Michael S. Roth became Wesleyan University’s 16th president on July 1, 2007.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2008
We just returned this weekend from a week visiting Kari’s family in Norway. Here’s a glimpse of what we saw as dusk settled in around midnight. It grew lighter by 1 AM.
It feels good to be back home on campus. The fields at Long Lane are busy with football and lacrosse practices from the high [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2008
Although I am far from Middletown on a family vacation, I had to share the news of last night’s Wesleyan successes at the Tony awards. Jeffrey Richards ‘69 was a producer of “August: Osage County,” a family drama. The play already received a Pulitzer prize and won five Tonys, including “Best Play.”
“In the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2008
Last night in Washington, D.C., more than 150 Wesleyan alumni and parents gathered together to catch up with old friends, reminisce about college days, and hear from this not-so-new president about what’s been happening on campus. Although hopes for a cool June evening had given way to the reality of a scorching heat wave stretching [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2008
After the frenzy of activity over the last month, the campus is oddly quiet. As I stroll across Andrus Field I expect to greet students heading to class, or going for coffee and conversation at the Usdan Center. Instead, I am more likely to run into a lone jogger or a dog walker taking in [...]