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.

Psi Upsilon Welcome Breakfast

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

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

Meet in the Front Lobby, Exley Science Center, 265 Church Street

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. The trip takes approximately four hours, which includes travel to and from the boat launch, and transportation will be provided. Preregistration was required for this event, and it has reached capacity. For guests who have secured a space in advance, the trip will depart promptly at 9 a.m. To add your name to the waiting list, please contact Kathy Macko at kmacko@wesleyan.edu or 860/685-2737.

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

Tickets: $15 per person

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Seeing and Believing

Kerr Lecture Hall, Shanklin Laboratory, 237 Church Street (formerly Shanklin 107)

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

Memorial Chapel

"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.

Pork Chop Hill

Goldsmith Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

Join us for a screening of this film classic with Gregory Peck based on a Korean war drama about a platoon charged with taking a hill of no military value during the final days of the war. This screening will be followed by the 1 p.m. WESeminar: Pork Chop Hill: How Movies Prepare Us to Choose War featuring Professor Richard Slotkin.

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

Goldsmith Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

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.

Introduction: Jeanine D. Basinger, Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, curator of the Cinema Archives, chair of the Film Studies Department, and a 1996 recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching

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 before this WESeminar at 11 a.m.

This WESeminar will be webcast live at wescast.wesleyan.edu.

Tour of Olin Memorial Library

Meet in the main lobby

Presenter: Erhard Konerding, documents librarian

Wesleyan Abroad: Everything Your Student Might Forget to Mention

Hansel Lecture Hall (Room 001), Public Affairs Center (PAC), 238 High Street

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

Silloway Gymnasium, Freeman Athletic Center, 161 Cross Street

A simulcast of the ceremony will be available in Tishler Hall (Room 150, Exley Science Center). If you cannot make it to campus, you are invited to watch a live webcast of the Inauguration Ceremony at http://wescast.wesleyan.edu.

Inauguration Event
Community Reception

Warren Street Circle, Freeman Athletic Center, 161 Cross Street

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, 45 Wyllys Avenue

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

The Bayit, 157 Church Street

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 President's Picks

Goldsmith Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

At the invitation of the Film Studies Department and the Student Film Series Board, President Roth has programmed a full week of movies that are special to him. Roth's picks include Astaire/Rogers, documentary, screwball comedy, and more. The series begins on October 29th with a pre-screening introduction by President Roth of The Shop Around the Corner, followed on October 30th by The Times of Harvey Milk; October 31st, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; November 1st, Carefree; November 2nd, Bringing Up Baby; and November 3rd, Horse Feathers. Join us for a glimpse into the eclectic movie taste of our new president. Admission is free.

Note: Posters from the films of Fred Astaire will be on display in the Rick Nicita Gallery, located at the Center for Film Studies. The Gallery Opening will take place on Monday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. Cider and doughnuts will be served.

Wesleyan Christian Fellowship

Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center, 265 Church Street

Parents, alumni, and students are invited to join WesCF in discussion with Paul Kim '91, professor at Global Theological Seminary in Bangkok, Thailand.

Shabbat Dinner

The Bayit (tent), 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.

Psi Upsilon Breakfast

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

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.

Psi Upsilon House Meeting

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

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

Room 116, Judd Hall, 207 High Street

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.

Presenters: Manolis Kaparakis, director of Wesleyan's Quantitative Analysis Center; Lisa Dierker, associate professor of psychology; Stephen Morris '07, analyst, portfolio strategy, Alternative Investments, Lehman Brothers; Madelina Ursu '09

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A History of Wesleyan Presidents

Kerr Lecture Hall, Shanklin Laboratory, 237 Church Street (formerly Shanklin 107)

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

Room 002, Public Affairs Center (PAC), 238 Church Street

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

Pool, Freeman Athletic Center, 161 Cross Street

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

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Lessons From Guantanamo Bay

Tishler Lecture Hall (Room 150), Exley Science Center, 265 Church Street

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 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

Note: This WESeminar will be webcast live at wescast.wesleyan.edu.

