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COVID-19: Wheaton Responds

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COVID-19 has presented significant challenges to our campus, but it can’t quell our Wheaton College spirit. Keep reading for stories of how God is using our community’s experts, helpers, multi-taskers, inspirers, and more, to keep moving forward For Christ and His Kingdom.

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Latest Stories from Wheaton

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Wheaton’s Center for Vocation and Career Creates Innovative mySkills Program to Replace Internships Lost Due to COVID-19

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COVID-19 and Missions Work in Africa: Mutinta Silenga M.A. ’15

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Wheaton College Artist Series to Livestream Events for Free to the Public

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Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute Has Led Evangelical Response to COVID-19

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COVID-19 Through the Eyes of New Hampshire State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan ’02

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Seeking God’s Justice at The Bowery Mission in New York City

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Wheaton College Students Serve One Another With Mastodon Meals

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Getting off the Page with Avery Bright ’10

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Wheaton College Residence Life is Staying on Mission Amid a Pandemic

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You Want Fries with That? Serving 5,000 Student Meals a Day During COVID-19

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A Class on the Plagues Hits Close to Home

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A Better Chicago: COVID-19 and Venture Philanthropy with Christy Barton Joyce ’10, M.A. ’14

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Lexie Goertzen ’10: The Story of a COVID-19 Survivor

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Cancer, Chemotherapy, and Coronavirus at Mayo Clinic: Dr. Matthew Goetz ’92

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Wheaton College (IL) Suspends Test Score Requirement During COVID-19

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COVID19 Profiles

Cherith Lundin

The Educators

Meet the Wheaton professors who are approaching pedagogy differently as a result of COVID-19.

Kent Annan

The Experts

Wheaton faculty experts speak into the situation.

Megan Ruenz

The Helpers

Wheaton staff and faculty who are helping students while staying six feet apart.

Esau McCaulley

The Inspirers

Stories of how the Wheaton Community is offering light and hope in the storm.

The Gibson Family

The Multi-Taskers

Stories of how Wheaton’s faculty and staff are balancing extra demands on work and home life

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The Alumni

Wheaton alumni are stepping up to serve and encourage during this challenging season.

David Iglesias Interviews Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Doug Drevets '80 About COVID19

David Iglesias, Director of the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics and Economics, interviews infectious disease specialist Dr. Doug Drevets '80 about COVID19. Dr. Drevets offers insights from science and faith to inform and encourage during these challenging times.

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The CARES Act May Affect Your Charitable Gift

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) was signed into law by the President on March 27, 2020. It has many significant provisions that affect individuals, charities, and businesses. Read the important points that may affect Wheaton supporters and their charitable giving plans in 2020.

Read More About CARES

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Calm the Tempests Of My Heart performed by the Wheaton College Women's Chorale Virtual Choir

The Wheaton College Women's Chorale created this hauntingly beautiful performance of Calm the Tempests of My Heart, which is composed by Elizabeth Alexander and based on a poem by Søren Kirkegaard.

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Easter Encouragement

Wheaton faculty and staff (and their families and pets) recorded video greetings of encouragement for our students over Easter weekend.

Wheaton Professors Creatively Promote Online Learning

While Wheaton faculty have been working hard to move to online learning, they've also been coming up with creative ways to encourage students about the transition such as making their own "trailers" for upcoming classes.

Watch the Trailers

Dr. Terri Watson

Podcast: Dr. Ed Stetzer interviews Dr. Terri Watson on how to cope with isolation due to COVID-19

Dr. Watson is Dean & Professor of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy at Wheaton College.

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Video to Encourage and Inspire

Check out these Wheaton videos for encouragement, inspiration, and learning during this challenging time.

Watch Videos

Wheaton in the News

September 2, 2020: Reading While Black, Dr. Esau McCaulley's newly released book, was quoted in The New Yorker.

August 30, 2020: Wheaton's Dr. Ed Stetzer is interviewed by the Washington Post about Jerry Falwell Jr's departure from Liberty.

August 20, 2020: Wheaton's Dr. Esau McCaulley writes an op-ed for The New York Times about his wife's work as an essential worker in the military.

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