Attend a Class

Students may arrange with their professors for parents to visit classes or parents and alumni may obtain a class schedule at Registration and see what looks interesting (some classes may be restricted). Please plan to arrive on time and to stay for the duration of the class.

Registration and Information

Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street

Everyone — alumni, parents, students, and families — please check in at the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street, for a final weekend schedule (with updates and event locations), meal tickets, a welcome packet, campus maps, and more.

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Connecticut River Expedition

Rain or shine, board the RiverQuest, specially reserved for our four-hour Connecticut River excursion exploring one of the Seven Sisters, a hill formed by metamorphosed sediments deposited in an ocean which has long since disappeared. Follow a beautiful creek bordered by wetlands, where osprey may fly overhead, and watch for Swancilla. Dock and discover Selden Island, which is composed of rocks 600 million years old that formed offshore Antarctica and drifted north. Transportation from campus will be provided. The trip takes approximately four hours, which includes travel to and from the boat launch. Space is limited, and advance reservations are required. Reservations will be accepted beginning September 10, 2007. The trip will depart at 9 a.m.

Presenters: Jelle deBoer, Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Sciences Emeritus; Joel Labella, department of earth and environmental sciences

Tickets: $15 per person; to register, contact Kathy Macko at kmacko@wesleyan.edu or call (860) 685-2737.

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Seeing and Believing

Professor David Westmoreland believes there is no better way to convey scientific information memorably than through the use of classroom demonstrations. He has been using a variety of them in courses he offers for science majors and nonmajors to dramatically illustrate scientific principles. Join him for a talk about the impact of these demonstrations on the teaching and learning experience, and for a presentation of some of the demonstrations he and his students consider their favorites.

Presenter: T. David Westmoreland, associate professor of chemistry and 2007 recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching

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Building Bridges between University and Community

"Social justice, equity and diversity." It's like a mantra at the Center for Art & Public Life at California College of the Arts in the progressive environment of the San Francisco Bay Area. Those values are buried deep in all the lessons CCA students are learning about art’s place in the public arena. Wesleyan students are also learning important lessons about public service and the value of community-based arts programs through a variety of service-learning projects. They have been working with many community organizations, including the Green Street Arts Center, whose mission holds “transforming lives through the arts” at its core. But just exactly how do we teach students, faculty, administration, donors, and the community to value the role of art in society? Join our presenters for a frank discussion about the successes and challenges of fusing art education with civic engagement.

Presenters: Dr. Sonia BasSheva Mañjon is the Executive Director of the Center for Art & Public Life at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in Oakland and San Francisco. She developed the country’s first Bachelor of Fine Arts Program in community arts, which stresses student civic engagement and diversity issues. Janis Astor del Valle is Director of the Green Street Arts Center, a Wesleyan project in collaboration with the city of Middletown and the North End Action Team (NEAT). She serves as the chair of the Arts and Creative Industry Council for the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce.

Tour of Campus

Meet in the Lobby of the Stewart M. Reid House, Office of Admission, 70 Wyllys Avenue

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Pork Chop Hill: How Movies Prepare Us to Choose War

Since the end of World War II, the United States has fought several “wars of choice,” including the present war in Iraq. Join this preeminent cultural critic and historian for a look at the ways in which movies create and use a national “war myth” to prepare us to accept certain kinds of war as necessary and good. He will focus on Pork Chop Hill, a film made in 1959, which uses a Korean War incident (1950-53) to develop an argument for fighting Asian Communism. Two years later, these same arguments would persuade Americans to support a war in Vietnam.

Presenter: Richard Slotkin, Olin Professor of English and American Studies, is a 1997 and 2007 recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and an award-winning author whose work includes Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America (1992) and Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality (2005).

Note: The film Pork Chop Hill will be screened on Friday, November 2, at 11 a.m. Visit www.wesleyan.edu/hcfw for complete details.

Tour of Olin Memorial Library

Meet in the main lobby.

