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 […]

First Ever Pro­fes­sional Record­ing Ses­sion for Music Ensem­ble
By Sarah Bullock ’09

Over the course of two evenings in March, Wesley’s Con­tem­po­rary Music Ensem­ble opened a new chap­ter in the music program’s his­tory with the group’s first pro­fes­sional record­ing at the Schwartz Cen­ter for the Arts. This under­tak­ing was ini­ti­ated by Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Music Dr. David Laganella, […]

Dish­ing Up New Events for Alumni
By Amanda Downes ’06

Alumni got a taste of some new event pro­gram­ming this year as the Office of Insti­tu­tional Advance­ment hosted gath­er­ings for food­ies and arts lovers alike. On May 30, grad­u­ates of Wes­ley New Cas­tle assem­bled at Celebrity Kitchens in Wilm­ing­ton, Delaware for a unique, inter­ac­tive din­ing expe­ri­ence. Chef […]

Wes­ley Wel­comes the Largest Fresh­man Class to Date
By Les­ley Louder ’05

In August Wes­ley will wel­come to their new home the class of 2013, one of the largest groups of incom­ing fresh­men in the his­tory of the Col­lege. As part of the annual rou­tine lead­ing up to the new stu­dent matric­u­la­tion, the Wes­ley admin­is­tra­tion and the various […]