Class of 2012

Wesleyan will be offering an intensive Summer Session June 7-July 9, 2010  in which students can complete semester-long courses in five weeks.  Twenty-five courses, taught by Wesleyan faculty, will be offered during the 2010 Summer Session.  These courses include some highly popular courses that always have more interested students than space [...]

The Freeman Foundation is funding nine-week summer internships (mid-June to mid-August) in Indonesian non-profit organizations for rising juniors and seniors at U.S. colleges and universities. The interns will be paired with Indonesian students studying in the U.S. , with whom they will be assigned to organizations in Jakarta, Bandung, or Yogyatarta. Application to the Institute [...]

Operation Wallacea will present on Thursday, November 5, at 4:00 p.m. in Usdan 108 to all members of the community interested in pursuing biological, social and cultural field research opportunities this summer in the tropics.
Dr. James Saunders, our Senior Marine Scientist in Honduras, will give an initial presentation on November 5th to provide an overview [...]

The application deadline for the Spring 2010 semester for the Wesleyan-administered programs in Bologna, Madrid, and Paris is Thursday, October 1, 2009.
The application deadline for the Spring 2010 semester for the Wesleyan-administered program in Regensburg is Thursday, October 15, 2009. Applications can be downloaded from our website at http://www.wesleyan.edu/ois/forms/application2.htt.

A complete program application includes:
Application form
Essay in [...]

You are cordially invited to attend the Environmental Studies Program Luncheon on Friday, September 11, 2009 from 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. in Usdan Center Rm 110. Pizza and Salad will be served.

Meet the Director, Professor Barry Chernoff
Learn about the certificate program, the new linked major and the College of Environment
Speak with students that are [...]

Online access to course and teaching evaluations is now available in the e-portfolio.  Evaluations must be completed by 10:00 a.m. on May 8, 2009.  Students who fail to complete all evaluations by the May 8 deadline will not be able to view their final grades through the e-portfolio until after June 19.
The evaluation is intended [...]

So you want to write a Senior Thesis/Essay/Project?  Talk with the people who’ve been there. This Tuesday, April 28, at 7:00 pm in Usdan 136 come hear from a panel of seniors from a variety of majors and undertakings about the pros and cons of the honors process. Learn the reality of writing 100 pages [...]

Due to the fire that occurred last night, the Hall-Atwater building has been temporarily shut down while the causes are investigated and the damage assessed. Information on where classes are being relocated during the shutdown is available at http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/HallAtwater.html.

Environmental Studies is a multi-disciplinary, integrative study of environmental issues. Environmental Science (such as climatology, Environmental Geochemistry or conservation biology) is one aspect of ENVS. But ENVS also brings together disciplines that are necessary to solve, evaluate, comprehend and communicate environmental issues. Thus, ENVS includes sciences, economics, government, policy, history, humanities, art, film, ethics, philosophy, [...]

The English Department and Writing Programs offer prizes for writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry as well as fellowships supporting summer projects and graduate study. Students are encouraged to apply for these awards.  Most of these prizes are awarded on the basis of writing samples.  Two substantially endowed prizes are [...]

If you have an interest in the social sciences, we would like you to consider the College of Social Studies. The CSS is now accepting applications starting on March 6. There will be a Q & A session on March 5 (see below for details).
The CSS offers a distinct approach to the social sciences. First, [...]

The College of Letters cordially invites all of members of the Class of 2012 who have any interest in majoring in COL to attend one of our Open House receptions, which will be held this year on Monday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 4.  Both gatherings will start at 4:15 p.m. in the College of [...]

The Wesleyan McNair Program assists students from underrepresented groups in preparing for, entering, and progressing successfully through post-graduate education.  For frosh and sophomores, the emphasis is on learning more about the PhD option, how and why one might go about earning one, choosing a direction, and preparing for research.  A major part of preparing for [...]

What are you looking for in your college education?
If you came to Wesleyan to:

participate in small classes,
enjoy close interaction with other students and with faculty,
develop your writing skills, and
learn how to think critically

Then you should consider the CSS…

Our tutorials are between 6 and 10 students, and the rest of our classes are no more than [...]

Operation Wallacea is a series of biological and social science expedition projects  that operate in remote locations across the world. These expeditions are designed  with specific wildlife conservation aims in mind – from identifying areas needing  protection, through to implementing and assessing conservation management programs. For more information about this program, refer to http://www.opwall.com.
“Presentation & [...]