Wheaton College
School Notes Overview:
Wheaton's innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum encourages active exploration of the world in all its complexity. With support from faculty, students connect classroom learning with contemporary issues in society, through research, internships, global study and service. The result: outstanding academic achievement. In the past ten years, more than 100 Wheaton students have won prestigious scholarships, including three Rhodes Scholars. Wheaton students become leaders in the communities, professional and personal, in which they live.
School Overview:
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| County | Bristol County, MA |
| Title IV Eligible | Yes |
| Carnegie Classification | Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I |
| Institution Level | 4 or more years |
| Institution Control | Private, non-profit |
| Full-Time Undergraduate | 1,627 students |
| Part-Time Undergraduate | 5 students |
| Total Enrollment | 1,632 students |
| Total Dormitory Capacity | 1,489 students |
| Tuition | $40,790 |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid | 56 % |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants | 19 % |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received | $5,367 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants | 15% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received | $2,088 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants | 53% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received | $24,304 |
| % Students Receiving Loans | 55% |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received | $5,774 |
- Wheaton offers a challenging liberal arts curriculum leading to a bachelor of arts degree in more than 40 majors and 50 minors. Students choose from over 600 courses in subjects from physics to philosophy, political science to computer science, art history to theater, English to economics. In addition, Wheaton offers highly specialized courses typically found only at large universities.
- The essence of a Wheaton education lies in the close collaborative relationships that develop between students and faculty. Classes are small. Students know their professors as teachers, advisors, supervisors of research projects and often as friends. The student-faculty ratio is 11-to-1 and the average class size is between 15 and 20, promoting rich intellectual discourse among students and their professors. Often, students collaborate with faculty members on research projects or artistic endeavors such as gallery exhibitions and theatre productions.
- Wheaton has outstanding facilities to support academic, residential and co-curricular life including a $20 million arts facilities expansion, National Science Foundation-funded digital imaging center, and state-of-the-art library and language labs. The Balfour-Hood Campus Center houses a campus pub, café, game room, fitness center, post office, lounges, media center and videotape editing room, radio station, and meeting space for student clubs and organizations. Wheaton also boasts one of the finest NCAA Division III athletic facilities in New England in its Haas Athletic Center. Profile last updated: 04/01/2010.
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posted on July 29, 2010 at 04:07:32 pm
Connor Green, 14, of Cohasset was among 54 members of the Bluefish Swim Club to qualify for and compete at the New England Swimming 14 and Under Age Group Long Course Championship meet, helping the team to rank second place overall with 2,691 points. This age group championship meet was held at the Blodgett Pool, Harvard University, July 22-25. - Today in local history (North Adams Transcript)
posted on July 29, 2010 at 07:14:37 am
Thursday July 29, 2010 July 29 50 years ago today ADAMS -- Staff Sgt. Theodore Wesolowski was recently presented a Commendation Medal for outstanding service with the Air Force Security Service. Sgt. Wesolowski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wesolowski of 18 Anthony St., was transferred to Mildenhall, England, in late May. - GOBIS: Feehan track family in mourning (The Sun Chronicle)
posted on July 29, 2010 at 06:33:06 am
A sad, sad day for the Bishop Feehan High track family with the passing this week of 27-year old UMass Medical School student Kristen Ettensohn, also a Dartmouth College grad, after a two-year battle with a rare form of tongue, jaw and neck cancer. - Denise Jefferson, 65, Director of the Ailey School, Is Dead (New York Times)
posted on July 20, 2010 at 07:51:25 pm
Ms. Jefferson was an internationally known dance educator who oversaw the training of generations of world-class performers. - Chicago-born director continued Ailey legacy (Chicago Tribune)
posted on July 20, 2010 at 06:54:33 pm
The art of dance lost a great teacher over the weekend with the death of Denise Jefferson, the Chicago-born director of the Ailey School in New York City.
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