Wesleyan Alumni & Family Academy

Introducing Wesleyan Alumni & Family Academy, a free, non-credit bearing three-part lecture series that provides Wesleyan alumni and families with the opportunity to learn from Wesleyan faculty in a classroom-type setting. 

The Liberal Arts Toolbox:

Critical Listening, Looking and Comparing to Navigate a Complex World

Rooted in the philosophy of pragmatic liberal arts education, this year’s Wesleyan Alumni & Family Academy will explore how critical listening, looking, and comparing are skills in the liberal arts tool kit that can be applied beyond the classroom to strengthen thoughtful engagement in everyday life, at a time when it is more important than ever.

Roger Grant, deputy provost and dean of the arts and humanities, will led the first session, Critical Listening, as an in-person WESeminar at Homecoming + Family Weekend (a recording will be made available to all Wesleyan Alumni & Family Academy registrants.) The following two sessions, Critical Looking with Martha Gilmore, dean of the natural sciences and mathematics, and Critical Comparing with Mary-Jane Rubenstein, dean of the social sciences, will take place virtually this January. 

REGISTER FOR THE VIRTUAL EVENTS

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    Critical Listening with Roger Grant (In person)

    How the arts can tune us into deeper interpersonal experiences

    Saturday, October 25 (Homecoming + Family Weekend)
    9–9:50 a.m.
    Wesleyan University, Frank Center for Public Affairs, Room 100

    (Can't attend? This session will be recorded and sent to all online registrants)

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    Critical Looking with Martha Gilmore (virtual)

    How to read and interpret data in a post-truth world

    Wednesday, January 14
    7-8 p.m. ET
    Zoom

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    Critical Comparing with Mary-Jane Rubenstein (virtual)

    How to make sense of unfamiliar worldviews

    Wednesday, January 21
    7-8 p.m. ET
    Zoom

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