the wheaton year in ideas
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This viewbook for Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts shares facts and general knowledge about the College as well as 17 unique and innovative ideas connected to the student experience.TRANSCRIPT
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General Knowledge about Wheaton
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The Wheaton Edge Our Guarantee to Every Student
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Specific Facts about Our Academic Experience,
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The Year in Ideas
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Helpful Information about Admission and Financial Aid, plus a Sketch of Life after Wheaton
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Brought to you by 1,600 students and 150 professors who don’t take anything for granted,
love a good debate and believe, really believe, that some of the most important, unexpected,
possibly world-changing ideas can come from a liberal arts college on a 400-acre campus set
between Boston and Providence.
The Wheaton Year in Ideas
(Pleasingly Controversial)
General Knowledgeabout Wheaton4
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1,600 students
39 states 72 countries15–20 students
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Nearly $1.2 million dedicated annually tostudent research, travel and internships
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scholarships and fellowships (Rhodes, Fulbright, etc.) won by students since 2000
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21 NCAA Division III athletic teams
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59 Minors
Network of 15,000 graduates across the country and around the world
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General Knowledgeabout Wheaton4
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1,600 students
39 states 72 countries15–20 students
in the average class
Nearly $1.2 million dedicated annually tostudent research, travel and internships
student-runclubs andOrganizations
scholarships and fellowships (Rhodes, Fulbright, etc.) won by students since 2000
80+ study abroad programs
600
cour
ses
11 to 1 student
to faculty ratio
21 NCAA Division III athletic teams
35%of students
receive scholarships for academic merit
205+
97%success rate
for graduatessix months out
Founded:
183447 majors
59 Minors
Network of 15,000 graduates across the country and around the world
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The Wheaton Edge is our guarantee
that you and every student will
have the opportunity for a funded
internship, research position or
experiential learning opportunity
before your senior year. It’s also the
personalized support from professors
and staff, our distinctive Connections
curriculum that links the liberal arts to
the world, and the power we give you
and your fellow students to shape
campus life and develop leadership
skills. Our students do all sorts of
exciting things—from working at major
investment firms and Fortune 500
companies to assisting on independent
film projects and teaching English
to high school students in Rwanda.
We can’t wait to see what you will do with the Wheaton Edge.
OUR GUARANTEE
to you and every student
Our most recent graduates, the classes of 2014 and 2015,
are a perfect example. Six months after graduation,
97 percent of these graduates had found their first job,
enrolled in graduate school, begun a fellowship or
pursued an experience in public service.
SUCCESS RATE
OUR GUARANTEE
to you and every student
”96% Success Rate
Data based on a knowledge rate of 76 percent for the classes of 2014 and 2015
97% Success Rate
Specific
Factsabout Our
Academic Experience, the Campus
and the Region
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African, African American, Diaspora Studies
American Studies
Ancient Studies
Anthropology
Art History
Astronomy and Physics
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biology
Business and Management
Chemistry
Classical Civilization
Classics
Computer Science
Creative Writing and Literature
Economics
Education
English
Environmental Science
Film and New Media Studies
French Studies
German
German Studies
Greek
Hispanic Studies
History
International Relations
Italian Studies
Latin
Mathematics
Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics and Economics
Music
Neuroscience
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Russian Language and Literature
Russian Studies
Sociology
Studio Art
Theatre and Dance Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
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CONNECTIONS Students choose sets of two
or three courses of interest, often from very different
disciplines, organized around a common theme,
e.g., Biology and Art, Politics and the Environment,
Psychology and Business, New Media and Society.
This part of our curriculum promotes critical
thinking and out-of-the-box problem-solving skills—
vital in today’s dynamic and complex world.
FIRST-YEAR SEMINARS One of the
first courses you’ll take, and a foundation for the
academic experience to come: feisty, deep-thinking,
wide-ranging, head-spinning. Examples: “The
Economics of Sports,” “Visualizing Circus:
From Freaks and Geeks to Cirque du Soleil,”
“1968: The Year the World Exploded,” “The Selfie
and More (Much More),” “The Rituals of Dinner,”
“Storytelling Through Google Maps” and
“A More Sour Pang: The Psychology of Illness.”
