Thousands of parents, students and alumni are expected to gather this weekend for graduation activities. Daily Herald reports.
Senior Ben Shivers is a 2008-2009 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship award recipient, and will spend the next year living and working in Germany.
Defensive end Andy Studebaker is drafted to the NFL. Additional stories by: CBS2 Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Sports Illustrated, Peoria Journal-Star, Gatehouse News Service, and PhiladelphiaEagles.com.
CBS 2 Chicago interviews brothers Chris '05 and Andrew Ewert '09 about their modified hybrid car.
Daily Herald covers the College's 3rd annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle Expo held on Earth Day.
Wheaton College students were among the 35 people who slept outside and ate a meager diet as part of the Orphan for a Night event, a three-day simulation aimed at raising awareness of the plight of orphans around the world.
Alumnus Mark Barry Metherell '91 was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Learn more about Mark on the Thunder athletics site .
The New York Times reports on how food plays a role in college decisions. Wheaton is noted as one of the nation’s colleges offering innovative dining hall fare. Find out more about Wheaton's food service provider Bon Appetit.
Wheaton's Buswell Memorial Library shares news on open access, and spiritual formation in the library.
Washington Post takes a look at what a visit from Pope Benedict XVI means for the three-quarters of Americans who aren't Roman Catholics. Theology Professor Tim Larsen is quoted.
The Chronicle of Higher Education includes Wheaton in its mention of colleges who offer women-only work-out times.
2002 alum Joseph Clair is the first Wheatie to be awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranks Wheaton College #12 among private liberal arts colleges.
New research by Prof. Dean Arnold and The Field Museum is featured in the following:
- Wheaton Sun
-National Geographic
-The New York Times
-Chicago Tribune
-Reuters
-Archaeology
-United Press International
-LiveScience
-Science Daily
-About.com
The Wall Street Journal highlights a new cancer study being led by surgeon David Sugarbaker ’75. Note: This link requires a subscription log in.
Wheaton is included in the Peace Corps' Top Colleges and Universities 2008 list, released January 16. See the list here.
Check out the new Thunder website for the latest highlights and updates on Wheaton athletics.
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