For years, one of the highlights and traditions of Commencement weekend for the College has been the Baccalaureate ceremony, an interfaith worship service. The ceremony itself aims to represent the multi-faith student body of Wooster, while also incorporating Christian worship traditions and emphasizing the interfaith service of the student body. (more…)

With the healthcare reform slowly fading into the background, a new law in Arizona that creates a harsh crackdown on immigration has caught national attention from both Republicans and Democrats.

Last Friday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the bill that would require immigrants to carry documents verifying their immigration status. It would also allow police officers to question a person about his or her immigration status if there is “reasonable suspicion” that person may be illegally in the country. (more…)

Tuesday marked a milestone for campus entertainment at the College of Wooster. The Wooster Activities Crew brought comedian Christian Finnegan to McGaw chapel for a show, over an hour long, full of non-stop laughter. Over 800 community members, faculty members and students filled the venue to see the big-time comedian. (more…)

The Wooster campus will soon receive a new landmark with the completion of the Student Recreation Center in 2012. The center, which is the first phase of a much larger plan to construct a new Campus Center, will be a welcome addition to the College’s aging athletic facilities. (more…)

With the semester coming to an end, many seniors are well on their way to life outside of Wooster. Although graduates will choose a variety of different career paths, one of the most popular post-graduate options is to go into teaching. Programs like Teach for America and City Year offer students a chance to get hands-on teaching experience all around the country for one to two years. This year, five graduating seniors have received the opportunity to spend the next academic year teaching English in schools around the country of France. (more…)

This past week marked the annual return of the College’s Alumni Board to campus and with only three weeks of classes left, members of the Alumni Board have been eager to work closely with students and especially with seniors on figuring out post-graduation plans. (more…)

Professor of Mathematics Pamela B. Pierce presented the final Faculty-At-Large lecture of the year on Tuesday morning on the topic of “Circle Squaring and Other Geometric Puzzles.”  Pierce’s recent work has dealt with polygon dissection, which is slicing up two-dimensional figures and assembling them into new figures with the same area.  A basic example of this is Tangrams, a Chinese puzzle wherein one makes shapes from the pieces of a dissected rectangle. (more…)

Jacqueline Grossman, a child survivor of the Holocaust, shared her harrowing experience of survival with the college community on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Lean Lecture Hall. Author of “Chased by Demons: How I Survived Hitler’s Madness in My Native France”, Grossman described and reflected on her escape from the Nazi invasion of France and the traumatic effects it has had upon her life. (more…)

Professor of Music Nancy Ditmer has recently been awarded the honor of filling the job of President for MENC: National Association of Music Education.

Ditmer’s recognition comes after a candidacy lasting over one year, an experience she calls “very nerve-racking.” After her nomination from retired Professor and Dean of Music Education at Kent State University William Anderson, Ditmer submitted written materials to the Nomination Committee for the position.  She was selected as one of four semi-finalists and presented a ten-minute speech, as well as respond to questions at the National Assembly of the organization in Washington, D.C. last June. (more…)

Over the next two weekends Wooster will be offering hands-on science experience and events in the form of the second annual Science Day on Saturday, April 17 and the annual Archaeology Day on Saturday, April 24.  These events aim to showcase the sciences to both the campus community and the Wooster public at large.  With a variety of hands-on displays, demonstrations and activities, both events are appropriate for any and all ages; everyone from professors to students to families with children will find these two days a perfect mix of science, fun and education. (more…)