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS A few of
the many ways to extend your Wheaton experience:
semester-long programs at other institutions,
which could involve field research, an internship,
travel, intensive creative work or celestial navigation.
Examples: the Marine Biological Laboratory at
Woods Hole, the National Theater Institute at the
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the Salt Institute
for Documentary Studies, the Washington Semester
at American University and the Williams-Mystic
Maritime Studies Program. Wheaton is also a member
of the Twelve College Exchange Program, which
allows students to spend their junior year at one of the
other member schools, including Amherst, Bowdoin,
Wellesley and Wesleyan.
To learn more, go to: wheatoncollege.edu/academics.
MAJORS AND MINORS 47 majors and 59
minors? Isn’t that rather ambitious for a liberal arts
college with 1,600 students? It is, it is. You can also
design your own major, take a dual-degree program
with another fine school, or cross-register for courses
at Brown, in nearby Providence. For much more, go
to wheatoncollege.edu and click through Academics.
Animal Behavior
Asian Studies
Astronomy
Community Health
Dance
Development Studies
Environmental Studies
Jewish Studies
Journalism Studies
Additional Minors
Latin American Studies
Legal Studies
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Peace and Social Justice
Public Health Science
Public Policy Studies
Statistics
Urban Studies
RESEARCH All of our resources are designed
to help you do it; our faculty actually sit around and
think of cutting-edge projects that require collabo-
ration with students; and once you do it, it leads to
more, and then to graduate school, and then to other
inspiring places. A few recent faculty-student projects
offered through our Wheaton Research Partnerships:
• Analyzing Ethiopian Visual Culture: Monuments, Murals and Museums
• Cognitive Effects of Video Game Play
• A Development Critique of Micro-Enterprise
• Mining Memory: Reimagining Self and Nation Through Narratives of Childhood in Peru
•Effect of Panax notoginseng on Angiogenesis, the Growth of Blood Vessels
• Filmmaking Assistantship
• Probing Accretion Physics Near Black Holes and Neutron Stars
• The Nature of Obesity Prejudice
• Legitimate Lies and Forbidden Truths
• Religious Devotion and Monumental Transformation in Nepal
INTERNSHIPS Every student has the
opportunity to do at least one with funding from
the college. Some are paid positions, some involve
research or fieldwork, some are in other parts of
the world, many lead to jobs or to a full-scale
reimagining of what your life might look like.
A few recent examples: William J. Clinton Foundation,
Child Family Health International, Department of
Homeland Security, HBO and the Raptor Trust.
GLOBAL EDUCATION About half of our
students study abroad. Our Center for Global
Education offers access to more than 80 specialized,
intensive study abroad programs (i.e., not cleverly
disguised excuses to be a tourist) on nearly every
continent. The center also sponsors Wheaton-
only initiatives like our one-of-a-kind program in
Bhutan, plus short-term, faculty-led programs;
recent examples include Innovative Music
Traditions of Trinidad and Tobago , Tropical Field
Biology in Costa Rica and Belize, and Arts in Ireland.
For more, go to: wheatoncollege.edu/global.
MARSHALL CENTER FOR INTER- CULTURAL LEARNING A resource for
anyone who believes that understanding other
cultures is essential to a liberal arts education—
which we’re hoping is everyone. The center sponsors
cultural events and offers workshops, academic and
career advising, and a genuine sense of community.
THE CAMPUS It’s lovely. Red brick buildings,
grassy lawns (including the Dimple, a unique
landmark in the heart of the campus),
public art, Peacock Pond and 300 acres of
woodlands. Most students live on campus, so it feels
family-ish. When people come here for the first time,
they say things like, “This just feels right,” or, “I feel at
home here,” or, “What in the world is a Cowduck?”
