Grad Student Handbook

SECTION ONE: CONNECTING WITH WESLEYAN: THE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
The Academic Advising System
Making the Most Out of Your Wesleyan Experience
University Resources That Support Learning and Student Development
Tutoring
Libraries
Academic Standings
Special Study Programs
Advanced Degrees
General Regulations

SECTION TWO: STUDENT LIFE AND UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
Student Life
Financial Services and Student Employment
Health and Wellness
Center for the Arts
Information Technology Services (ITS)
Administrative Offices
Recycling at Wesleyan

SECTION THREE: STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND GOVERNANCE
The Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Student Publications and Newspapers
Office of Graduate Student Services

SECTION FOUR: UNIVERSITY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS
Statement on Academic Freedom
Responsibility of the University to Its Members
Standards of Conduct
Student Conduct
Faculty Committee on Rights and Responsibilities

SECTION FIVE: UNIVERSITY POLICIES
Information Technology
Student Records
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Misconduct
Illegal Drugs and Alcohol
Hazing
Posters, Banners, Announcements, and Other Forms of Communication
Residency

SECTION SIX: WESLEYAN AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY
Wesleyan History
University Traditions
The Local Community

SECTION SEVEN: APPENDIX
Joint Statement on the Rights and Freedoms of Students

SECTION EIGHT: APPENDIX B OFFICES, NEEDS, AND RESOURCES LIST
Academic and Administrative Departments and Locations
Needs and Resources

What You Can Recycle:

Mixed Paper

Envelopes (without plastic windows)

Computer Paper

Paper with staples

Glossy Paper and Magazines

Colored Paper

Lined Paper

Manila Folders

White Paper

Newspaper (if possible, newspaper should be placed in the "Newspaper" bin)

Newspaper Bin

Newspaper Only

Bottles and Cans Bin (rinse, remove caps)

Glass

Tin Foil

#1 and #2 Plastics

Tofu boxes (remove plastic covers)

Bottles

Cans

Aluminum

Cardboard Dumpster

Corrugated Cardboard Only

Cereal Box Bin

Thin, Non-Corrugated Cardboard

Soda/Beer Cases

Paperboard

Cereal Boxes

Where You Can Recycle:

Mixed paper, Newspaper, Bottles and Cans

Blue bins in many buildings all around campus

Corrugated Cardboard (not waxed)

Campus Center loading dock

Hi-Rise

Clark

Butterfield A parking lot

Science Center loading dock

Cereal Boxes and Paperboard

Campus Center loading dock

WEShop service entrance

Hi-Rise

Lo-Rise

In-Town

Batteries

Science Center lobby

Hall-Atwater near Lawn Avenue entrance on ground floor

Recycling at Senior/Program Houses

Curbside recycling in houses is picked up once a week by the City of Middletown depending on house location.  Newspaper must be placed in brown bags or tied with string.  Mixed paper (including paperboard and newspaper) must be tied with string.  Large amounts of corrugated cardboard (flattened and cut to 2 ft. by 3 ft.) must be tied with string.  Pizza boxes cannot be recycled.  For more information, contact the Middletown Recycling Center at 344-3526. 

For more information, call x3788 or visit www.wesleyan.edu/recycling

Composting on Campus

E3 has started a house composting program this year in connection with the University, which has agreed to use the soil from the compost bins at the end of the year. If you are interested in getting a bin for your house (program or private), please contact e3@wesleyan.edu.

Quick Guide to Composting:

•Allowed—vegetables, fruits (no whole fruits or veggies), grains, coffee grinds, tea bags, leaves, grass clippings, wood chips, shredded newspaper, any nondairy, nonmeat, nonoily food

It is best to start the bin with a layer of "browns" that include dried leaves, shredded newspaper, or dried grass clippings. Put food waste ("greens"—with the exception of meat, dairy, and oil) in bin. If the compost is too wet or smells, add a layer of browns on top. You will get the best results from your compost if you aerate it once in a while with a stick or broom handle (just stick it down in the compost and make a hole in different places) and turn (stir) the compost occasionally as well. Other than that, let Mother Earth heat, decomposition, chemical reactions, and, of course, worms, do the rest!