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Last day of Finals: Good Luck and Have a Great Summer!

Fri, May 17, 2013

Kari and I were walking Mathilde last night when we bumped into several students studying for their last exams or finishing up their final papers. It was a beautiful day, just the hardest time to keep you nose in a [read more]

The Huffington Post

Choosing Your University

April 22, 2013

 

"...anxious high school seniors must figure out which college or university will provide the best combination of resources and challenges..." [read more here]

The Wall Street Journal

My Global Philosophy Course

April 30, 2013

"The Great Books class that I teach on the Web has convinced me: Real learning is possible online." [read more here]


Welcome To Wesleyan

Wesleyan University stands for the opportunity to connect serious intellectual and aesthetic work with making a positive difference in the world. That makes Wesleyan a promising place to be. You can sense  this promise everyday in the life and work of our community – here on campus and around the world. Students here have the talent, the capacity and the drive to create something new. Our open curriculum enables them to identify and explore aspects of the world that interest them most, and our superb faculty teach them how to refine and strengthen their efforts. By the end of their undergraduate careers, our students know how to produce work that has real impact in the worlds of ideas, enterprise, and service.

The gift of a Wesleyan education is the freedom to discover what you love to do and then to get better at it. This is a gift I received as a student here thirty years ago, and today’s students continue to experience its transformative power.

Sincerely,

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