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Campus life, captured @ Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

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Several families helped their Class of 2023′ers move in on Arrival Day. 

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This fall, Wesleyan welcomes 140 first-year international students to campus.

They hail from 33 countries including Ghana, Austria, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Cambodia, Iran, Zimbabwe, China, and Senegal. This year, for the first time in Wesleyan’s history, the university welcomes students from Burundi and Cambodia.

International students arrived on campus Aug. 25 and participated in a pre-orientation program that explored the full range of academic and co-curricular opportunities available at Wesleyan.

On Aug. 27, the international students gathered outside Usdan University Center for a group photo, which was followed by dinner and skits. 

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Wesleyan President Michael Roth greeted members of the Class of 2023 and their families on Arrival Day, Aug. 28. President Roth and several student-athletes helped the new students move their belongings into their new residence halls. 

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Wesleyan University welcomes 162 graduate students to campus this fall, of which 60 are new.

Of these:

23 new students are enrolled in the BA/MA programs in biology, chemistry, computer science, molecular biology and biochemistry, neuroscience and behavior, physics, and psychology.

13 new students are enrolled in a two-year MA program in astronomy, earth and environmental sciences, and music.

14 new students are starting PhD programs in biology, chemistry, molecular biology and biochemistry, mathematics, physics, and ethnomusicology.

9 are new foreign language teaching assistants (FLTA) in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, and Spanish. They come from China, Colombia, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, and Tunisia.

1 graduate student is a Ford Writing Fellow in the Shapiro Writing Center.

The new international graduate students hail from Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, Nepal, Chile, and Turkey.

Graduate students gathered with faculty advisors for a welcome picnic on Aug 27. 

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For the sixth year in a row, the weeklong Wesleyan University Girls in Science Summer Camp welcomed dozens of middle school-aged girls for a week of learning, exploration, and STEM-centered fun.

From Aug. 5-9 inside Exley Science Center, the 32 campers in grades 4-6 spent the week learning about everything from how to extract DNA from a strawberry, to the parts of the brain, and even how to make (but don’t touch) an ice-cold comet. By Friday, the young scientists were excited to share all they had learned with their friends and families and did so through a poster presentation and art display.

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Congratulations to the Wesleyan University Class of 2019! (Photos by Rich Marinelli) 

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Wesleyan’s annual tent party on May 25 was open to all Class of 2019 students and alumni. (Photos by Kerey Viswanathan) 

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Wesleyan alumnus Rick Crootof ‘66, P’96 shared this panorama of the 187th Commencement Ceremony on May 26, 2019. 

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New Class of 2019 Wesleyan alumni and their families attended the President’s Commencement Celebration at the McKelvey Green following the Commencement ceremony. (Photos by Bruce Williams and Tom Dzimian) 

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Wesleyan’s Graduate Liberal Studies hosted Champagne Reception and Diploma Distribution on May 26 during Reunion & Commencement Weekend. Students received Master of Liberal Arts degrees from Wesleyan. (Photos by Bruce Williams and Tom Dzimian) 

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More than 760 undergraduates received bachelor of arts degrees during the 187th Commencement ceremony on May 26. (Photos by Rich Marinelli) 

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Wesleyan’s 187th Commencement Ceremony speakers. (Photos by Rich Marinelli, Tom Dzimian, and Bruce Williams) 

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Faculty Marshal Francis Starr led the procession onto Andrus Field prior to Wesleyan’s 187th Commencement ceremony. (Photos by Rich Marinelli, Tom Dzimian, and Bruce Williams) 

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Wesleyan faculty gathered on Foss Hill prior to the 187th Commencement ceremony. (Photos by Rich Marinelli)

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Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty assembled on Foss Hill prior to the 187th Commencement ceremony. 

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At the University’s 187th Commencement on May 26, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the historic Vanguard Class of 1969 and the founding of the African American Studies program at Wesleyan, Wesleyan presented three honorary degrees to Saidiya Hartman ’84, Hazel Carby, and Edwin Sanders II ’69. Hartman also delivered the Commencement Address. Wesleyan President Michael Roth is pictured in red. (Photos by Olivia Drake) 

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Wesleyan President Michael Roth honored faculty Joseph Siry, Brian Northrop, and Erika Franklin Fowler with  Binswanger Prizes for Excellence in Teaching during the 187th Commencement ceremony, May 26. These prizes, made possible by gifts from the family of the late Frank G. Binswanger Sr., Hon. ’85, underscore Wesleyan’s commitment to its scholar-teachers, who are responsible for the University’s distinctive approach to liberal arts education.

In addition, President Roth presented Barbara-Jan Wilson with a Baldwin Medal, the highest award of the Alumni Association. (Photos by Olivia Drake)