WellesleyWire 4/15/04

Record Number of Applicants Seek Admission to Wellesley -- Applications for admission to Wellesley's Class of 2008 totaled 4,093, up more than 17 percent from last year's record-breaking total. These potential Wellesley women are an impressive and diverse group. They are citizens of 59 nations and hail from 48 States plus the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Next week, several hundred newly admitted students and their family members will come to Wellesley for Spring Open Campus (4/21-4/22), two days of class visits, campus tours, panel discussions, overnights in the residence halls (students only) and more.

In her letter to the newly admitted students, Dean of Admission Jennifer Desjarlais noted the depth and breadth of experience they bring: “The quality of the admitted students is outstanding, including a student who trains monkeys with a program to assist the disabled, a city youth commissioner, an Irish step dancer, athletes (including gymnasts, wrestlers, ice skaters, a rodeo champion and a curler), an inventor who patented a water filtration system, a participant in Civil War reenactments, scientists who conduct research for NASA and in biochemistry and neurology labs, a juggler, a hula dancer, an origami artist, U.S. Senate interns, marathoners, Junior Classical League winners, a translator of Chinese poetry and a tutor who started an SAT prep course for disadvantaged students.” The deadline for notification of enrollment is
May 1.

Noted Author Toni Morrison will Deliver 2004 Commencement Address -- Noted author Toni Morrison has been selected to address the Class of 2004 at Wellesley’s 126th Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 28. The author of eight novels, Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. In keeping with tradition, Sarah Rogan, president of the senior class, announced the selection to her classmates at a reception on March 4.

More information, including a link to Commencement activities, can be found at http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2004/030504.html

Banner Year for Wellesley in National Fellowship Competitions -- 2003-2004 has been a banner year for Wellesley alumnae and students in national fellowship competitions. In addition to the Rhodes and Marshall Scholars announced in previous issues of WellesleyWire, two seniors have been awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships for a year of postgraduate independent study while traveling outside the United States. Catherine Brinkley, who is majoring in biological sciences and Russian and hopes one day to be a veterinarian, will study zoo architecture and its influence on conservation in Madagascar, South Africa, and Ukraine. Anna Kurien, an English and French cultural studies major who plans to be an international human rights lawyer, will travel to Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, and Guadeloupe in pursuit of her study of Creole in the Caribbean.

Earlier this week, Jennifer Yum, a junior majoring in history and international relations, was named a Beinecke Scholar, the first Wellesley student to receive this award. The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides generous financial support for the graduate education of "young men and women of exceptional promise" who plan to attend graduate school in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

To read more about these remarkable Wellesley women, visit:
Marshall: http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2003/112403.html
Rhodes: http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2003/112503.html
Watson: http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2004/040504.html

Shakespeare Marathon is One for the Record Books -- More than 150 people from Wellesley College and the surrounding community joined the Shakespeare Society in a marathon reading of the entire works of William Shakespeare – each play, poem and sonnet – in less than 24 hours (22 hours and 5 minutes to be exact). The mid-February event, which concluded with a dramatic reading of "Hamlet," captured the attention of people all over the world. More than 140 media outlets ran stories about the event, with newspapers, radio and TV stations from Cleveland to Calcutta picking up Associated Press articles or producing their own stories.

More info at http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2004/021704.html





	~Wellesley Wire - 2004~

	Wellesley Wire April 15, 2004 Record Number of Applicants Seek Admission to Wellesley Noted Author Toni Morrison will Deliver 2004 Commencement Address Banner Year for Wellesley in National Fellowship Competitions Shakespeare Marathon is One for the Record Books Record Number of Applicants Seek Admission to Wellesley -- Applications for admission to Wellesley's Class of 2008 totaled 4,093, up more than 17 percent from last year's record-breaking total. These potential Wellesley women are an impressive and diverse group. They are citizens of 59 nations and hail from 48 States plus the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Next week, several hundred newly admitted students and their family members will come to Wellesley for Spring Open Campus (4/21-4/22), two days of class visits, campus tours, panel discussions, overnights in the residence halls (students only) and more. In her letter to the newly admitted students, Dean of Admission Jennifer Desjarlais noted the depth and breadth of experience they bring: “The quality of the admitted students is outstanding, including a student who trains monkeys with a program to assist the disabled, a city youth commissioner, an Irish step dancer, athletes (including gymnasts, wrestlers, ice skaters, a rodeo champion and a curler), an inventor who patented a water filtration system, a participant in Civil War reenactments, scientists who conduct research for NASA and in biochemistry and neurology labs, a juggler, a hula dancer, an origami artist, U.S. Senate interns, marathoners, Junior Classical League winners, a translator of Chinese poetry and a tutor who started an SAT prep course for disadvantaged students.” The deadline for notification of enrollment is May 1. Noted Author Toni Morrison will Deliver 2004 Commencement Address -- Noted author Toni Morrison has been selected to address the Class of 2004 at Wellesley’s 126th Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 28. The author of eight novels, Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. In keeping with tradition, Sarah Rogan, president of the senior class, announced the selection to her classmates at a reception on March 4. More information, including a link to Commencement activities, can be found at http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2004/030504.html Banner Year for Wellesley in National Fellowship Competitions -- 2003-2004 has been a banner year for Wellesley alumnae and students in national fellowship competitions. In addition to the Rhodes and Marshall Scholars announced in previous issues of WellesleyWire, two seniors have been awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships for a year of postgraduate independent study while traveling outside the United States. Catherine Brinkley, who is majoring in biological sciences and Russian and hopes one day to be a veterinarian, will study zoo architecture and its influence on conservation in Madagascar, South Africa, and Ukraine. Anna Kurien, an English and French cultural studies major who plans to be an international human rights lawyer, will travel to Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, and Guadeloupe in pursuit of her study of Creole in the Caribbean. Earlier this week, Jennifer Yum, a junior majoring in history and international relations, was named a Beinecke Scholar, the first Wellesley student to receive this award. The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides generous financial support for the graduate education of "young men and women of exceptional promise" who plan to attend graduate school in the arts, humanities and social sciences. To read more about these remarkable Wellesley women, visit: Marshall: http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2003/112403.html Rhodes: http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2003/112503.html Watson: http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2004/040504.html Shakespeare Marathon is One for the Record Books -- More than 150 people from Wellesley College and the surrounding community joined the Shakespeare Society in a marathon reading of the entire works of William Shakespeare – each play, poem and sonnet – in less than 24 hours (22 hours and 5 minutes to be exact). The mid-February event, which concluded with a dramatic reading of "Hamlet," captured the attention of people all over the world. More than 140 media outlets ran stories about the event, with newspapers, radio and TV stations from Cleveland to Calcutta picking up Associated Press articles or producing their own stories. More info at http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2004/021704.html Back to top Back to the Wellesley Wire Homepage

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