(Answer: That’s the name of our longtime resident
duck, who was white with black spots resembling
those of a cow and is memorialized with a student-
created bronze sculpture on Peacock Pond.)
ACTIVITIES More than 100 student-run
clubs and organizations; a student-run coffee-
house (The Lyon’s Den); regular concerts by student
and national bands; monthly campus-wide
throw-downs, often sponsored by a club (e.g., the
Antiquities Club hosted a Toga Dance); a popular
Drag Show; a thriving chapter of the Roosevelt
Institute, a national think tank—so, yes, we’re active.
Special note: Our a cappella groups have a stupefying
amount of social capital. Midnight initiation ceremonies,
complicated nicknames, feverish crowds at their
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ATHLETICS Our varsity teams win NEWMAC
and ECAC and national championships (recent stand-
outs: baseball, lacrosse, softball, soccer, track and field),
our entire program is nationally recognized, and in
the past decade hundreds of our student-athletes
have been All-Americans. Our student-initiated,
student-run club sports (recent examples: men’s
and women’s rugby, men’s and women’s ice hockey,
fencing) offer spirited intercollegiate competition, and
our intramural program is wildly popular. Through
the magic of the Web, you can learn much more.
Go to: wheatoncollege.edu/athletics.
NCAA Division III Athletic Teams
Baseball (M)
Basketball (W, M)
Cross Country (W, M)
Field Hockey (W)
Lacrosse (W, M)
Soccer (W, M)
Softball (W)
Swimming and Diving (W, M)
Synchronized Swimming (W)
Tennis (W, M)
Track and Field (W, M)
Volleyball (W)
NORTON, MASS. Norton is a town in the sense
that 20,000 people, a traditional New England town
common, a post office, three drugstores, a handful of
other stores and an excellent liberal arts college make
a town. It’s in an undiscovered part of Massachusetts,
20 miles from Providence (in Rhode Island), 35 miles
from Boston, and close to several well-resourced
suburbs (Moroccan food, Thai food, public transpor-
tation to the cities). It’s not in the middle of nowhere;
it’s in the middle of somewhere very, very important.
BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE Let us
merely hint at the magnificent things you will find
in these two cities, both of which are historic and
walkable and lovable yet also forward-looking and
complex and endlessly new. Boston: the North
End, the Museum of Fine Arts, Quincy Market,
Fenway Park, Newbury Street, the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, the Swan Boats, and 250,000 people
in college. Providence: a general feeling of friendly
hipness, several nationally renowned restaurants,
many locally beloved restaurants, a lot of startup
ventures in the arts, new media and high technology,
plus many more people in college.
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The Year in ideas
The On-CampusFARMERS MARKET
Doing Something AmazingAFTER GRADUATION
GETTING READYfor What Comes Next POTATO TACOS
Throwing an ACADEMIC FESTIVALTHEMED LIVING
10-MINUTE PLAYS
MAKING SPACEto Make Whatever We Can Imagine
CHANGINGTHE WORLD
right now
Crowding into an Of�ce to Talk about
NATIONALISM and MARGINALIZATION
Building the FUTURE OF SCIENCE
Someone had an IDEA ABOUT IDEAS
and then this happened
Parodying aMAJOR REGATTA
KEY TO THEKINGDOM
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PLAYING SOCCERon a World Stage
BUSINESSof the Future
Building DEMOCRACYby Being LITERARY
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The Year in ideas
The On-CampusFARMERS MARKET
Doing Something AmazingAFTER GRADUATION
GETTING READYfor What Comes Next POTATO TACOS
Throwing an ACADEMIC FESTIVALTHEMED LIVING
10-MINUTE PLAYS
MAKING SPACEto Make Whatever We Can Imagine
CHANGINGTHE WORLD
right now
Crowding into an Of�ce to Talk about
NATIONALISM and MARGINALIZATION
Building the FUTURE OF SCIENCE
Someone had an IDEA ABOUT IDEAS
and then this happened
Parodying aMAJOR REGATTA
KEY TO THEKINGDOM
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Students wanted one, students
organized one, and now it’s a weekly
event. Held on the Dimple (our quad)
in spring and fall and in the Balfour-
Hood Center in winter. Featuring
fresh fruits and vegetables, artisanal
cheeses, herbs, breads and pastries,
all grown or made by local farmers
or bakers or cheesemongers and
so on. Also featuring dishes
prepared on site by AfterTaste,
the student-run slow food group.
