Publications, honors and creative works
Alumnae/i Kristin Sundin Brandt ’94, co-founder (with Erin Kane) of Manic Mommies, a community for moms (and dads) trying to manage the combination of work and family, won two silver awards in the 2011...
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Publishing executive to speak at Commencement
Janet L. Robinson, former president and chief executive officer of the New York Times Company and now consultant, will address the Class of 2012 at Wheaton’s 177th Commencement, to be held on Saturday,...
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Coloring outside the lines
A studio art major at Wheaton, Michele L’Heureux ’88 has taken a very creative route to a full-time career in art. She has worked as a carpenter, environmental educator, grant writer, recruiter,...
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Lifelong connection
Wheaton students will benefit for years to come from a scholarship fund established through a generous gift from the estate of Helen Dixon Kunzelmann P’65. Mrs. Kunzelmann, a graduate of the Dana Hall...
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A conversation with… Margaret Dunn Smith ’73
The Quarterly recently caught up with Trustee Margaret ”Maggie” Dunn Smith ’73, the busy owner and operator of the Warren (Vt.) Store and two luxury inns, Winvian in Litchfield Hills, Conn., and the...
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A man and his shovel
Archaeologist Sean Britt digs into the past, makes way for the future Sean Britt ’00 got his first taste of archaeological field research working on a sugarcane plantation one summer while a junior at...
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Alums offer expertise at Sophomore Symposium
Members of the Class of 2014 flocked by the hundreds to meet with nearly 50 alums who volunteered their time at the Sophomore Symposium on January 28. The annual event connects current students with...
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Playing at work
Joseph Lavoine ’06 designs new computer game When Joseph Lavoine ’06 graduated from Wheaton with a degree in computer science, the iPhone was still a year away from release and the iPad was just a...
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Math + dance + theater = a balanced life
One feature film. Five main roles. Three hundred actors auditioning. It doesn’t take a math major to know that the odds of ending up on the big screen in this scenario aren’t the greatest. But Trisha...
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Advocating for global health
During a semester abroad, Alison Mehlhorn ’11 got a glimpse of maternal health care in rural South Africa. She was troubled and inspired. Now, the 2011 Wheaton graduate has won a Rotary Ambassadorial...
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Keeping the peace–one country at a time
If she had a uniform—maybe something in a nice Army green or navy—Meg Riggs ’97, a foreign service officer, might have an easier time explaining her job. She works for the U.S. Department of State...
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Newsmaker: Mary Mallon Nyman ’57 talks about life as artist and writer
Mary Mallon Nyman was featured in the March newsletter of the Cradle Foundation, a Chicago-based adoption agency. The writer and artist was adopted there at age six weeks. In the newsletter, she talked...
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Transcending time, place through art
Craig Mooney ’92 A bustling schedule filled with international gallery exhibitions is coveted by most working artists. For Craig Mooney ’92, that dream is reality. The Stowe, Vt., representational oil...
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Oh, it’s on!
Alums, students and professors square off in croquet You’ve heard of the French Open. You’ve seen the NBA Playoffs. The World Series? Please. We’ve got the Research Rivalry Cup, baby! It started here...
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Alumnae/i Association board candidates
After extensive research, the nominating committee has selected the following candidates for the Alumnae/i Association Board of Directors. Elections will be held on October 20. In accordance with the...
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Reunion by the numbers
1 alum drove the farthest. Mary Humphreys Steele-Klein ’62 drove cross-country from Seattle and was the very first attendee to register at Mary Lyon Hall. 4 foreign countries were represented. 25 golf...
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Sociology degree deepens experience abroad
Since graduation, Joseph Donahue ’10 has been a Peace Corps volunteer in a rural Moroccan town called Ait Oumghar. “I had wanted to do the Peace Corps ever since learning about it in high school from a...
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House dedicated in honor of Beverly Fowle Fiertz ’53
Beverly Fowle Fiertz’s sons, left to right, Stuart, Carey and Randy join their father Alden Fiertz, front, at the dedication of Bev’s House. The Upper Valley Haven of Vermont recently held a dedication...
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Bringing hidden history to light
History is full of unheralded figures whose achievements rarely show up in a textbook or class lecture. For the past 15 years, Cynthia “Cyndy” Douglas Bittinger ’68, who teaches a Vermont history...
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Sandra Ohrn Moose ’63 elected chair of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation trustees
When she was a child, some of Sandra Ohrn Moose’s favorite moments were spent in conversation with her parents around the dinner table, where each would relate the events of the day. “My father was a...
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