It’s no secret that our international students face a unique set of challenges when it comes to beginning their career preparation strategies. Fortunately, Wesleyan has resources in place that are geared towards supporting students as they navigate these, at times, complex hurdles. It turns out learning more about these resources can benefit all of us! …
Thomas J. Watson Fellow Jocelyn Velasquez Baez ’23 will travel to at least six countries in a year’s time to explore how the integration, adaptation, and practice of traditional medicine is perceived in diverse Indigenous and ethnic communities around the world. The Watson Fellowship, sponsored by the Watson Foundation, allows recent graduates from 41 partner institutions…
Sasha GerberEmail: sgerber@wesleyan.eduSasha Gerber is a senior (class of 2023) and she is majoring in College of Letters and Classical Studies, and minoring in Jewish and Israeli Studies. In the spring semester of 2022 she studied in Tel Aviv, Israel, through the Study Abroad Program at Tel Aviv University. Sasha took intensive Hebrew classes throughout…
On March 5th, five artists from Chinese Artists and Organizers Collective (CAO) held an artist talk and stitching workshop at the CFA’s south gallery in collaboration with student-artists at Wesleyan. CAO Collective is a group of Chinese diasporic queer feminist artists. They see their practice as rooted in China, the Sinophone diaspora, and every life…
Are you interested in helping your community as never before? Interested in facilitating your community access to information? Join WesInterpreters and make that possible. Wesinterpreters are currently looking for Spanish-speaking students who want to get involved in community service by translating documents from English to Spanish or vice-versa. We have worked with multiple non-profit organizations in the…
Please join the Wesleyan International News Group (WING) to meet Dr. Meriki and learn more about his story. His presentation, “A Cameroonian Scholar’s Personal and Professional Journey Through Uncertain Times,” will be TODAY, Thursday, March 30th at 4:30 PM in Fisk 121. See this link for more information on WesNest. Wesleyan’s Involvement in the Scholar…
On behalf of everyone at the Fries Center for Global Studies, we would like to extend our thanks to all campus member who participated in Power of Language Week 2023. Special thanks to students, faculty, and staff, as well as our campus sponsors, for collaborating and supporting the mission to expand and celebrate multilingualism at…
Dr. Rachel Irwin, a professor at Lund University in Sweden and DIS research mentor in Copenhagen, recently published her research “HIV and access to fertility treatment in the European and Swedish Contexts”. The article was co-authored by two Wesleyan students, Julia Thaler and Karli Gigstad, who studied abroad with DIS in the Spring of 2022.…
As someone who makes being from New York her personality, I was extremely excited to take on a city environment for my study abroad program. While I had convinced myself that the adjustment in London would run smoothly, I was defeated my first night when I ate dinner at McDonald’s because nothing in the grocery…
Hi, I’m Taehui Ha, a foreign language teaching assistant for the Korean language at Wesleyan university. I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to speak with you today. As an FLTA, my role is essential in helping students learn the Korean language. I support two beginner classes and one intermediate class, which involves assisting with grading…