FARMERSMARKET
The On-Campus
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In each one of our 17 student-run
theme houses, students with shared
interests (world health, outdoor
education, sustainability) cook and do
chores and generally live like real
people in a house. Rosemary Liss (with
the lovely orange scarf, at a shared
meal at ECCO House) stayed in the
House of the Living Arts for three
years. “We do a lot of cooking together,
which turns out to be a huge benefit.
It’s a way of spending quality time
with friends. And there are bigger
social and cultural meanings to meals,
too, which I discovered in a First-Year
Seminar called ‘The Rituals of Dinner.’
Wheaton is all about going at subjects
from different perspectives.”
THEMED LIVING
On a spring afternoon, the campus
stops, and dozens of students present
research or creative work on which
they’ve labored for many months.
There’s a festival-like feeling in the
air (congratulations, amazement,
revelations, free snacks), and so we
call this the Academic Festival.
Throwing an ACADEMIC FESTIVAL
THEMED LIVING
Shawn Christian makes the case:
“Studying literature can prepare you
to participate in, and contribute to,
a truly diverse democracy. It provokes
an exchange of ideas, it exposes you to
a range of human experience, and it
shows the power of language in action.
Learning to respect a poem, a novel or
a theory, even if you disagree with it,
builds the skills that it takes to navigate
Building DEMOCRACY by Being LITERARY
our very dynamic and consistently
diverse world.” Shawn Christian
(shown being teacherly) is a professor
of English and African American
studies. He also directs the Summer
Institute for Literary and Cultural
Studies, a national program that
prepares college students from
underrepresented populations for
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The world needs inventive,
broad-minded leaders who see,
and make, the connections that are
not obvious to everyone else.
That’s why our business and
management major takes the
wide view. Sure, our program
spans the range of thought and
practice of the field, from micro- and
macroeconomics to marketing and
applied ethics. But it also cultivates
the ability to think creatively, ask
hard questions and innovate across
industries—from for-profits to
nonprofits to organizations in
developing countries, and beyond.
Business of the
FUTURE
PLAYING SOCCERon a World Stage
has been head coach of women’s
soccer for 19 years and has won
nearly every honor there is to win.
(Speaking of “overachievers,”
former midfielder Carolyn Wills is
one of three Wheaton students to
have earned a Rhodes Scholarship.)
Our women’s soccer team, led by
coach Luis Reis, traveled to Buenos
Aires to get some international
competition and explore another
culture—their third international
spring training trip since 2008.
Previous destinations include
Barcelona and Lisbon. Luis Reis
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Like getting a prestigious funded
scholarship or fellowship to pursue
high-level research, professional
experience or community
engagement around the world.
We’ve also produced a
disproportionate number of
Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars
and Watson Fellows (like Nana Asare,
who spent this year studying
grassroots public health initiatives
around the globe).
Doing Something AMAZING AFTER GRADUATION
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AMAZING AFTER GRADUATION
MAKING SPACEto Make Whatever We Can Imagine
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Professor Tom Armstrong turned
his private lab space into a place where
students can play games, experiment,
develop research and get up to their
elbows in the latest technologies.
The DIY spirit is alive and well here.
Students experience great successes—
and spectacular failures. Tom likes to
say the lab promotes “the cross-pollination
of ideas,” where an artist might sit
next to a scientist and develop a
project that blends art, science and
technology into something new.
It’s a space for crossing boundaries,
where students reach new heights
every day (by building remote-
control airplanes, for example).