Presenter: Erhard Konerding, documents librarian

Wesleyan Abroad: Everything Your Student Might Forget to Mention

Join Carolyn Sorkin, director of international studies, and returned study-abroad participants to discuss what families need to know about study abroad for Wesleyan students. Topics will include affordability and financial aid, sites and kinds of programs, credit transfer, health and safety, and the benefits of spending a semester or year studying in another country. Please come with questions..

Inauguration Event
Inauguration Ceremony

Michael S. Roth ’78, 16th President of Wesleyan University

Inauguration Event
Community Reception

All are welcome to join the inaugural celebration of Michael S. Roth ’78 as Wesleyan’s 16th President.

All-College Dinner

Suzanne Lemberg Usdan University Center

Join friends and family members for dinner at the new Usdan University Center. Advance reservations are strongly encouraged. Please click here to register.

Tickets: $25 adults, $10 children 12 and under.

On-Site Tickets (subject to availability): $30 adults, $15 children 12 and under

Shabbat Services

Please join Wesleyan’s Jewish chaplain, Rabbi David Leipziger, and the Wesleyan Jewish community for Shabbat services. All are welcome. No reservations necessary.

Film Series

The Center for Film Studies will present a film celebrating the inauguration of Michael S. Roth ’78. This screening is part of a special film series that runs from October 29 through November 3 in the Goldsmith Family Cinema.

Shabbat Dinner

The Bayit, 157 Church Street

A special Shabbat dinner is planned for all family members and friends of Wesleyan students. Together with students, faculty, and staff, we will welcome Shabbat with song, food, and our special joyful Ruach. We invite you to be part of a memorable celebration of the Wesleyan Jewish family. While all are welcome, space is limited and we cannot guarantee that tickets will be available on-site. Please click here to register.

Tickets: $25 adults, $10 children 12 and under, free for current Wesleyan students

On-Site Tickets (subject to availability): $30 adults, $15 children 12 and under

Sponsored by Ken and Joan Gelman P’08

Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert

Patricelli ’92 Theater

A collection of new works will be presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major.

Tickets through the Wesleyan Box Office, 860/685-3355 or www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice. Admission: $5 general; $5 senior citizens, students, Wesleyan faculty/staff; $4 Wesleyan students.

Registration and Information

Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street

Everyone — alumni, parents, students, and families — please check in at the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street, for a final weekend schedule (with updates and event locations), meal tickets, a welcome packet, campus maps, and more.

Athletic Receptions

Many of the Wesleyan varsity athletic teams will hold receptions and tailgate parties. These events are open to former team members, current athletes, and their families. Check back soon for specific times and locations.

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What Does Quantitative Analysis Have To Do With a Liberal Arts Education?

News reports on policy making, court decisions, medicine, and economic life are full of examples where data analysis is used in making decisions that directly affect our lives. Because an evidence based approach has become essential to decision making today in all walks of life, Wesleyan has launched the Quantitative Analysis Center to support collaboration across departments, interdisciplinary research, teaching, and learning. Join us for a discussion about the place of quantitative analysis in liberal education today and to learn more about the programs of Wesleyan’s QAC.

Presenter: Manolis Kaparakis, director of Wesleyan’s Quantitative Analysis Center; others to be announced

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A History of Wesleyan Presidents

How have past presidents shaped Wesleyan? What were their backgrounds and their visions? How did they handle trying times on campus? What did they do for fun? Join university archivists for a historical look at Wesleyan’s sixteen presidents. Then, test your knowledge—or guessing prowess—with the Wesleyan Presidential Trivia Quiz.

Presenters: Valerie Gillispie, assistant university archivist; Suzy Taraba ’77, university archivist and head of Special Collections

Partnerships that Support the Undergraduate Experience

Join Michael Whaley, interim dean of the college; Wesleyan’s class deans; and Anna van der Burg, registrar, for a presentation and informal discussion highlighting the many ways that the Dean's Office partners with Academic Affairs and Wesleyan s faculty to support faculty advising, facilitate course selection, and promote students academic excellence. This session will include a demonstration of some of Wesleyan's most important online academic resources, including WesMaps, online registration, and the Electronic Portfolio.

