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Big Turnout for Homecoming
  
Tradition, togetherness, and team spirit were front and center during   Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan's 2018 Homecoming and Family Weekend. Marlins came   home October 5-7 to celebrate the University with three days of events. View the photo gallery and read all about the big weekend.     
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Focus on Faculty:   
Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson
  
Associate Professor of Biology and Director of Winter and Summer Sessions at VWU feels most at home on campus in a lab in the Greer Environmental Sciences Center. Her love of teaching and mentoring students shines through all she does.     
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Lifelong Learning Institute Offers Variety of Courses this Fall 
  
The adventure of learning continues at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, a Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Beach life-care community for active  retirees. This fall, members can once again engage in Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan course offerings in religion, history, political science, and  more through the Westminster/Wesleyan Lifelong Learning Institute.    
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Congressional Candidates  Speak at VWU in October 
Congressional candidate Elaine Luria and Congressman Scott Taylor visit Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan in October to meet members of the VWU  community, deliver remarks, and answer questions. The visits were coordinated by Wesleyan Engaged and the Departments of Political Science  and Recreation and Leisure Studies in an effort to prepare students for election day on November 6.    
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October 5 Declared as Energy Efficiency Day at Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan
  
President Scott D. Miller declared October 5  at Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ. VWU joins dozens of cities, states,  companies, and government agencies nationwide in this effort, but is  only the second college or university in the country-the first in the  Commonwealth-to make this proclamation for 2018.    
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Newly Released Book Co-edited by Professor Kathy Merlock Jackson Includes Chapters Written by VWU Professors 
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers have announced that "Shapers  of American Childhood," a book of essays on visionaries from L. Frank  Baum to Dr. Spock to J.K. Rowling, is new on bookshelves. Several members of the Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan faculty-including Kathy Merlock Jackson, Kathy Stolley, Susan Larkin and Lisa Lyon Payne-have written chapters in the book. 
  
 
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In the Media 
President Scott D. Miller's monthly guest column, "," in 
The Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµn-Pilot; Cameron Evans '21 interviewed for PBS News Hour's ";" Chris Taylor '06 featured on pilotonline.com in the article ";" Freshman Sarah Stermer 's feature "," appeared in Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly.
  
 
 
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Fall For Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan    
There's no better time to support Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan students than right now! Just as the leaves turn colors, we turn to our community of alumni, parents, and friends to support students through gifts to . The Excellence Fund helps to provide students with high-impact academic and student life programs, annual scholarships, and opportunities in undergraduate research, internships, and study-away courses. It's your turn to be a part of this incredible time at VWU. Fall for Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Wesleyan and to The Excellence Fund today.   
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 Campus Events
  
 Through November 2 Neil Britton Art Gallery Exhibition    Diane Edison: Black and White    October 15-16 Fall Break     October 18 Congressman Scott Taylor
  October 18 The Creativity Workshop: Identity     October 24-28 The Tempest by William Shakespeare   October 25 On Deck Speaker Series: Doug Seroff
  October 25 The American Civil Rights Movement and the Women Who Started It
  October 27 One Love Festival
 
 
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Wesleyan to Host Scholarship Fair October 13 
Scholarship Sharing, a nonprofit dedicated to connecting Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ  students to resources for funding higher education, will host its  at Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ on October 13 from 12-5 p.m. in the Jane P. Batten Student Center. 
 
 Students of all ages are welcome for presentations on finding and  applying for scholarships and federal aid. Free professional headshots will be offered for portfolios and  scholarship applications. 
 General admission is free and tickets will be available at the door,  but pre-registration is recommended to avoid lines. Register today at . 
  
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VWU Photo Galleries 
  
Check out the latest campus happenings in our . View photos from recent events like Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018 and much more. 
 
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Your Chance to Connect with President Miller   
      
  
VWU alumni from cities around the country connect with Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ  Wesleyan University President Scott D. Miller on his travels through a  series of special events.   
View upcoming Presidential events . For more information or to schedule an event in your area, please email alumni@vwu.edu or call 757.233.8786. 
 
 
 
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