Most Wesleyan students seem to be involved in about seven activities at any one time ranging from academic engagements to clubs and athletics to community service and political activism. It's the Wesleyan style to operate on many fronts at the same time.

Virtually all extracurricular organizations and service projects are student-run: students are the source of the energy, spirit and momentum, as well as the impetus for evolution and change.

In athletics, Wesleyan's rivalry with Amherst and Williams predates the existence of both the Ivy League and the Big Ten. Each year, Wesleyan dukes it out with these historic rivals, and with other teams of the New England Small Colleges Athletic Conference.