New Stu­dent Lead­er­ship Retreat
BY ELISE MARIE KNABLE ’09

While many stud­ies show that stu­dent apa­thy is a much greater chal­lenge today than it ever was a gen­er­a­tion ago, Wes­ley Col­lege admin­is­tra­tors are tak­ing a proac­tive approach with incom­ing stu­dents to reverse the trend at Wes­ley Col­lege. What bet­ter place to start than with the class of […]

Syd­ney Kahan
BY LAUREN MIGNOGNO ’07

WHEN IT was time to find a col­lege, Syd­ney Kahan knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted to move out of the cold north and away from home. She also wanted to keep play­ing soc­cer, study to become a nurse, and con­tinue to travel. She found all of those oppor­tu­ni­ties at […]

Hui Zeng
BY ELISE MARIE KNABLE ’09

WESLEY COLLEGE has become a home to the thou­sands of stu­dents who have passed through its doors. Those who spend part of their life at the Col­lege expe­ri­ence a nur­tur­ing environ­ment that pro­vides both learn­ing and growth. Some stu­dents come from fur­ther away than oth­ers, mak­ing the home away from […]

Gath­er­ings Keep Alumni & Friends Involved
BY AMANDA DOWNES ’06

WITH LESS THAN 18 MONTHS into Dr. William Johnston’s pres­i­dency at Wes­ley Col­lege, a new vision is quickly tak­ing shape. With a com­pre­hen­sive campus-wide strate­gic and mas­ter plan­ning process well under­way, along with record-setting num­bers of stu­dents on cam­pus, the Col­lege administra­tion is embrac­ing the involve­ment, support […]

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 them to […]

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 for its […]

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 sparked. The […]

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, […]

Wes­ley Col­lege Awards Nearly 400 Diplo­mas Dur­ing the 2008-09 Aca­d­e­mic Year
By Mark Gre­go­rio
Through the end of the spring 2009 semes­ter, Delaware’s old­est pri­vate col­lege con­ferred a total of 397 degrees. Dur­ing the most recent Com­mence­ment exer­cises, 237 stu­dents who col­lec­tively com­pleted 24 asso­ciate, 142 bac­calau­re­ate, 49 nurs­ing and 22 master’s degrees were rec­og­nized for their academic […]