NEWS AND EVENTS AT VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE  // January 13, 2017
New Mural in Batten Student Center a Historic Selfie
Marlin Mural Team
"I wanted it to be something that represented the idea of the liberal arts and VWC," says senior art and psychology major Caitlyn Hogge, whose winning mural design graces a large wall in the Marlin Grill. "I thought it was important to choose people who were diverse."

"Seflie" is the fitting title of the work, which features likenesses of musician Bob Marley, Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi, silver screen icon Marilyn Monroe, Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo taking a group selfie.
    
The mural took several weeks for the Marlin Mural Team to complete beginning in November. The idea to place a student-designed mural in that location came from Jason Seward, Dean of Freshmen and Director of the Batten Center, who worked with Batten Associate Professor of Art John Rudel and students in Rudel's ART 406 Drawing/Painting Lab course on the project. Students presented proposals based on a prospectus to a committee of students, faculty and administrators. More
 
Grand Opening for Center for Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning (INTEL)  
New space in the Batten Center provides opportunities for technological innovation and wireless collaboration More

Congratulations to December Graduates  
Recognition ceremony welcomes 37 graduates as new Marlin alumni More

VWC and YMCA of South Hampton Roads Break Ground for New Facility
The new 6,000 square-foot partnership facility is scheduled for completion by May 2017 More

Expanding NATO-ACT Partnership Enhances VWC's Role in Global Community 
Irene Bargueno '16 served as VWC's first intern for the NATO-ACT Innovation Hub More  
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 16 at VWC
The College's Fourth Annual MLK Jr. Day of Service features service activities for families along with members of the neighborhood at Heritage United Methodist Church from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Also, the College's Center for the Study of Religious Freedom presents "Is There a Promised Land?: Exhaustion in a Post-MLK World," a discussion moderated by Barbara Hamm Lee, Host of Another View on WHRV 89.5 FM, from 7-8:30 p.m. in Boyd Dining Hall. More
VWC News & Media     
NEWS:
VWC Approved to Offer Graduate and Online Programs; Canine Comfort on Campus During Final Exams; Virginia Wesleyan Named a River Star Business; Professor Craig Wansink to Receive Humanitarian Award; College Mourns Passing of Sara Miller Boyd. More

MEDIA: 
VWC Will Add Five to Hall of Fame ; TNCC and Virginia Wesleyan Sign Agreement ; VWC Breaks Ground on New Facility with YMCA ; Stressed about Finals? Pet this Therapy Dog at Virginia Wesleyan; VWC Presents 10-Year Master Plan to Virginia Beach City Council; Virginia Wesleyan Wants More Students, It's Part of the Master Plan ; Virginia Wesleyan Adds Master's Programs and Online ; Virginia Wesleyan Senior Selected as Prestigious Schwarzman Scholar.

Upcoming Events
VWC Inaugural Spring Alumni Weekend: April 7-8, 2017 
Mark your calendars and make plans now to attend! Highlights include: 
  • Class of 1992, 25th Anniversary Milestone Scroll Signing
  • VWC Marlin Softball Team's annual Strike Out Cancer Event
  • Seafood Party in the Dell, A Wesleyan Tradition
  • Athletic Contests and Alumni Game
  • Greer Environmental Science Center tours, our newest state-of-the-art facility
Thank You for Helping VWC Students "Make a Life" in 2016!
 
Thank you to alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends who made gifts to The Excellence Fund in 2016. Winston Churchill said: "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." Your contributions help our graduates "make a living" by providing them with valuable academic experiences that prepare them for the future. Of equal importance, they also demonstrate to our students that we "make a life" by what we give. If you didn't have the opportunity to make a tax-deductible contribution to The Excellence Fund before December 31 in support of academic initiatives, library and technology resources, student life and athletics, you may do so in 2017!
Visit www.vwc.edu/giveonline to make your gift today. You may also view The Wesleyan Society listing of leadership donors here.





 






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