All this activity calls for the right
equipment, and the lab has it all—
tools, wires, spare parts, games,
LEGOs, computers in every size and
other bits and pieces—lining tables
and piling up in the corners.
Building a 99,000-square-foot, LEED gold-certified
CENTER for the
FUTUREof
SCIENCEWe call it the Mars Center for Science
and Technology. It recently won the
equivalent of a gold medal for being
environmentally friendly. The future
of science, by the way, is collaborative,
which explains the glass partitions
dividing the center’s 23 research labs
and 12 teaching labs, the specially
designed multiuse labs to encourage
cross-disciplinary study, the café, and
the welcoming group-study spaces.
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changing the world right now
A good way to get started is to just
get started on whatever topic you
happen to be interested in, and
the ideas and energy that you have.
Our president, Dennis M. Hanno,
is an expert on innovation and
leadership, so that’s what he
shares—with students on our
campus and in Africa, where he
takes Wheaton students to help
high school students dream big.
He’s not alone. Our faculty and
students apply their talents here
in Norton and in nearby Boston,
where Wheaton has partnered with
the world’s largest startup accelerator,
MassChallenge, as well as around
the globe. It’s the sort of experience
that transforms lives.
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Someone had
an idea about ideas
and then this happened.
The students who run our chapter
of the Roosevelt Institute, a national
public policy organization for
undergraduates, decided to highlight
some of the most interesting ideas
on campus. The result: WheaTalks,
our own homegrown version of TED
Talks. The plan is simple but pure
genius. From a pile of proposals,
10 people get 10 minutes each to
present a passion, a fascination or an
obsession. The range is enormous:
from the portrayal of women in video
games and Internet security to the
untapped potential of fungi. It was a
hit the first time it happened, and it’s
only gotten bigger since. It’s the kind
of intellectual excitement you always
imagined happened at college.
Crowding into an Office to Talk about
NATIONALISM and
MARGINALIZATIONLike these five students in Professor
Dolita Cathcart’s “History 337: Power
and Protest in the U.S.” “On the first
day of class, I ask my students to be
brave, to stick their necks out and say
what they believe, but to do so with
respect for others. We’re working
with difficult subjects, and we’re
going to sit around a table or in an
office and try to face them squarely.
We have to be honest with each other,
hold ourselves to high standards and
challenge ourselves to meet them.
In the end, we’re trying to think for
ourselves, based on our own research.
We’re doing serious work—but we try
to have fun to boot.” Dolita Cathcart
specializes in history; African, African
American and diaspora studies;
and women’s and gender studies.
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Part of our New Plays Festival,
featuring work written, directed and
produced by students, and performed
in front of packed houses at the
Kresge Experimental Theater.
Students write a 10-minute play based
on a random object produced by a
visiting artist—then scramble to
stage it in a week or so.
10-Minute PLAYS
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KEY TO THE KINGDOM
Five years ago, we were the first in
the world to offer a study abroad
program in Bhutan. Now, every fall
and spring, another group of
students spends a semester studying
at Royal Thimphu College in the
world’s last Buddhist kingdom. It’s
a special relationship made stronger
by the fact that King of Bhutan Jigme
Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck studied
at Wheaton. Along with taking
courses, students choose an
internship: running a radio talk
show, cataloging herbal medicines
or training Buddhist nuns to use a
computer, to name a few. They learn
about Bhutanese music, art, language
and history; explore the Himalayan
Mountains; engage in a service
project; and drink lots and lots of tea.
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PHOTOS BY: BRUCE OWENS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Getting Ready for
WHATCOMES NEXT
People (usually adults) will advise you
to think about the future. We’ve got
a few suggestions for the present so
that the future takes care of itself.
Start with the thousands of summer
opportunities available to Wheaton
students around the globe. Add $1.2
million in funding to guarantee that
every student has the opportunity to
participate in an internship, research
position or service project. Plus a staff
of professional advisors who help
students plan for grad school and
careers in business, medicine and more.
