Month: September 2017

Volunteer with ESL (English as a Second Language) children in the Middletown Public School System
Provide academic instruction and support to children at Woodrow Wilson Middle School as they continue to hone their English language skills. Help with day to day assignments and classroom activities
Knowledge of Spanish / French / Sinhala preferred, but not required
Minimum commitment: ~2 hours per week, between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm (WWMS school hours), preferably over the whole 2017-2018 academic year

Informational meeting: Have pizza with the middle schoolers you’ll be assisting!
Friday Sept. 15, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Highwaymen Common Room
Dept. Romance Languages & Literatures (300 High St)

For further information, please contact Phoebe Howe (phhowe@wesleyan.edu)

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Teach elementary Spanish / French to Middletown children (ages 4-7)
at the Russell Library (“Speak like Babar” / “Speak like Dora”)
Limited to 4 volunteers who will be enrolled in a French/Spanish class 221 or above (2 French/2 Spanish)
Commitment: 1 hour on Saturday (12-1 for Spanish, 1-2 pm, October and November), plus several sessions to prepare lessons

Informational meeting

Friday Sept. 8, 12:00 – 1:00 pm 

127 Downey House

For further information, please contact Prof. Ana Pérez-Gironés (aperezgirone@wesleyan.edu )

Dear Students,

We are excited to announce our annual Wes in the World Photo Contest! This contest offers our students who have studied or live abroad to share their experiences with our community. We invite anyone who falls within this group to submit photographs that you feel best represent your experiences abroad. In doing so, you will support the Fries Center for Global Studies in our efforts to recognize and celebrate cultural diversity.

Here is how you can participate.

You can find the contest rules, submission guidelines, and upload your photos on this website: http://bit.ly/2whqxB2

This year we have 5 categories for photo submission, as displayed below:
• People: Single pictures portraying individual or groups of people.
• Nature and Architecture: Single pictures of flora, fauna, structures, or landscapes.
• Daily Life: Single pictures documenting either the ordinary or extraordinary elements in everyday life not normally considered news.
• Contemporary Issues: Single pictures documenting cultural, economic, environmental, political, or social issues.
• Sports: Single pictures that capture individual or team sports.

Entry Deadline: September 30th, 2017

Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category at a special event, to be hosted in the Fries Center for Global Studies during International Education Week (November 13-17).

If you have any questions about the photo contest, please email Kia Lor (klor@wesleyan.edu).

Professor Sarah Wiliarty will lecture on the
upcoming German election, Angela Merkel and her opponents
Wednesday, September 13, Fisk 208
12:15-1:15PM
Lunch will be available starting at 12 noon.

There are four temporary opportunities available in the Wesleyan Sustainability Office for the 2017-18 school year. Applications are accepted now through Friday, September 15th; interviews will take place in third week of September. Both positions are slated to begin the week of October 2nd. To apply for either position, email jkleindienst@wesleyan.edu with resume, 1-2 references, and 1-2 paragraph statement of interest.

1 Sustainability Across the Curriculum Program Assistant
Provide program support and faculty assistance for the Sustainability Across the Curriculum program, which helps faculty to integrate sustainability into their courses.

3 RecycleCT Focus Group and Survey Interns
Develop and run focus groups and surveys to assess recycling habits at Wesleyan and in Middletown

Resilience Retreat 2017

Are you yearning to feel more grounded, capable, and confident? We invite you to participate in an off-campus, all-expense paid, interfaith weekend retreat from October 6-8 to help you enjoy increased resiliency by discovering and cultivating your own inner strength and peace. During this program, we will discuss key components of resilience, identify individual areas of strength and potential growth, learn specific tools and practices that can help us become more resilient, and reflect on the role of our faith/spirituality. Space is limited! For more information, please contact Rev. Tracy Mehr-Muska from the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at tmehrmuska@wesleyan.edu. To register, please fill out this form prior to 5pm on September 15: https://goo.gl/forms/dQ7ERXw6CUjXhPzC3.

TODAY FROM 11am – 3pm,

Usdan University Center’s 10th Anniversary celebrating the Center and Student Life

This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about this amazing building by informing yourself about the rooms and services it can provide you throughout the year. Review a display of the history of campus centers at Wesleyan – Downey House (1936), The Davenport Campus Center (1984), and now Usdan (2007). Have a piece of Anniversary cake, and earn a chance to spin the prize wheel throughout the afternoon. Listen to music from 2007 in the dining bay.