Wang
Campus Center Opens to Rave Reviews -- Although
part of the building was open at the start
of the semester, the grand opening celebration
of the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center was held
October 21, the start of Family & Friends
Weekend. On a beautiful fall day, approximately
4,000 people -- students, family, friends,
faculty, staff, trustees, and special guests
-- enjoyed the festivities, which included
performances by students and staff, building
tours by architect Mack Scogin, and an array
of delicious foods. The building buzzes with
activity every day, from morning until the
wee hours of the night.
The
building received a very positive review by The
Boston Globe's Pulitzer
Prize-winning architecture
critic Robert Campbell. Campbell calls the campus center "beautiful,
thoughtful, well-made architecture." He clearly
understands the building's role on the campus and in
the College's history -- that this College and this
campus are designed differently than many of our peers.
He writes, "But the maze-like interior is well
suited to the building's purposes. Wang is not a building
you can take in all at once. It is a building you must
explore, the way you explore a landscape. The savvy
student will become an inside dopester. She will know
where in Wang you go to hide out, where you go to socialize,
where to sit and admire the best view, where to find
a beer or a sandwich. In that way, she'll make it her
own. Wang belongs to the exploring, colonizing student,
not to a central bureaucracy." He concludes by
dubbing the campus center, "one of the best recent
buildings in New England. Go treat yourself to a cappuccino
and a lakeside walk."
Campbell's
review can be found online at www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/11/13/center_of_attention_on_a_centerless_campus/
The online link may only be "live" for a
limited time.
The
forthcoming issue of Wellesley, the
alumnae magazine, will include a major feature, with
beautiful photographs, on the campus center.
Tanner
Conference Brings Home a World of Learning -- On
November 1, Wellesley's fifth annual Tanner
Conference featured panels and presentations
by several hundred students and young alumnae
who shared their off-campus learning experiences
-- internships, student teaching, service learning,
independent research -- with the campus community.
Topics varied from "Ice Cream vs. Gelato," which
explored cultural prejudices and differences,
to "Ex-Offenders and the Homeless: Voices
of the Forgotten," a panel of students
who shared their experiences working with the
homeless population and others on the outskirts
of society while at a Boston shelter.
Thanks to the generosity of alumnae and friends, Wellesley
was able to provide 300 paid internships for students
who worked in 32 countries during the summer.
The
Tanner Conference program, with descriptions of the
presentations and information about off-campus
learning experiences, is online at http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/Tanner2005/TannerProgram2005.pdf.
President
Walsh Profiled in the Boston Business Journal-- President
Diana Chapman Walsh was the featured executive profile
in this week's edition of the Boston Business Journal.
Entitled "Leading by Listening: Wellesley College's
Walsh deploys collaborative style in tackling divisive
issues," the profile captures and conveys the
essence of President Walsh's leadership style and philosophy.
Trustees John Clarkeson and Pamela Melroy '83 are quoted
as is College Government President Lindsey Boylan '06.
"Walsh
has been dynamic in the last 12 years as she strengthened
the school's liberal arts core
and completed a record-breaking capital campaign," writes
journalist Tom Witkowski. "At the same time, she
is almost universally characterized as an 'engaging'
leader who listens to all perspectives. She then moves
forward decisively, usually backed by those disparate
voices."
The
full article is available, for a limited time, on
the Boston Business Journal's
Web site.
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