HEADLINERS
Merry Christmas from the Wheaton College Parents Program!
We are praying for your students as they travel and hope that your time with them will be blessed.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Final Exams (Fall Semester) |
December 17-20, 2007 |
Christmas Break |
December 21, 2007- January 13, 2008 |
Spring Break |
March 8-16, 2008 |
Commencement/Alumni Weekend |
May 9-11, 2008 |
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Recognize Your Graduating Senior with a Parent Tribute
The Wheaton College yearbook, the Tower, would like to offer you the chance to honor your graduating senior in our Parent Tributes section of the yearbook. Inserts start at $100 and include any pictures or graphics you submit as well as words of encouragement for your graduating senior.
The deadline for Senior Tributes is approaching quickly! All requests must be submitted by January 15, 2008 to be included in the 2007-2008 yearbook.
In addition, this year we are giving parents the chance to purchase personalization on the front cover of the yearbook for just $5!
Click here for details, pricing and an order form. Please contact us at wheatontower.advertising@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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Consider a Year-End Gift to the Wheaton Fund
Did you know that last year in the month of December alone, Wheaton parents and alumni contributed more than $1.8 million to the unrestricted Wheaton Fund? It was a record breaking December. We count on these gifts to help meet fiscal year goals—but more importantly, to help Wheaton College stand strong in fulfilling it’s nearly 150 year-old mission.
Dr. Litfin wrote in a recent letter to the Wheaton College family, “The content of our curriculum has obviously evolved through the years, but what has not changed is Wheaton’s commitment to Christ and his kingdom. This is what drives our ongoing concern for others, our commitment to academic excellence, and our desire to share the Gospel with a needy world.”
Thank you for your faithful stewardship to the Christ-centered mission of Wheaton College this December. To receive a 2007 tax-deductible receipt when giving by credit card, you may give online at www.wheaton.edu/giving through 11:59pm Monday Dec 31, 2007 or you may phone 1-800-525-9606 with your credit card gift through 5pm (CST) Monday Dec 31, 2007.
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TAKE
NOTE
Financial
Aid
Financial aid application time will be approaching soon. Priority deadline for submission of the FAFSA and institutional application is April 15, 2008. When you complete the 2008-09 FAFSA after January 1, we strongly encourage you to have completed your 2007 IRS 1040 tax form first so the figures used will be accurate. If you complete the FAFSA based on tax estimates, the processor will make the calculations based on estimated figures, but your FAFSA will be selected for verification. This means that a financial aid award cannot be made for your student until the actual 1040 tax forms for parents and students, plus an additional Verification Worksheet, is received in the Financial Aid office and any needed corrections made.
Parents may still apply for a PLUS loan to help with spring term costs for their undergraduate students. Go to the Financial Aid website at www.wheaton.edu/finaid to view details and to print out the form requesting a loan. Complete the form and send it to 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187, or fax it to us: 630.752.5413. If you have questions, contact the Financial Aid office at 800.364.2674, or by e-mail at finaid@wheaton.edu.
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Housing Notes
Campus housing checkout deadline on Friday, December 21 is 12 PM (noon). Students authorized by Residence Life staff may stay until 5 PM. Campus housing reopens on Saturday, January 12 at 1 PM.
The fall semester regular meal plan ends with dinner on Thursday, December 20. The spring semester regular meal plan begins with dinner on Saturday, January 12.
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Student Development News
An Undergraduate Men’s Retreat will be hosted by Rich Powers, Dean of Students on February 8-9, 2008 at the Riverwoods Christian Center in St. Charles, IL. Encourage your son to consider this opportunity to get off campus to build relationships with other Christian men, be involved in a mini-service project, hear from Dr. Robert Gallagher, and have fun!
Cost and Registration Deadlines:
Early Bird Registration: $25.00 (non-refundable) which includes transportation, and meals as well as a memento while they last. Please make your check out to Wheaton College and turn in to the Student Development Office (SSB) by Wednesday, January 23, 2008. After January 23, the registration is $35.00 (non-refundable), and needs to be submitted by Friday, February 1, 2008.
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Wheaton College Bookstore
Textbook Buyback
Did you know the Bookstore buys textbooks back from students at the end each semester - students get extra cash as we build our inventory for the next semester. December 17 – 21 (Finals Week) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
EasyBooks – Textbook buying made easy!
- How does it work?
Go to www.wheatonbooks.com
Click on the blue box about EasyBooks!
Click on your classes and choose the books you want to purchase!
- Why do EasyBooks?
Your order will be available for pick-up beginning January 10th – enjoy Christmas break knowing it is all done!
You get first dibs on used books – save $$!
- Order before Dec. 24th and you are eligible to win FREE textbooks – one student will get all their books FREE!
- When? Available online beginning Friday, Dec. 7th
Final Exams are coming... "Send a Smile" to your Student!
