June 2006
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CAMPUS NEWS AND EVENTS
Commencement Reunion weekend
Family members and alumnae/i joined us on May 20 to give the Class of 2006 a rousing sendoff. Commencement speaker Cokie Roberts, Capitol Hill reporter and news analyst for NPR and ABC News, urged Wheaton's 385 graduates to respect and participate in government and the democratic process. The college presented honorary degrees to Roberts, Patricia Arnold '66, Kathleen Dennehy '76 and Elspeth Davies Rostow, a political science scholar. See the Commencement Reunion web site for links to the Commencement web broadcast, photos, special honors and more.
Drout wins McIntosh Fellowship
Associate Professor of English Michael Drout, a medievalist and leading expert on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, has won a Millicent C. McIntosh Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation to complete his book, From Tradition to Culture: The Exeter Book and the English Benedictine Reform. (Read more)
Blogging in the Burren
Fifteen students plan to spend most of June making art inspired by the history, geography and culture of western Ireland. Professors Andy Howard and Tim Cunard are leading the intensive, three-week class based at the Burren College of Art, which is an hour south of Galway. The class offers students the chance to "be immersed in the experience (of making art) without other courses and demands," says Professor Howard, who will be blogging photographs and text of the group's experience. Keep an eye on what the students and their professors are doing, and post comments on the proceedings, at http://artsinireland.wheatoncollege.edu.
New life for old prints
Wheaton's 18th and 19th century Japanese woodblock prints were featured on WGBH television's Greater Boston in May. The program highlighted Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Mass., where 49 of Wheaton's 100 Asian prints are undergoing conservation. (Read more)
Marshall's missives from Kalmykia
Former Wheaton president Dale Marshall writes of cell phones, a slimmed-down Buddha, and lunch with a lama in this, her final dispatch from the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, where she spent the spring semester teaching on a Fulbright scholarship. (Read more)
ANNUAL FUND DEADLINE JUNE 30
What's Middlebury got that we ain't got?
Participation! At Middlebury College, more than half the alumni give to their alma mater's annual fund. Participation at Williams tops 60 percent. At Wheaton, alumni giving clocks in at just 37 percent, one of the lowest rates among comparable colleges. If you're one of the 4,500 friends who have contributed to the Annual Fund this year, we thank you! If not, your gift today - in ANY amount - will help bridge the participation gap. Why is participation so important? Find out here.
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Kids' stuff
Reunion isn't just for grown-ups. (View photograph)
ATHLETICS
Wheaton baseball is a hit
The Wheaton baseball team ended a monumental season last month with a 42-10 record, their first New England crown and an inaugural appearance in the NCAA Division III national tournament. The Lyons fell to Marietta College in the title game but posted an impressive 10-2 mark in postseason play. Read more about their remarkable season.
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