Tailgating (weather permitting)

Andrus Field

Wesleyan Admission Information Session and Panel

McKelvey Room, Stewart M. Reid House, Office of Admission, 70 Wyllys Avenue

Gather insight into the admission process at Wesleyan by attending this information session for prospective students.

Presenter: Greg Pyke, senior associate dean of admission, will be joined by a current Wesleyan student, faculty member, and dean.

Family Swim

Bring your suit and goggles, and join swim team alumni for a morning of friendly competition and fun.

Lessons From Guantanamo Bay

Beginning in January 2002, following the events of 9/11, the United States government began to send men it had seized all over the World to a new high security prison at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, on the southwest coast of Cuba. Almost six years later, the words “Guantanamo Bay” conjure up for some a place where iguanas are protected by federal law but prisoners (called “detainees”) have few rights. For others, it is still a place where “the worst of the worst” seized in the “War on Terror” should be held indefinitely, without the customary rights extended to prisoners of war. The confinement of these men and circumstances of their seizure have spawned a national and even international debate about torture, the habeas corpus rights of noncitizens held on a military base outside the United States in “war time,” and what measures may be politically and legally justified to assure our national security. Join two attorneys who are representing men imprisoned at Guantanamo since 2002 without charges or trial. Find out what drew them to the defense of these bearded Arabic-speaking men held in this remote location, and what implications they see for our country from this far-from-resolved Guantanamo experience.

Presenter: Stephen Oleskey ’64, senior partner in the litigation, environmental law, and real estate departments of the Boston-based law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, who is leading one of the firm’s most important pro bono cases involving detainees at Guantanamo Bay; Anna Cayton-Holland ’00, lawyer at the law offices of John R. Holland, a family civil rights and elder law firm in Denver, CO

Psi Upsilon Chapter House Meeting

Psi Upsilon, 242 High Street

Transitions

Life transitions come in all shapes and sizes and have the potential to affect our intimate relationships and highlight growth areas in ourselves. People change jobs, deal with health issues, and face empty nests as children leave home. With all life changes we are forced to adjust to conditions that are new, but the effects of the empty nest on individuals is distinct in many ways. As the nest empties, the state of the parents' marriage takes center stage and issues that were ignored during busy child-rearing years become the focus of attention. Join us for an experiential workshop that addresses some of the major issues that arise in parents lives when children leave home. This workshop will help participants understand their own unique issues surrounding these transitions. They will learn to identify and express their feelings about the changes they face in a safe and guided structure. Couples and single parents are welcome and attendees may observe without actively participating. The program will include a lecture, demonstration of communication techniques, and experiential exercises.

Presenter: Charlotte Wolovsky P’10, LCSW, is a psychoanalyst and couples therapist who has been in private practice in New York City since 1976. She is president of the New York chapter of Imago Relationship Therapists (NYAIRT) and was director of Continuing Education for the Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy from 1998 to 2005.

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Alfredo Jaar: It Is Difficult

Cinema, Center for the Arts

Internationally acclaimed artist and MacArthur Fellow Alfredo Jaar is best known for combining elements of photography, architecture, and theater in his work. As the title of his lecture, It Is Difficult suggests, his exhibitions force us to look at events we would rather not see drawing attention to poverty, economic exploitation, global injustice, and genocide. Join us for a rare appearance and multimedia talk by Jaar about his work and major exhibition at the Zilkha Gallery, including Muxima and The Sound of Silence, two projects presented in the current show. Muxima (2005), Jaar’s first film, featured at this year’s Venice Biennale, springs from his love of African music. Muxima poetically portrays the evolving history of Angola through alternate interpretations of a single folk song. The Sound of Silence (2006), a haunting video installation, confronts the often-tortured relationship between public media and private ethics. It explores a heart-rending, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph shot in the Sudan and the controversy it ignited.

