Nicki Klar Seated awkwardly in the middle of thesidewalk on Erasmus, the notorious all-day party spot lining the block just outside my university, I made a comment to some friends Iâd made minutes prior.âQue bacĂĄnâ I said, which meant âHow coolâ inChilean speak. I continued to comment on how I could feel the metro just…
Professor Basak Kus organized a conference in cooperation with scholars from Freie University in Berlin on the topic of green political economy. Throughout the three-day conference, panelists from various universities worldwide engaged in discussions on theories of degrowth and post-growth, green new deals, the politics of decarbonization, and the involvement of governments, labor, and business…
This past Tuesday evening, a slightly unlikely congregation of Wesleyan community members gathered at Archaeology professor Kate Brunsonâs home. Dr. Henry Meriki, Wesleyanâs current Scholar At Risk, will be leaving us after two years of teaching Public Health courses in our Molecular Biology and Biochemistry department, and Kate and her partner, Ezra, generously hosted the…
Three of Wesleyanâs recently selected Fulbrighters from the Class of 2023, Anna Tjelveit, Ben Levin, and Nick Bowman, gathered in Fisk Fall on May 3 to share their experiences with other students planning a Fulbright application. They talked about their experiences with the application process and their expectations and goals before departing the US this…
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State designed to expand the perspectives of recent graduates, graduate students, and young professionals. Fulbright recipients conduct research, teach English, or pursue graduate studies in 140 partner countries each year. Lexie Prendergast, a Wesleyan graduate in the class of 2020, generously shared…
Priyanka Chakraborty, our Fulbright Foreign language Teaching Assistant for Hindi-Urdu 2022-2023 participated in the Spring Semester Concert of âWorld of Danceâ. She performed Swarajathi, an 18th century piece and a popular form of Carnatic music. This 21st century rendition was choreographed by Professor Hari Krishnan of the Wesleyan Dance Department and performed with live music by students of the Music department. Coming…
Itâs 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! …
âWe all know what kind of education we donât want, but what kind of education do we want?â Yuqing, the initiator of Temporary Park and a queer Chinese sculptor, opened with this question I was too afraid to ask. Yuqing, along with their fellow artist Yufan, visited Wesleyan on Sunday, April 30th, to hold a…
The Yale Hindi debate is a prestigious event in the realm of Hindi language scholarship anddiscourse; and for every Hindi learner, speaker and language enthusiasts in USA. Establishedin 2008, the Yale Hindi Debate has been a platform for Hindi speakersânatives, heritage,and non-native studentsâto wrestle with timely and profound issues of importance. TheDebate has a 15-year…
For Eugene Gato Nsengamungu â23, his homeland of Rwanda is everything. Guided by the example of his late father, a soldier who fiercely loved his country, itâs only natural that when Nsengamungu thinks of a problem to be solved, he thinks of how he can do so back home. âThis is a spirit I got…
By amplifying the personal experience of women in Jamaica who are living with HIV/AIDS, Nilukshi Chen â23 hopes to explore the rampant fear and stigma surround the disease in the island nation. Chen interviewed four women for her senior thesis on the stigma surrounding HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Jamaica. Her thesis, titled…
Keleki Logoh â23 lived in Togo, located in West Africa, until she was seven years old. In 2021, she went back home for the first time since she was a little girl. âI was shocked by the state of the country,â Logoh said. Food scarcity was an issue since over 60 percent of the citizens…
Thomas J. Watson Fellow Jocelyn Velasquez Baez â23 will travel to at least six countries in a yearâs 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…
Students gathered at the Fries Center for Global Studies for a panel discussion with Watson Fellows Livia Cox (â22) and Inayah Bashir (â20) on April 18th. The Watson Fellowship is a prestigious fellowship in which 41 universities, including Wesleyan, participate. Watson recipients must design an independent year-long project to pursue abroad. The two fellows shared…
Blog post by Eli Siegel-Bernstein (â25), Fellowships Assistant 2023 The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State to expand the perspectives of recent graduates, graduate students, and young professionals through cross-cultural dialogue. Fulbright recipients travel to 140 partner countries each year to conduct research, teach English, or pursue graduate studies.…
Coming out of Covid-19, studying abroad seemed like a no-brainer to me; the opportunity to interact with as many new people as possible in a novel environment seemed like the perfect way to distance myself from the struggles of recent years. In many ways, I assumed it would be a sort of vacation (as I…