50th Reunion Committee Meeting (Class of 1958)

Heller Classroom (Room 136), Public Affairs Center (PAC), 238 Church Street

45th Reunion Committee Meeting (Class of 1963)

Room 104, Public Affairs Center (PAC), 238 Church Street

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Transitions

Millett Room, Russell House, 350 High Street

Life transitions come in all shapes and sizes. They 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. These external changes can produce positive emotional shifts if we cooperate with the process. For example, as the nest empties the state of the parents' marriage takes center stage. Issues that the couple ignored during busy child-rearing years become the focus of attention. This creates the opportunity to deeply transform and heal both the individuals and the relationship. Join us for an experiential workshop that addresses some of the major challenges that can arise during any transition. This workshop will help you begin to understand your own unique issues at these times. In a safe and guided structure, you will learn to identify and express your ideas and feelings about such changes. Alumni, couples, and single parents are welcome and attendees may observe without actively participating. The program will include a lecture and demonstration of a communication skill, and an experiential exercise.

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.

Supported By: The Raymond E. Baldwin Lecture Fund

Psi Upsilon Alumni Memorial Service

Memorial Chapel

The undergraduate brothers of Psi Upsilon will be hosting a memorial service for fallen brother Robinson "Rob" Nottingham '83. All close to Rob are strongly encouraged to come pay their respects. Classmates and close friends will speak about this brother who gave so much back to both the Xi and the greater Wesleyan community.

Student Academic Resources

Room 002, Public Affairs Center (PAC), 238 Church Street

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 the following SARN partners for this brief presentation and discussion about academic support services available to all Wesleyan students: Suzanne O'Connell, Professor and Director of the Service Learning Center; Cathy Lechowicz Crimmins, Director of Community Service and Volunteerism; Dave Meyer, Director of Public Safety; Jim Donady, Professor of Biology and Director of the Health Professions Partnership Initiative; Anne Greene, Director of Writing Programs; Alice Hadler, Associate Dean for International Student Affairs, Adjunct Instructor in English, Coordinator, Writing Program Language Services for Non-Native Speakers; Manolis Kaparakis, Director, Quantitative Analysis Center and Academic Computing Manager for the Social Sciences; and Mike Sciola, Director of the Career Resource Center.

Career Resource Center Open House

Career Resource Center, Butterfield A, 25 Lawn Avenue

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

Hansel Lecture Hall (Room 001), Public Affairs Center (PAC), 238 High Street

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

Room 116, Judd Hall, 207 High Street

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; Jeffrey Levine '91, AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners), director of planning and community development, Town of Brookline, MA and a member of the Somerville (MA) Redevelopment Authority; 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.

Taylor Room Dedication

Taylor Meeting Room (Room 108), Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Avenue

All are welcome to attend the dedication of the Taylor Meeting Room named in the Usdan University Center in recognition of Fred `63 and Carole Taylor's many years of generous service and support of Wesleyan.

Donor Associates Reception

Daniel Family Commons, 3rd Floor, Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Avenue

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.

Psi Upsilon Lunch

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

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, Andrus Field Tent, 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 Williams ID are admitted free.

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Join the Orchestra: Play Along

Crowell Concert Hall, Center for the Arts

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.

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Life, Marked: Charlotte Salomon and Fantastical Autobiography

Tishler Lecture Hall (Room 150), Exley Science Center, 265 Church Street

Charlotte Salomon was born into an assimilated Jewish family in Berlin in 1917. When she went into exile in the south of France in 1939, she took her suitcase, a tennis racket, her training as a young painter and some ideas about what it might mean to turn those skills into something extraordinary. While she sat on the edge of the Cote d'Azur and the threat to her life grew closer, Salomon painted a fantastical autobiography in which she reimagined the lives of relatives she had lost. In just under two years, Charlotte Salomon produced over 1,300 paintings with tracing paper overlays and precise instructions for musical accompaniment. She titled her work, "Life or Theater," placed the paintings in a suitcase and entrusted them to a local doctor. Charlotte Salomon was deported on September 27, 1943 and murdered in Auschwitz upon arrival in October of the same year. Her paintings were discovered after the war and are now in the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam. Salomon's work has enjoyed international attention recently, with a major exhibition at the Royal Academy in London that traveled to New York and Boston. Join Professor Buerkle for an introduction to Salomon's work and a discussion about its relevance to history and to contemporary questions about public renderings of suffering.

