Although she eas­ily blends in with her fel­low stu­dents at the Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment Asso­ci­a­tion (SGA) meet­ing or when she’s assist­ing with Ori­en­ta­tion pro­gram­ming for next year’s fresh­man class, Veron­ica Conte is not your ordi­nary coed.

Founders Day Food Drive
For Wesley’s 137th Founders Day cel­e­bra­tion, the plan­ning com­mit­tee inte­grated a com­mu­nity ser­vice project as a demon­stra­tion of the College’s Methodist val­ues and his­tory of ser­vice to the area. Gro­cery bags were dis­trib­uted around cam­pus to fac­ulty, staff and stu­dents as well as area res­i­dents so that par­tic­i­pants could col­lect non-perishable food […]

BY LEIGH ANN COLEMAN ’09
Alum­nus William “Bill” Willis, Jr. ’66 and proud Wes­ley par­ent Kath­leen Jen­nings became the newest mem­bers of the Wes­ley Col­lege Board of Trustees in March. “I am elated that Ms. Jen­nings and Mr. Willis have joined Wesley’s Trustees. They bring tal­ents and expe­ri­ence that will com­ple­ment our Board as we continue […]

BY ABIGAIL HILL ’12
The Well­ness Cen­ter at Wes­ley is new and improved in 2010. Its pur­pose has always been to pro­vide free, qual­ity health­care ser­vices on cam­pus so stu­dents don’t have to out­source their med­ical needs. Now how­ever, hav­ing recently relo­cated to the base­ment of Car­pen­ter Hall, the Cen­ter is much bet­ter equipped to meet the […]

The Res­i­dence Hall Asso­ci­a­tion is There to Help
BY EMILY ENNIS ’10

For an incom­ing fresh­man, adjust­ing to dorm life can be a scary expe­ri­ence. The toi­let is over­flow­ing. Now what? My room­mate is a bully. Who can help me? Luck­ily, the newly instated Res­i­dence Hall Asso­ci­a­tion (RHA) exists to help with these prob­lems and other issues that students […]

A Ser­vice Trip to Mis­sis­sippi
BY DR. MARK PRUETT-BARNETT

Tan­ner Polce
BY EMILY ENNIS ’10
As an 18-year-old ris­ing sopho­more at Wes­ley, Tan­ner Polce has already expe­ri­enced more than many mid­dle aged adults have in their life­times. He is a dou­ble major in polit­i­cal sci­ence and inter­na­tional affairs, with a minor in his­tory. He is also president-elect of the Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment Asso­ci­a­tion (SGA) for the 2010–2011 school […]

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 […]