The results for the SGA elections with the highest voter turnout in recent history were announced at midnight on Wednesday, April 9 at the midnight brunch in Emerson dining hall. In total 806 students participated with 260 participating from the class of 2011, 229 from the class of 2010, 161 from the class of 2009, and 156 from the class of 2008.
Student Financial Services announced last week that, starting next year, students' federal Stafford and PLUS loans, which are currently offered through private lenders, will switch to Direct Lending (DL) from the federal government. The change will affect students' loans by shifting from the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) to the Federal Direct Student Loan program.
One thousand four hundred-seventy acceptance letters were mailed to the future class of 2012 on March 26. This number is virtually the same as last year's total, with only "hair-splitting differences," said Vice President and Dean of Admission Gail Berson.
While organizers, Karen Carpenter, Administrative Assistant of Academic Advising, and Adena Spadaro '10 worked on Wheaton's 17th annual Academic Festival for a month and a half, the 169 students and one Teaching Assistant who shared their projects during the festival had been working for much longer.
The self-proclaimed "underdogs" of the campaigns, Austin Simko '09 and Leo Gayne '10 will serve as SGA President and Vice President for the 2008-2009 academic year after running on a platform of "Inclusiveness, Experience and Competence." The President and Vice President-elect recently sat down with News Editor Meghan Smith '09 to discuss their goals for next year and what students can expect from SGA next year.
About 400 students, faculty and staff members gathered in Haas Field House last weekend, April 4 and April 5, for Wheaton's 6th annual Relay for Life. Event organizers said that this year's relay, the first held in Haas, raised over $25,000 for the American Cancer Society.
The Black Student Association strives to bring a sense of solidarity to those who identify themselves as students of color. At the same time, it attempts to reach out to the Wheaton community in its entirety as a source and forum to learn, discuss, explore and experience all that addresses, affects and celebrates what club President Cheryl Moskowitz '08 terms the community of color.
Plaintiff in study abroad suit asks for dismissal James Brady, the plaintiff and lawyer in the suit against Wheaton for its study abroad billing practices, filed a motion on Friday for the suit's dismissal from the Attleboro District Court. In his motion to dismiss, Brady said that he originally filed the suit in Attleboro because Wheaton is under that court's jurisdiction, but he would like to re-file the suit in the Plymouth County court where he and daughter Jennifer Bombasaro-Brady '08 live.