Presenter: Darcy Buerkle, assistant professor of history, Smith College, has been involved in shaping the recent reception of Salomon's work through essays and public lectures in London and New York on the occasion of the Royal Academy exhibition. She is presently completing a monograph organized around Salomon's oeuvre entitled, Jews, Gender and the Visual Rhetoric of Suicide in Early Twentieth Century Germany.

Eclectic Alumni Homecoming Meeting

Eclectic, 200 High Street

Refreshments will be served.

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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.

Wesleyan Christian Fellowship Homecoming Reception

12 Yellow Yellow Circle, Middletown

Alumni, parents, students, and families, please join the Wesleyan Christian Fellowship for the Annual Homecoming Reception hosted by Professor and Mrs. Elphick.

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, Rabbi David Leipziger Teva, and Jeremy Zwelling, and sponsored by the Wesleyan Writing Program, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Jewish and Israel Studies, the Wesleyan Jewish Community, and Denise and Gary Rosenberg P'98, P'07

Note: There will be a reception following the talk in Zelnick Pavilion sponsored by Denise and Gary Rosenberg P'98, P'07.

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Chimpanzee Dilemmas

Seminar Room 106, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Center for the Arts

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.

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Shaping New Attitudes About Beauty through Education and the Media

Kerr Lecture Hall, Shanklin Laboratory, 237 Church Street (formerly Shanklin 107)

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, receiving awards from the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Coalition for Eating Disorders Research, Policy, and Action

Community Bike Ride

Outside Zelnick Pavilion (College Row Side)

Join members of the Cardinal Velo Cycling Team for a 10- or 25-mile ride.  Route maps will be provided. All are welcome. Please bring your bicycle.

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

World Music Hall, Center for the Arts

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, 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

Hansel Lecture Hall (Room 001), Public Affairs Center (PAC), 238 High Street

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

Goldsmith Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

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

Note: This WESeminar will be webcast live at wescast.wesleyan.edu.

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

Beckham Hall, Fayerweather

Walter Mosley is the author of twenty-eight critically acclaimed and best-selling books, including Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, Fear Itself and, most recently, Fortunate Son and Killing Johnny Fry. Mr. Mosley holds an honorary doctorate from the City College of New York, is on the board of trustees for Goddard College, and has served on the board of directors of the National Book Awards.

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

A reception will follow the dedication and symposium.

Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Open House

Delta Kappa Epsilon, 276 High Street

The open house will begin immediately following the football game.

EQV Reception

Common Room, Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street

Leadership Forum: What do Political Leaders Need to Know?

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

No matter what you do or what you want to do, you will need to be able to lead. The "Encouraging True Critical Thinking" forum series addresses the role of critical thinking in leadership. Moderated by one of the nation's leading constitutional law scholars, Professor John Finn, we will look at the complex issues that young people will face on the road to political leadership. Jon Keller P'09, recognized as a top political analyst in New England, and Susan Bysiewicz, the Secretary of the State of Connecticut, will discuss the skills that great political leaders should have and how to cultivate these skills in a liberal arts setting.

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Extreme Sports

Kerr Lecture Hall, Shanklin Laboratory, 237 Church Street (formerly Shanklin 107)

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 and chair of physical education; 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

Alpha Delta Phi, 185 High Street

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

Presentation of the Bishop Herbert Welch Lifelong Leadership Award

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

The Xi of Psi Upsilon will be honoring the late H. Richard Dietrich Jr. '60 with the Bishop Hebert Welch Award for lifelong leadership. Brother Dietrich was known for his service to the Xi, the Board of Trustees, the Olin Library, and the greater Philadelphia community. There will be several eulogies from classmates. All are invited to attend this event.