Presenter: Artist, architect, and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar was born in Santiago, Chile, and currently lives and works in New York City. His work has been shown extensively around the world, with major solo exhibitions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, the Whitechapel in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985 and was named a MacArthur Fellow in the year 2000.

Sponsored by: The Raymond E. Baldwin Lecture Fund

Student Academic Resources

Wesleyan’s Student Academic Resources Network (SARN) is a partnership of programs and offices that support intellectual growth, academic achievement, and success, and post-graduation planning for all Wesleyan students. Sarah Lazare, associate dean of student academic resources, will be joined by SARN partners for this brief presentation and discussion about academic support services available to all Wesleyan students.

Career Resource Center Open House

The CRC Library houses more than 1,500 volumes, lists more than 2,000 jobs and 1,200 internships, hosts an extensive Web page, and provides general tests and assessments, all focusing on the career development process and a successful job search. Staff members will be on hand to provide an in-depth look at resources available to undergraduates, graduating seniors, and alumni. Students, alumni, and parents are welcome.

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Across and Down

Resharpen your pencils and your wits for a hands-on session filled with time-tested strategies guaranteed to help you finish the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle every Sunday. Attendees will solve a brand new puzzle edited by Times puzzle editor, Will Shortz.

Presenter: Ed Stein ’60 is a veteran puzzle solver and occasional crossword puzzle constructor for The New York Times, Newsday, and other publications. He has taught adult education courses in puzzle-solving in Westchester (NY) and Fairfield (CT) Counties, classes at senior centers and nursing homes, and received his three seconds of "fame" in the movie Wordplay.

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Urban Issues of the 21st Century

While Wesleyan does not have an urban studies major, a number of our graduates pursue careers that are integrally related to the study of the design and management of urban areas. Join this panel of Wesleyan alumni who have chosen careers in architecture, urban planning, and housing policy as they outline what they consider the most pressing issues in creating and maintaining more effective urban systems. They will also discuss the kinds of training they feel is most important for students who want careers in these fields.

Presenters: Douglas Dohan ’94, Associate AIA (American Institute of Architecture), Callison Architecture in Seattle, Washington, a commercial retail / mixed use design firm; Larisa Ortiz ’97, Director of the Commercial Markets Advisory Service, Local Initiative Support Corp., NYC, which supports community and economic development in distressed or underdeveloped neighborhoods; Suzannah Gillette ’99, director, Mortgage Division, Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, a community development organization.

Moderator: Joyce Jacobsen, Andrews Professor of Economics and a 2007 recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Scholarships at Wesleyan: A Celebration

Lobby, North College

Increasing the resources for financial aid is a priority for Wesleyan. To honor donors who are supporting this vital need, a scholarship recognition wall has been built in North College. Everyone is invited to stop by to the see the list of funded and named scholarships.

Donor Associates Reception

Campbell Reference Center, Olin Memorial Library

President Michael S. Roth invites members of the Wesleyan Circle, Cardinal Circle, Founders Club, Willbur Fisk Associates, College Row Society, John Wesley Associates, 1831 Society, Douglas Cannon Club, Day Society, and Olin Associates to a pregame reception. By invitation only.

Special Collections and Archives Open House

Special Collections and Archives, Room 103, First Floor, Olin Memorial Library

Drop in at SC&A to remember your student days. Yearbooks, the Argus, Hermes, facebooks, and many other historical Wesleyan materials are all here. Chat with SC and A staff members about the riches of the University’s rare book collection and how it supports Wesleyan’s educational mission.

Festival on Foss Hill featuring A Taste of Middlesex County

Andrus Field and Foss Hill

Join the Wesleyan community parents, families, alumni, faculty members, and students for lunch on Andrus Field during the football game. Sample cuisines of Middlesex County in a food-court setting. All food will be available for purchase a la carte on site; student meal plans will not be accepted. Preregistration is not required.