Go to www.wheatonbooks.com – Select Gifts & then Care Packages
Birthday, Congrats, Get Well or Happy Face Balloon Bouquets paired with a gift certificate for $10 or $20; or we will charge a gift certificate towards a bag of $15 worth of munchies to cheer your favorite student. These goodies and a note from you (per your instructions) will be cheerfully assembled. Tax is included in the price. There is a $5.00 fee for delivery to all campus housing. Please provide accurate housing and phone contact information for the student. We require a minimum of 24 hours notice for delivery.
Gift Certificates
Bookstore gift certificates can be used for all the items that we carry at the Bookstore – textbooks, gift items, music, general books, classroom supplies, laundry detergent…. Choose the amount you want loaded on your student’s gift certificate and we can call them to come and pick it up!
ThunderBucks PLUS Give your student more options
ThunderBucks plus can now be used at our Convenience Store in lower Beamer Center. We carry over-the-counter meds for the cold season, hot chocolate, mittens & knit hats, and dorm decorations. It is a great on-campus spot to grab a healthy snack, encourage someone with a Dayspring card, or grab a cake mix and a game to put together a little party!
You can purchase additional ThunderBuck PLUS dollars for your student at www.wheatonbooks.com – (click on Student Life). Please allow one business day to get the card loaded.
ThunderBucks PLUS $$’s roll over every semester until your student graduates and can also be used for meals in the Dining Hall at reduced prices, food at the Stupe Café and Grill, “Fun On The Run” Catering services, and snacks at concessions stands at sporting events.
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Student Health Services
Student Health Services (SHS) is located at the Wyngarden Health Center, located on campus in the “Quad." SHS is available to all students enrolled in classes at Wheaton College, regardless of insurance. Walk-in visits to see a nurse are free of charge. A nurse must be seen before seeing a Medical Provider. There are five Medical Providers available for appointments for a fee of $20.00. Students may also make an appointment to see a licensed, registered dietician. Massage therapy for low cost is available for female students.
SHS hours are Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Nurses are on call all other hours and can be reached for an emergency by dialing Public Safety. Our office will be closed on December 22, 2007 until January 2, 2007 for the holidays. We will reopen January 2, 2008 only for administrative purposes. The clinic will reopen January 14, 2007 with all of our services.
SHS offers a variety of low cost services:
- Laboratory services
- Immunizations
- Prescription medications (after seeing a Medical Provider)
- Allergy immunotherapy (after seeing an allergist)
- Wart Removal
- Loan of medical equipment
- Rapid strep, mono and influenza testing
- Self help table free of charge
- Sport and work physicals
- Medical shuttle (Monday-Friday 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Available now at Student Health Services, students may come in and get their flu shot for only $20.00 (billed to their student account). For more information about the flu (influenza) and the vaccine, access www.cdc.gov/flu.
The second semester online health insurance waiver is available at www.wheaton.edu/healthsvcs. The deadline for submitting the waiver is February 1, 2008. If your student submitted a waiver first semester, it is not necessary to complete one for second semester. Please contact Karen Mulder at 630-752-5573
or Karen.K.Mulder@wheaton.edu if additional information is needed.
For more information please access our website at wheaton.edu/healthsvcs
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GET
CONNECTED
Listen Online
You can see a video rebroadcast over the Internet of the 2007 Wheaton College Christmas Festival featuring music from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music. Check www.wetn.org for program listings.
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Parents in Prayer
If you receive the e-mail notification alert for e-Partnerships,
then you will also receive our Parents in
Prayer list. Parents in Prayer,
a program initiated and supported by the Parents Council,
provides an opportunity for parents to pray more specifically
for the needs of the College. The next issue will be sent on in January.
If
we do not have your e-mail address on file please consider
e-mailing it to us. Along with receiving links to e-Partnerships and Parents
in Prayer, your address will be
added to our emergency distribution list.
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The Artist Series
The Artist Series at Wheaton College 2007-08 season will include performances by Ladysmith Black Mambazo (grammy-award winning group known for their work on Disney's The Lion King and Paul Simon's Graceland album), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman, violinist, and the State Symphony of Mexico - just to name a few.
Tickets are still available! Call 630.752.5010 or visit www.ArtistSeries.org for more information.
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Wheaton's food services provider, BonAppetit, created this 4-foot snowman out of Rice Krispies to bring a bit of Christmas cheer to Anderson Commons. Below it stands a friendly warning that reads: "Dear students: I have come from far away to be with you. Please do not touch me or try to eat me. Just admire my beauty. Thanks. Frosty the Snowman."
This year's creation continues a BonAppetit tradition of displaying edible holiday décor. Frosty is made of 250 pounds of dry cereal and melted marshmallows and is held together with a metal stick that acts as the figure's spine.
Click here to read a local news story about the sculpture.
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