During their last game drive through Maasai Mara National Park, Helen and her classmates hope for a rare leopard sighting.
Discovery in Maasai Mara
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Call for Papers: Confronting Global Environmental Crises with Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Shanghai Jiaotong University, June 7-9, 2025)
Wesleyan University and Shanghai Jiaotong University will be jointly hosting its first annual bilateral conference. Starting from June 2025, a group of scholars and students from both institutions will meet periodically to explore issues of global concerns. The first conference will be held at Shanghai Jiaotong University on June 7-9, 2025 with the theme “Confronting…
Summer and Winter Study Abroad Opportunities
by Julia Gardner Interested in studying abroad, but not able to fit a full semester into your schedule? Many program providers also offer winter and summer study abroad experiences, and you can even transfer credits earned back to Wesleyan! Many winter abroad programs have deadlines throughout October or at the beginning of November. Some of…
Egg, Earth, and Essence: An Installation Reflecting on Life and Nature
by Oleksandra Volakova Complex questions of unsustainability, climate change, and environmental degradation, combined with people’s creativity, can bring unexpected results. Art offers novice perspectives and solutions to those questions. This semester, students visiting the Smith Reading Room in the Olin Library can visit a powerful and thought-provoking exhibition created by Bright Ugochukwu Eke, a Master…
Introducing Our Fall 2024 Global Correspondents!
by Julia Gardner Wondering what your fellow Wes students are up to all around the world? Curious about what a day in the life studying abroad looks like? Our Fall 2024 Global Correspondents are here to take us along for the ride! Global Correspondents are students who are abroad this semester and will be sharing…
Introducing Our 2024-2025 Study Abroad Ambassadors!
by Julia Gardner The Office of Study Abroad is excited to introduce our Study Abroad Ambassadors for the 2024-2025 academic year! Study Abroad Ambassadors are students who have recently returned from programs abroad and are now eager to share their experiences and help you navigate the study abroad process. Whether you’re wondering about specific aspects…
World Expo 2025 in Osaka: An Opportunity to Practice Japanese and Represent the USA
by Oleksandra Volakova World Expo, also known as a World’s Fair, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase countries’ progress in various fields: art, science, environment, health, etc, through presentations, workshops, and conversations. All the innovations are united with one theme that addresses a challenge through collaboration. The Expo has been promoting innovations and…
Debating China Politics in Chinese (激辩中国政治) Begins September 26
by Adriana Alfaro Liendo Interested in learning more about current issues in Chinese Politics? The New University in Exile Consortium is offering a free 10-week online seminar held in Chinese that will offer a series of timely debates in Chinese and aimed at a global Chinese audience, focusing on the most important and controversial issues that involve…
Where in the World is Anita?
by Anita Deeg-Carlin, Director of Intercultural Learning Iracambí, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a rainforest research center that is becoming steadily more familiar to our community as Wes students spend their summers interning there. Minas Gerais literally translates to “General Mines” and is an area historically known and mined for its mineral wealth.…
ARHA 325 students travel to Rome and Florence
by Serena Plage Students in Prof. Nadja Aksamija’s seminar Eloquent Forms: Topics in Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture went on a 12-day, faculty-led study trip to Rome and Florence over spring break (March 9-21, 2024). Some of the highlights in Rome included the Capitoline Museums and the Roman Forum, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums, the Villa Borghese, and…