The festival will also feature activities for kids including a magic show and face painting, Wesleyan student groups exhibiting under the Andrus Field tent, and free family photos courtesy of the Office of Parent Programs and Development.

Note: GOLD alumni (Graduates of the Last Decade) who made a gift to the 2006/2007 Wesleyan Fund will receive a discounted lunch at a Taste of Middlesex County. Lunch will be free for donors from the Class of 2007 in honor of their record-breaking senior gift. All GOLD alumni should stop by the tent to update your address to be entered into our raffle. For more information, visit www.wesleyan.edu/alumni/gold.

Football vs. Williams

Corwin Stadium, Andrus Field

Can’t make it to campus? Log onto wescast.wesleyan.edu approximately 1/2 hour prior to game time and follow the instructions to view a live streaming video of the game.

Tickets: Available at the game. $5 adults. Students with a Wesleyan or Amherst ID are admitted free.

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Join the Orchestra: Play Along

Angel Gil–Ordóñez, music director of the Wesleyan University Orchestra, cordially invites the greater community of musicians, including parents and other family members, to join the orchestra in an open rehearsal that will feature music by Copland and Tchaikovsky. Orchestral musicians are invited to play, but all are welcome to attend. If you’d like to join the orchestra as a guest musician, please register in advance by contacting Kathy Macko at kmacko@wesleyan.edu or calling 860/685–2737.

Presenter: Angel Gil–Ordóñez, adjunct associate professor of music.

Celebration of Wesleyan Writing
Comix 101.1: Art Spiegelman on the Evolution of Comics

Memorial Chapel

Comix fly beneath the critical radar and enter your brain directly, says Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist whose comic books include the Holocaust narrative Maus. In this talk he offers a tour of graphic styles and comments on his provocative work.

Organized by: Anne Greene, director of writing programs, and cosponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Wesleyan Jewish Community, Rabbi David Leipziger Teva, and Denise and Gary Rosenberg P’98, P’07

Note: There will be a reception following the talk hosted by Denise and Gary Rosenberg, P’98, P’07.

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Ukrainian Collection Dance Project: Open Rehearsal

Bessie Schonberg Dance Studios, 247 Pine Street

The Ukrainian Collection Project is a collaboration between dancer/choreographer Katja Kolcio and composer Julian Kytasty, who have been working with Wesleyan students and University Archivist Suzy Taraba to develop a new dance performance piece. Their work explores the Ukrainian troubadore tradition of the Kobzari blind singers who wandered the back roads of Ukraine, performing a unique repertoire of history, philosophy, and social criticism in song accompanied by the bandura, a plucked string instrument similar to a zither. This project transposes the Kobzar tradition into a global context through contemporary performance. Join us for this open rehearsal to observe the work of a choreographer creating new movement material based on historical research about the Ukrainian diaspora.

Presenters: Katja Kolcio, assistant professor of dance whose research investigates the role of creative movement experience and performance in knowledge production. She is currently working on a book titled Movable Pillars Creating a Foundation for Dance Studies in the Academy, 1956 1978. Julian Kytasty is a musician who has gained an international reputation for his performance on the bandura, accommodating a range of contemporary influences without losing the authenticity of this musical tradition.

Note: A participatory dance workshop will be offered at 3 p.m.; no experience is necessary and observers are welcome.

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Shaping New Attitudes About Beauty with Education and the Media

When one of the leading academic authorities on eating disorders meets an advertising executive with an impressive track record of building food brands, you can expect fascinating conversation. Join them for a lively discussion about the influence of media in shaping attitudes about appearance and beauty as well as the opportunity to position brands to “do well by doing good.”

Darren Kapelus ’87, senior partner and executive group director, Ogilvy & Mather, New York; Ruth Striegel-Moore, professor of psychology and a research pioneer in the area of eating disorders who has been recognized internationally for her work. Kapelus has received awards from the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Coalition for Eating Disorders Research, Policy, and Action.

