Conscience and Character … in Progress

After a successful year under the theme of Activism for Inclusion, the Center has launched this year’s activities under the theme: Conscience and Character. This theme is a response to campus/community challenges around the issue of race, gender, religious intolerance, … Continue reading
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Inaugural Post! (and some basic info)

Alright, here we go: my very first ScotBlogs post! It’s very exciting! Excitement aside, I figured I would post some basic information – not basic “about me” information, because that’s already in the “Who I Am” section, but just basic … Continue reading
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Fossils in the Wild: Invertebrate Paleontology Field Trip

CAESAR CREEK LAKE, OHIO–The 2011 Invertebrate Paleontology class had a productive field trip on a beautiful Ohio day. Thunderstorms roamed the state, but we saw them only when we were comfortably on the bus. We worked in the emergency spillway … Continue reading
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Sponge and clam borings that revealed an ancient climate event (Upper Pleistocene of The Bahamas)

This week’s fossils celebrate the publication today of a paper in Nature Geoscience that has been 20 years in the making. The title is: “Sea-level oscillations during the Last Interglacial highstand recorded by Bahamas coral”, and the senior author is … Continue reading
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9/11

A collection of images, many never seen before, from Wooster’s reaction to 9/11. If you are in any of these photographs, please feel free to react and comment.
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The birth of a garden

“We must cultivate our garden.”  Voltaire, Candide Last Wednesday, with great fanfare if not great weather, saw the opening of the College’s new teaching garden on the corner of College and Pearl streets.  The garden has multiple possible functions. Most … Continue reading
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J’OUVERT 2011

J’ouvert (pronunciation: juuvay) is a large street party held during Carnival in the Caribbean region. Wooster’s version was held on the Quad to the delight of hundreds.
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Sarah and Kipaya make “volunteer of the month”!

Sarah Abboud and Kipaya Kapiga both returned from India after working with Dream a Dream. Kipaya is busy with a new project, the Woostonian, and Sarah is back to playing basketball and working on her IS. Here is a neat … Continue reading
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Parents and Pipers

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Summer 2011 Classroom Improvements

The Office of Information Technology in collaboration with the Classroom Stewards Committee improved and updated classroom technology in numerous rooms across campus. Here’s a list of some of the details: Taylor 210 – Added ceiling speakers and control system Taylor … Continue reading
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