t allow women to attend for their first year. Her father tried to con­vince her to attend The Col­lege of […]