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Chimpanzee Dilemmas

We have complicated and contradictory relationships to our next of kin, the chimpanzee. Chimps simultaneously amuse us and embarrass us, fascinate some and repulse others, prompt our curiosity and our denial, and evoke nostalgia and shame. However we encounter them, we often find ourselves wanting to look closer while feeling the need to look away. Part of this complex relation involves our having to choose between equally difficult options in dealing with chimpanzees. This presentation will explore the history of chimpanzee captivity, the perils they currently face in the wild, and the ethical dilemmas chimpanzees force us to address.

Presenter: Lori Gruen, associate professor of philosophy and associate professor of feminist, gender, and sexuality studies, is currently writing a book on the philosophical issues raised by our relations to captive chimpanzees. As director of Wesleyan’s Ethics in Society project, she is convening a month long series of events, which begins November 2nd entitled Who’s Looking?, a collaborative, multidisciplinary investigation of human relations to chimpanzees.

Ukrainian Collection Dance Project: Participatory Workshop

Bessie Schonberg Dance Studios, 247 Pine Street

After a brief introduction to some of the archival materials used to develop a dance performance piece that explores the work of the Ukrainian troubadour tradition, dancer/choreographer Katja Kolcio and musician Julian Kytasty will demonstrate the ways they transpose the Kobzar tradition in contemporary performance. Everyone is welcome to join or observe this half-hour movement workshop; no experience is necessary.

Note: An open rehearsal of their new work in progress will be held from 2–3 p.m.

Para La Familia Meet and Greet

La Casa, 240 Washington Street

Para la Familia (PLF) was founded in 2005 by a group of Latino student leaders with the goal of providing much needed resources and support for Spanish-speaking parents. Join Para La Familia students, alumni, and family members for an informational reception and learn how you can be a part of the PLF community.

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Gamelan Workshop

Dominated by colorful, bronze percussion instruments, the gamelan ensemble features gongs, bronze and wooden xylophones, two-headed drums, a female soloist, and a male chorus. Some of the instruments date back to the 12th century in Java, an Indonesian island located between Sumatra and Bali. The music is considered a communal expression, with no single instrument separated from the whole sound of the ensemble, and is based on several melodic layers framed by the striking of gongs. Gamelan music is frequently used in Javanese ceremonies including weddings, village cleansings, and as an accompaniment for dance and puppet theater. Get some real experience playing the gamelan in this lively, hands-on workshop.

Presenters: I.M. Harjito, Artist-in-Residence, Music Department; Sumarsam MA’76, Chair and Adjunct Professor, Music Department.

Note: Former gamelan students are welcome to join the workshop.

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Thoughts on the History of Lesbian/Gay/Queer Activism at Wesleyan University

Join Professor Henry Abelove, who has been teaching at Wesleyan since 1972, as he considers some instances of lesbian/gay/queer activism at Wesleyan University during the 1980s and ’90s. He will address questions that include: What prompted the activism and was it successful in achieving its goals? Was the activism beneficial for the university and for the activists themselves? Did the activism have any significant consequences that were unintended by the activists?

Presenter: Henry Abelove is the Willbur Fisk Osborne Professor of English Literature and a 1995 recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching. He is the author of The Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists (Stanford University Press, 1990), Deep Gossip (University of Minnesota Press, 2003), and a co-editor of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader (Routledge, 1993), and has won many fellowships and awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study.