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

Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green Street

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.

Psi Upsilon Reception and Banquet

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

Swimming and Diving Team Family Banquet

Daniel Family Commons, Third Floor, Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Avenue

By invitation only.

Film Series: The President's Picks

Goldsmith Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

At the invitation of the Film Studies Department and the Student Film Series Board, President Roth has programmed a full week of movies that are special to him. Roth's picks include Astaire/Rogers, documentary, screwball comedy, and more. The series begins on October 29th with a pre-screening introduction by President Roth of The Shop Around the Corner, followed on October 30th by The Times of Harvey Milk; October 31st, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; November 1st, Carefree; November 2nd, Bringing Up Baby; and November 3rd, Horse Feathers. Join us for a glimpse into the eclectic movie taste of our new president. Admission is free.

Note: Posters from the films of Fred Astaire will be on display in the Rick Nicita Gallery, located at the Center for Film Studies. The Gallery Opening will take place on Monday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. Cider and doughnuts will be served.

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

Crowell Concert Hall, Center for the Arts

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. $50 (concert performance only); $25 (Wesleyan students); 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). Seating is limited.

Rock Concert Featuring The Busted Roses

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

Psi Upsilon Breakfast

Psi Upsilon Chapter House, 242 High Street

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.

Parents Assembly

Tishler Lecture Hall (Room 150), Exley Science Center, 265 Church Street

Join other parents to hear brief remarks from Wesleyan's new president, Michael S. Roth '78, followed by the feature presentation on the Center for Community Partnerships, and an opportunity for discussion about topics of particular interest to parents of current students. Several key university staff members also will be in attendance.

Note: Continental breakfast will be available at 8:45 a.m. The program will start promptly at 9 a.m. All Wesleyan parents, grandparents, and guardians are welcome.

Alumni Association Executive Committee Meeting

Taylor Meeting Room (Room 108), Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Avenue

Chair: Nancy J. Stack '74

Fall Harvest Brunch

Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Avenue

Join Wesleyan students for a full buffet brunch at the new Usdan University Center. Advance reservations are strongly encouraged. Please click here to register.

Tickets: $15 adults, $8 children 12 and under. On-Site Tickets (subject to availability): $20 adults, $13 children 12 and under

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Stories and Lessons from Climate Wars

Goldsmith Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

Presenter: Gary Yohe, Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics and a senior member and coordinating lead author on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

Note: This WESeminar will be webcast live at wescast.wesleyan.edu.

All-Campus Sunday Worship

Beckham Hall, Fayerweather

Alumni, parents, students, and families, please join Wesleyan's Protestant Chaplain, Pastor Joan Cooper Burnett, for Sunday Morning Worship. Award-winning gospel violinist and jazz musician Kersten Stevens will render music, and student vocalists and liturgical dancers will perform. All are welcome. Communion will be served.

Legacy Photograph

Base of Denison Terrace, Behind Olin Memorial Library (rain site: Olin Memorial Library Lobby)

All alumni who are parents of current students are invited, along with their children, to gather with other legacy parents and students for photographs, coffee, and conversation. Those who have not been part of past legacy photos will be featured in the Wesleyan magazine. Please arrive on time to be included in the photos.

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.

Katja Kolcio: History in Sound and Motion

Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green Street

Katja Kolcio, Assistant Professor of Dance at Wesleyan, will present her upcoming project together with collaborator, musician and composer Julian Kytasty. Their work explores the Ukrainian troubadour 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 an instrument called the bandura. Katja and Julian will introduce the Kobzar history and demonstrate the ways that they transpose this tradition into contemporary performance. Refreshments will be served. $5, $3 seniors and students. To reserve your spot call (860) 685-7871.

Música Viva

Memorial Chapel

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

Catholic Mass

Memorial Chapel

All are welcome to attend this Catholic Mass in memory of Father Gerald Cohen and dedication of a pew in his honor.

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.