By Zaynah Almasri February 18–28 | Wesleyan University | Fisk Hall & Across Campus The Fries Center for Global Studies is thrilled to announce that the eighth annual Power of Language (POL) Week has officially arrived! Originally launched as a multi-day conference, Power of Language has grown into a dynamic, week-long celebration organized around International…
By Sara Larson ’27 One of the things I’ve loved most, and will miss the most, about being in South Africa is how genuinely kind people are. South Africans are known for their warm, open nature, and I can honestly say they cultivate a deeply caring culture. I’ve been lucky to become close with a few local students, mostly…
The Fulbright US Student Program is the United States’ premier international cultural exchange program for US citizens and nationals. Through Fulbright, Wesleyan graduates can teach, research, or study in one of 140+ countries for an academic year. Come to our alumni panel to learn more about the program and to hear how the application process works at Wes! Wesleyan has…
By Charlotte Li ’28 When we think about what language can do for us, we often imagine it as a key that could unlock grand possibilities. It could open the door to new careers, unlock a foreign world and culture, and connect us to new people. We imagine language as a passport to somewhere else,…
By Sara Larson ’27 Academic Life Through the CIEE Arts and Sciences program, I have started my semester taking three classes at the University of Cape Town and one class with my CIEE program. UCT is a large university with nearly 30,000 students, so it has been interesting attending lectures with more than 200 students. At UCT I…
Scout McKibben-Baier ‘27 has become the first Wesleyan University student to receive the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. As one of 100 Voyager Scholars selected nationwide in 2025, Mckibben-Baier, an English major and minor in civic engagement, will be working with the Obama Foundation, with funding from Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky, to…
By Zaynah Almasri Power of Language Week invites us to celebrate bilingualism, multilingualism, second languageacquisition, and the linguistic and cultural diversity that shapes the Wesleyan community. Forme, that celebration is deeply personal. My relationship with language isn’t a neat timeline—it’sa layered, overlapping, sometimes messy story of sounds, scripts, and social worlds that havefollowed me across…
The Fries Center for Global Studies is delighted to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, Wesleyan University has been recognized as one of the top-producing academic institutions for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Each year, Fulbright sends hundreds of Americans abroad to…
By Luné Ariel Maldonado, Class of 2027, She/Her Studying abroad is not as easy of a matter as it appears within stories or even testimonies from other students, and I had been really feeling the brunt of that by the time I was a month into my studies in the city of Melbourne in Australia. Being…
By Hedaya Abdullah In difficult times, some simple activities feel as if they arrive from the sky invitingyou to think deeply about what you are going through, and to discover, with patience,reflection, and quiet wisdom, that they came for your own good, as if gently waking you upfrom the reality you are living. This introduction…
While Drop/Add begins, it can be terribly stressful to wager on which waitlists you might top, and which classes still have spots that will fulfill the credits you need. Here is a list of classes with open spots that highlight global studies in some way or another. Happy shopping! Artificial Intelligence and Other Digital Tools…
The Power of Language (POL) Week Committee is excited to announce that the event submission form for the upcoming Power of Language Week is now open! The Fries Center for Global Studies is delighted to host the eighth annual Power of Language event, intended to encourage and honor multilingualism and second language acquisition. Originally organized as a multi-day conference, POL…
Please find below the dates and details for the upcoming intercultural workshops! Co-facilitated by Anita Deeg-Carlin, Director for Intercultural Learning, and Willette Burnham-Williams, VP of Equity and Inclusion, these events are intended to help grow the Wesleyan community’s intercultural competence, to better work with others and make Wes a more inclusive and understanding space. These…
Sign up to attend an online information session on Zoom on Monday Dec 22 (register) at 11-11:45am if you want to learn more and have your questions answered. The Beinecke Scholarship program seeks students who: Additionally, to be eligible the student must: While this session will be aimed primarily at juniors, who will need to decide about whether they will apply by January…
By Rachel Walker, ’27 When I arrived in Nepal, I had never seen a rice paddy before. I came to learn that the green I saw painted all around my host family’s home was rice, for as long as I could see. In Nepali, there are three words for rice. Dhaan is unhusked rice growing…
By Charlotte Li ‘28 Winter break is just around the corner, and excitement is building across the campus. Students are finishing finals, planning trips home, and looking forward to time with loved ones. At Wesleyan, winter is marked by celebrations of culture diverse in their variety and unique to each student, domestic and international alike.…
