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Field Notes: Wheaton Filmmaker in Iceland

Filmmaker in Residence Kaylee Carson ’25 talks about her experience filming in Iceland.

Karen McCormack

Karen McCormack, Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, oversees the academic affairs division, including the faculty, the curriculum and all the various academic…

Wheaton Pre-College program launches

The Wheaton Pre-College program offers a four-week academic program that allows high school students the opportunity to experience Wheaton and gain college credit.

Film Festival Success – Spring 2023 Edition

Wheaton filmmakers and recent alumni have had a successful start to the 2023 Film Festival Circuit.

Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Karen McCormack, Associate Provost and Dorothy Reed Williams Professor of the Social Sciences, has graciously agreed to serve as Interim Provost for the 2023-24 academic…

Wheaties Wooed By Sports

Students and faculty attended the Worcester Sports Management Summit along with almost 700 other students interested in careers in the sports industry.

Sharing recommendations from the Experiential Learning Task Force

The plan connects experiential learning with academics and cocurricular life, and engages alums throughout. The goal is to assist students in designing their Wheaton experience,…

“Hit the Books!” Wheaton CounterCanon Anthropology Game Makes Theory Fun

Students in Dr. Bastian’s Anthropological Theory designed a game to make learning Theory fun and engaging.

Prevalence of Saccharomyces Yeast in the Wheaton Woods

We collected yeast, a single celled fungus, from the Wheaton Woods to determine the prevalence of saccharomyces species in Massachusetts. The data we collected will…

Global Learning: Exploring Puerto Rico and Climate Change through the Lens of Culture

This how my four years at Wheaton culminated into a project that ultimately changed the way I think about the world.

The Power of Learning a Foreign Language in the Context of a Liberal Arts Education

Landing on a capstone project topic wasn’t an easy task for me. There was no obvious choice. I wanted it to be meaningful while connecting…

Power, Sex, and Gender in the Workplace

The “Power, Sex, and Gender in the Workplace,” panel is a space where students can come and learn about the realities of sexual assault and…