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On Sacha Baron Cohen And Sarah Silverman: Third–Wave Jewish Satirists

Sacha Baron Cohen, Larry David, Jon Stewart, Adam Sandler, and Sarah Silverman are five of the new Jewish comics who have taken Jewish humor into mainstream popular culture with a fresh spin. They follow a first generation of Jewish humorists who were immersed in Yiddishkeit (Jackie Mason) and a second generation that moved away from Jewish traditions and themes while maintaining a strong Jewish sensibility (Woody Allen). Sacha Baron Cohen and Sarah Silverman come from families that gave them good Jewish backgrounds (Sarah Silverman s sister is a rabbi). Both go up to the borders of good taste and then crash through them. What else do these third-wave Jewish satirists have in common? Come to a showing of clips from their work and a lively discussion by film and television scholar Bernard Timberg.

Presenter: Bernard Timberg P’08, media studies scholar and author of Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show, University of Texas Press, 2003; winner of the American Library Association s Choice Award in 2004; presently working on a book about the comedy of provocation.

Introduction: Jeremy Zwelling, associate professor of religion and director of the Jewish and Israel Studies Certificate Program

The 15th Annual Dwight L. Greene Symposium and Dedication of Edgar F. Beckham Hall

Beckham Hall, Usdan University Center

The 15th Annual Dwight L. Greene Symposium and the dedication of Edgar F. Beckham Hall offer us an opportunity to honor the lives and legacies of two distinguished African-American alumni.

Edgar F. Beckham ’58 was a towering and beloved figure in higher education. During his years at Wesleyan as a student, professor of German, and dean of the college, he inspired the community with his thoughtful leadership and his belief in diversity as an integral resource in the pursuit of academic and institutional excellence.

Dwight L. Greene ’70 was an energetic leader who frequently served as a spokesperson for the student community. As a professor of law and an alumnus, Greene maintained his strong connection to Wesleyan and served as a mentor and friend to students and alumni.

Join alumni, parents, students, and friends to honor Edgar Beckham and Dwight Greene, and to celebrate their connections to Wesleyan and each other.

Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Open House

Delta Kappa Epsilon, 276 High Street

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Extreme Sports

What exactly are extreme sports? Some would list every adrenaline-driving pastime from hang-gliding and parachuting, to car racing and bungee-jumping. But extreme sports insiders argue the list is much smaller and that this athlete-stuntman sense of extreme sports is a misperception that has produced unfair criticism. Instead, enthusiasts prefer to define extreme sports as action sports for a new generation of athletes who want flexible practice schedules and the freedom to wear clothes they choose versus uniforms, and who prefer competing with themselves instead of against other teams. Join Wesleyan s athletic director for a probing conversation with a psychologist and a cutting edge sports network executive about what s driving this growing interest in extreme sports.

Presenters: John Biddiscombe, director of athletics; Karl Scheibe, professor of psychology emeritus and director of the Wasch Center for Retired Faculty; Christopher Stiepock ’87, general manager for ESPN’s X Games

Alpha Delta Phi Reception and Dinner

For members’ families and returning alumni. Reception 5 p.m., dinner 6:15 p.m.

Psi Upsilon Reception and Dinner

Inauguration Event
Benefit Reception and Dinner for the Green Street Arts Center

This reception and dinner will take place at the Green Street Arts Center before the benefit concert featuring legendary Cabaret Singer Andrea Marcovicci at 9 p.m. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. For details about the Green Street Arts Center and the Andrea Marcovicci performance, please see the 9 p.m. listing for the concert.

Tickets: Through the Wesleyan Box Office, 860/685-3355 or www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice. Benefactor: $275 per person (includes dinner at Green Street, concert performance, listing in the printed program); Patron: $125 per person (includes dinner at Green Street and concert performance); $50 (concert performance only); $25 (Wesleyan students). Seating is limited.

Film Series

The Center for Film Studies will present a film celebrating the inauguration of Michael S. Roth ’78. This screening is part of a special film series that runs from October 29 through November 3 in the Goldsmith Family Cinema.

Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert

Patricelli ’92 Theater

A collection of new works will be presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major.

Tickets through the Wesleyan Box Office, 860/685-3355 or www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice. Admission: $5 general; $5 senior citizens, students, Wesleyan faculty/staff; $4 Wesleyan students.

