NEWS AND EVENTS AT VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE  //  APRIL 8, 2016  
 
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 VWC, EVMS  Sign Admission Agreement     
Early Assurance Program creates enhanced opportunity for Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan students to attend graduate school. 
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 College Hosts Model NATO Challenge     
Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan partnered with Norfolk NATO Festival for the annual mock global crisis simulation on March 23. 
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 Works in Progress Returns to Wesleyan        
Faculty and students share work in all stages, focused on women's and gender issues, at regional conference on April 2. 
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 Think Globally, Teach Locally        
College's first Symposium on International Education, held April 1, highlights challenges facing students and educators worldwide. 
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Eric Mazur, Gloria and David Furman Professor of Judaic Studies and Center for the Study of Religious Freedom Fellow, was featured in  on Feb. 22 for a presentation he was scheduled to give March 6 at the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center. His talk was titled "The S.S. Quanza: Jewish Refugees and the Port of Norfolk." Mazur was also a guest on WHRV's talk radio show Another View on April 1, where he and Barbara Hamm Lee discussed "Race, Religion, Relationships and (Hopes for) Redemption." Recreation and Leisure Studies professor Wayne Pollock was a guest on WHRV's HearSay with Cathy Lewis March 23. He discussed the community partnership that  has developed between Westminster-Canterbury, Eastern Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Medical School and VWC as a result of , a recent study of the impact of computer technology among dementia patients. Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan's new EVMS Early Assurance Program was highlighted in the  on March 24. Terry Lindvall, C.S. Lewis Endowed Chair in Communication and Christian Thought, was quoted in an April 4  article about The Babylon Bee, a Christian news satire website described in the article as "The Onion for the godly." 
 
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Alumni News & Events  
Upcoming Events 
Wesleyan Wednesday: Graduation Edition  
 
Wednesday, May 11  
5-8 p.m. ShoreBreak Pizza  2941 Shore Dr., Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Beach
 Come welcome the Class of 2016 to the Marlin Alumni Nation. Drink specials will be offered and food provided.
 
 Save the Dates  Wesleyan Wednesday  Wednesday, August 10
 
  Homecoming & Family Weekend October 7-9  
 
 
2016 Alumni Awards   
Nominations Due May 15 
 
If you know an alumnus or alumna who is doing great things,  him or her for the Distinguished Alumni Award; Alumni Service Award; or  GOLD Award (Graduate of the Last Decade). Nominations due May 15.
 
 Take us to the Top  Increase VWC's national standing with your gift to The Excellence Fund  Did you know that the percentage of alumni who give back to VWC impacts our national rankings in publications like U.S. News & World Report?  It's true. And each time your alma mater is recognized nationally, the  value of your degree increases. Take us to the top of the national  rankings by making a gift today to The Excellence Fund. Whether you give  $5 or $500, all gifts, of all sizes, make a difference. Gifts can be  made online at .      | 
 Class Notes 
George Dow (1975) passed away unexpectedly on March 9. 
  Rod Bennett (1996) was named the 2016 Gloucester Daffodil Festival Print Artist. 
  Vanessa Castaneda (1999) was recently hired as  reservations manager overseeing resort sales at  Palmetto Dunes Resort on  Hilton Head Island. She previously worked for  group manager at Heritage  Golf and has a range of experience in retail,  luxury home building and  golf. A native of Hamden, Connecticut,  Castaneda, her husband, and their  two young daughters, moved to Hilton  Head Island from Michigan.
  Thomas Taylor (2000),   the Superintendent of Middlesex County Public Schools, was named   Regional Superintendent of the Year for Region III, which is comprised   of school divisions spanning from Gloucester to Fredericksburg in   Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ.
  Dr. Adam Rosenbaum (2002) published his first book,  (Cambridge University Press, February  2016). He is an assistant   professor at Colorado Mesa University and received his Ph.D. from Emory.
  Erica (Clarke) Tachoir (2005) married Evan  Tachoir on March 5 in Harrisonburg, Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ.  She is the  director of  Career Services and instructor of communication at The  Pennsylvania  State University, Greater Allegheny Campus. Her husband is  a recording  artist and battle rapper. The newlyweds honeymooned in Las  Vegas. 
  Ali Southard (2008) was selected as Teacher of the Year at Flat Rock Elementary School in Powhatan County, Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ, where she's taught for four years. She will soon be interviewed by the district superintendent in consideration for Countywide Teacher of the Year.   |   
 
 
 
 
 
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