Rally in Red with Wells College this Friday, February 3

Wells College campus will rally in red this Friday, February 3 by participating in the  2012 National Wear Red Day to show support in the fight against heart disease in women as part of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Come out and support Wells in our effort to raise awareness! If [...]

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Wells Book Arts Summer Institute

Last week I had the opportunity to participate in the Wells College Center for Book Arts Summer Institute.  This exceptional program offers week-long sessions in topics such as book binding, letterpress printing, Adobe InDesign and calligraphy.  Students come from across the United States – even from Alaska – to take part in sessions taught by nationally [...]

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Reunion 2010 Was Incredible

We had a full range of Aurora weather (hot AND chilly!), a few incredible sunsets, and a huge amount of love. Thanks to everyone who attended, volunteered, and sent good thoughts our way. See you next year! Reunion 2011 is June 2-5!

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9th ACTIVISM Symposium

Event Explores Approaches of Equity, Equality, in Social Justice Work On March 11-12, Wells College will host its 9th annual Activism Symposium. The purpose of the student-driven symposium is to promote activism, encourage critical thinking, and find links between the academy and the world at large. The theme of this year’s event is “Equity/Equality —Get [...]

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Volunteer Retreat 2009

Well, another Volunteer Retreat Weekend has come and gone. We had about 30 alums return to campus, and for the most part, the weather cooperated (no rain, hooray! But it did get chilly).  I managed to snap a few photos of the weekend, which I hope you will enjoy. President Ryerson and members of the [...]

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Kate Lankin Frederick ’04 Returns to Campus

Kate Lankin Frederick ’04 returned to campus on Friday, September 25 to give a Science Colloquium talk on “Effects of Temperature and Growth Rate on Metabolism of Larval and Juvenile Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)”. Kate majored in Biological & Chemical Sciences at Wells and then went on to the University of Rhode Island to get her Masters degree in Fishery Studies. [...]

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Fall 2009 Visiting Writers

We love having visiting writers come to campus! Their classroom visits, meetings with students and public readings are very inspiring. Here is the schedule of readings for fall semester- Alums are invited! *X.J. Kennedy* Poet, Editor, Anthologist, Textbook Author, Children’s Book Writer Public Reading: Monday, September 14th 7:30 pm – Art Exhibit Room, Macmillan Hall  (UPDATE: [...]

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Opening Convocation

Wow, summer has flown by. Yesterday was the first day of classes (already!) and campus was really bustling with students and faculty. Occasionally, on the second floor of Pettibone, I could hear the faint echoes of old Odd Line and Even Line songs floating through my open window. Seniors were wearing their robes and first [...]

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Tell It Slant

Wells got an early start on National Poetry Month this year. In the last week of March, Wells, together with Michael Czarnecki of FootHills Publishing, celebrated the release of three chapbooks: Between Rocks and Shadows by Dorothy Bittner ’08; Hardscrabble by Caitlin Rice ’08; and Visitation: a Sequence of Sonnets by Professor Bruce Bennett. We [...]

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Visit with Jamie Favaro ’02

On October 23rd, Jamie Favaro ’02 returned to campus to speak about the Washington Heights Corner Project, a community outreach, resources, needle exchange, and harm reduction program she founded in Manhattan in 2005. We were so excited to have her back on campus!  As Founder and Executive Director of the Corner Project, Jamie works daily with the drug [...]

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