Roth on Wesleyan

As readers of this blog know well, I like to note athletic achievements from time to time. Of course, the risk here is that I leave people out (like the great Frisbee teams, whose parents want re...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/15/dont-forget-about-crew/

I’m on the road again for Wesleyan but just read the great news that both lacrosse teams won their Little Three Championships yesterday. In Amherst, the women’s team continued their dominatin...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/03/lacrosse-little-threes/

Last week I had the great pleasure of seeing the first week of the senior theses art shows and to watch the work of the senior student choreographers in dance in the Patricelli ’92 Theater. So ...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/02/senior-art-shows/

We are excited to announce today a faculty appointment that will help Wesleyan remain a thought leader at the intersection of pragmatic liberal education and technology. As has been widely report...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/01/new-faculty-new-program/

The distinguished literary critic, Wes professor, and head of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism Merve Emre will be leading a seminar through the New York Review of Books (edit...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/03/30/merve-emre-on-lolita/

For many of our students this is Holy Week, and I would like to extend best wishes on this Good Friday for a happy Easter filled with peace and with hopes for renewal. Although I realize that Ral...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/03/29/happy-easter/

Like many Wesleyans, I’ve had a very busy spring break. Along with colleagues from Advancement, I was in India to meet with alumni, current and prospective students and their families. It was g...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/03/22/working-hard-in-spring-break/

Many at Wesleyan are beginning their observance of Ramadan, and I want to extend my warm wishes to our Muslim students, faculty, staff, and alumni for a month filled with blessings. The holiday b...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/03/12/ramadan-mubarak/

A sure sign of spring at Wesleyan is watching the lacrosse teams practice in the snow and rain. Both teams got underway this past weekend, and for me that means spring will soon be upon us. I wil...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/03/05/spring-break-almost-here/

Wesleyan recently hosted a gathering of activists, journalists, academics, students… and other citizens concerned about the condition and future of American democracy. We kicked things off with...

https://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/02/20/democracy-in-action/