Top it off with a network of loyal
alumni ready to offer career advice.
We call it the Filene Center for Career
Services, but you could also call it the
place where dreams flourish.
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Also lemon bars and chocolate chip
cookies. Made by history professor
Dana Polanichka (shown here
without tacos) and served in class
or at dinner with students at her house.
Yes, she’s one of the sharpest young
medievalists in the field, but she makes
time to cook for students—and recruit
them to, say, help her research and
write a book about women in the court
of Charlemagne—because (as they
said in eighth-century France)
that’s how she rolls. Many of our
professors roll that way.
POTATOTACOS
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THROWING A REGATTA
That Parodies the Whole Idea of Regattas and Yet Also Serves as an Exercise in
Community Building and DIY Engineering This would be the Head of the
Peacock, the lead-in to our annual
Spring Weekend (which features
live music, a dunk tank and a huge
Slip ’N Slide). Teams of students
build boats out of nearly nothing
and try to paddle across Peacock
Pond. They also wear freaky
costumes and paint themselves.
Literally unforgettable.
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ADMISSION We are an exceptional
liberal arts college with a supremely talented
and accessible faculty; inspiring students who
want to lead interesting, worthwhile lives; and
resources that let these people (to use the
technical term) shine like the sun. If that sounds
about right to you, please apply. We offer Early
Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision
programs, and you can, of course, learn more by
going to wheatoncollege.edu/admission/apply.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
FALL ADMISSION
First-Year Admission:Early Decision 1 November 1Early Action November 1 Early Decision 2 January 1Regular Decision January 1
Transfer Admission April 1
SPRING ADMISSIONFirst-Year Admission November 1Transfer Admission November 1
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS We love
them; they love us. We have more than 70 countries
represented on our campus by students who are
citizens of other countries and U.S. citizens who live
abroad. We think those diverse international perspectives
make our campus a more interesting place, in and out
of class. Specific information about admission and
financial aid requirements for international students
may be found at wheatoncollege.edu/admission.
VISITING What an excellent idea. We may
have mentioned a few hundred times that we’re close
to Boston and Providence—two cities with major
airports and public transportation that gets you to
campus. Come see us, meet our students, talk to
our professors and coaches, pledge yourself to an
a cappella group. This is how lives change.
TRANSFER STUDENTS If you think this is
where you belong, we can’t wait to get to know you.
In fact, we are ready to lend a helping “hand” to
make the transition to our warm and welcoming
campus. You can learn more about transferring to
Wheaton and our transfer credit evalution process at
wheatoncollege.edu/admission/transfer.
FINANCIAL AID Approximately 65 percent
of our students receive need-based financial aid. We
offer both need-based and merit-based aid, and quite
frankly, we’re pretty generous. To find out more, go to
wheatoncollege.edu/sfs.
2016–2017 COSTS
Tuition: $48,694
Room and meal plan: $12,500
Student activity fee: $318
Total: $61,512
Helpful Information about Admission and Financial Aid
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Boston University
Butler University
Duke University Medical Center
Florida State University
George Mason University
Harvard University
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
New England School of Law
New York University
Northwestern University
Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Tufts University
Tulane University
University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
University of Maine
University of Sydney (Australia)
Chris Denorfia, Chicago Cubs outfielder
Nick Fradiani, American Idol Season 14 winner
Jean Fritz, Newbery Honor-winning author of children’s books
Trish Karter, founder of Dancing Deer Baking Co.
Catherine Keener, Academy Award—nominated actor
Sandra Ohrn Moose, Chair of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Ellen Moran, former White House Communications Director, and former Chief of Staff at the U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Thomas M. Sanderson, international security expert at CSIS
Sam Sisakhti, founder and CEO of UsTrendy.com
Lesley Stahl, broadcast journalist
Ken Kristensen, graphic novelist, screenwriter and TV director-producer
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Alex Witchel, New York Times journalist
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Boston Children’s Hospital
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