Inauguration Event
Benefit Concert for the Green Street Arts Center Featuring Andrea Marcovicci

Please join us for a Benefit Concert for the Green Street Arts Center featuring the Queen of Cabaret, Andrea Marcovicci. Ms. Marcovicci will be welcomed and introduced by Wesleyan President, Michael S. Roth. Proceeds from the concert will support the Green Street Arts Center’s scholarship fund.

The Green Street Arts Center is a project of Wesleyan University created in collaboration with the City of Middletown and the North End Action Team to serve as an anchor for the revitalization efforts underway in the North End of Middletown. Programming in the former schoolhouse at 51 Green Street includes a vibrant after school program, as well as classes and workshops for adults and children in music, dance, visual arts, sound recording, theater, videography and creative writing. Proceeds from this event will benefit the scholarship fund providing assistance for neighborhood children to attend the AfterSchool Program. For more information about the Green Street Arts Center, visit www.greenstreetartscenter.org or call (860) 685-7871.

An accomplished actress and singer, Andrea Marcovicci’s extraordinary career began on daytime television in Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. She debuted on Broadway in Ambassador, the musical adaptation of the novel by Henry James, starring Howard Keel and last appeared on the Great White Way in Frank D. Gilroy’s play Any Given Day. She has performed in countless off-broadway and regional productions around the country, but is most recognized for her work as a cabaret artist. Entertaining sold-out audiences from coast to coast, Marcovicci continues to tour her numerous critically acclaimed shows such as I’ll Be Seeing You… Love Songs of WWII, Thanks for the Memories: The Lyrics of Leo Robin, Marcovicci Sings Rodgers & Hart and Andrea Sings Astaire. During her Wesleyan debut, Marcovicci will perform from her American songbook with selections from Rogers & Hart, Sondheim, Cole Porter and others.

Tickets: Through the Wesleyan Box Office, 860/685-3355 or www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice. Benefactor: $275 per person (includes dinner at Green Street, concert performance, listing in the printed program); Patron: $125 per person (includes dinner at Green Street and concert performance); $50 (concert performance only); $25 (Wesleyan students). Seating is limited.

Registration and Information

Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street

Everyone — alumni, parents, students, and families — please check in at the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street, for a final weekend schedule (with updates and event locations), meal tickets, a welcome packet, campus maps, and more.

Alumni Association Executive Committee Meeting

Chair: Nancy J. Stack '74

Voices of Liberal Learning | Inauguration Event
Stories and Lessons from Climate Wars

In mid-November, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) will deliver its Synthesis Report on its fourth assessment of the scientific literature to the more than 130 national governments who have signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Gary Yohe has served as a lead author of this assessment over the past three years and will be in Valencia, Spain, for the final approval plenary meeting. In this talk, he will intersperse stories of his experiences as a lead author with lessons derived from the latest science. The stories will illuminate turf wars across scientific disciplines and idiosyncratic behaviors of certain countries during the governmental approval process. The lessons will relate observed and anticipated global impacts of climate change, including impacts likely to be experienced in New England, to ongoing policy discussions on global, national, and regional levels.

Presenter: Gary Yohe, Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics

Legacy Photograph

All alumni who are parents of current students are invited, along with their children, to be part of this year’s legacy photograph.

Student A Cappella Concert

Crowell Concert Hall, Center for the Arts

This stirring performance will include several student a cappella groups.

Note: Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are not required.

Música Viva

Join Wesleyan faculty and students from the music department in a recital celebrating Western art music. The Wesleyan Concert Choir will join the celebration.

Registration and Information

Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street

Everyone — alumni, parents, students, and families — please check in at the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street, for a final weekend schedule (with updates and event locations), meal tickets, a welcome packet, campus maps, and more.

Attend a Class

Everyone alumni, parents, students, and families please check in at the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 330 High Street, for a final weekend schedule (with updates and event locations), meal tickets, a welcome packet, campus maps, and more.