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Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: News
JUNIOR CLASS COUNCIL
SEATS FILLED
After nearly three months, the Class of 2009 council seats are full. Due to study abroad, two of the Junior class's seats, class treasurer and secretary, were vacant until this week.
SGA President Mike Zwolinski '08 announced at the Senate meeting last Tuesday that Michael Easter '09 and Brian Dundon '09 will serve as treasurer and secretary, respectively, for the rest of the year.
"Now that we have a full council, we're looking to do some big things," said Junior class Senator Phillip Kiley '09.
SGA TO HOST CAMPAIGN
INFORMATION SESSIONS
As part of its SGA Week, the Senate will hold campaign information sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week for those interested in running for the 2008-2009 student government.
Sessions will take place at 6 p.m. in the SGA office and are mandatory for anyone seeking to run for office, SGA President Mike Zwolinski '08 said at the Senate meeting last Tuesday.
DENORFIA AND WHEATON
DISCUSSED IN SAN FRANCISCO COLUMN
Oakland A's centerfielder and class of 2002 alum Chris Denorfia was recently featured in a column by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Susan Slusser.
The article, which focused on Denorfia's unique rise to the major leagues, celebrated the fact that most MLB players do not come from small, liberal arts colleges such as Wheaton.
Denorfia, a new addition to the A's lineup, was also lauded for finishing his degree, something that Slusser said was unusual in the major leagues.
"He was truly looking for the small school experience and education, and he defied the odds to get to the major leagues," Wheaton baseball coach Eric Podbeleski said in the article.
TWO WHEATIES AWARDED GRANTS FOR PEACE
As part of the 100 Projects for Peace Initiative, sponsored by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, Ann Kwan '09 and Kelly Maby '09 won $10,000 grants to peruse projects this summer.
The goal of the program is to encourage undergraduate students to follow their own ideas for peace building that they will carry out over the summer. In it's second year, students from 81 colleges and universities will receive a total of $1 million dollars for proposed projects, according to a project press release.
Kwan plans on establishing a tourist shop at Yodifee, a Cambodian non-profit that helps people with disabilities, to help the organization be more self-sufficient.
While Maby hopes to take five high school children from a low-income area on a tour of the American South with aspirations of motivating them to become active in their communities.
SEATS FILLED
After nearly three months, the Class of 2009 council seats are full. Due to study abroad, two of the Junior class's seats, class treasurer and secretary, were vacant until this week.
SGA President Mike Zwolinski '08 announced at the Senate meeting last Tuesday that Michael Easter '09 and Brian Dundon '09 will serve as treasurer and secretary, respectively, for the rest of the year.
"Now that we have a full council, we're looking to do some big things," said Junior class Senator Phillip Kiley '09.
SGA TO HOST CAMPAIGN
INFORMATION SESSIONS
As part of its SGA Week, the Senate will hold campaign information sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week for those interested in running for the 2008-2009 student government.
Sessions will take place at 6 p.m. in the SGA office and are mandatory for anyone seeking to run for office, SGA President Mike Zwolinski '08 said at the Senate meeting last Tuesday.
DENORFIA AND WHEATON
DISCUSSED IN SAN FRANCISCO COLUMN
Oakland A's centerfielder and class of 2002 alum Chris Denorfia was recently featured in a column by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Susan Slusser.
The article, which focused on Denorfia's unique rise to the major leagues, celebrated the fact that most MLB players do not come from small, liberal arts colleges such as Wheaton.
Denorfia, a new addition to the A's lineup, was also lauded for finishing his degree, something that Slusser said was unusual in the major leagues.
"He was truly looking for the small school experience and education, and he defied the odds to get to the major leagues," Wheaton baseball coach Eric Podbeleski said in the article.
TWO WHEATIES AWARDED GRANTS FOR PEACE
As part of the 100 Projects for Peace Initiative, sponsored by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, Ann Kwan '09 and Kelly Maby '09 won $10,000 grants to peruse projects this summer.
The goal of the program is to encourage undergraduate students to follow their own ideas for peace building that they will carry out over the summer. In it's second year, students from 81 colleges and universities will receive a total of $1 million dollars for proposed projects, according to a project press release.
Kwan plans on establishing a tourist shop at Yodifee, a Cambodian non-profit that helps people with disabilities, to help the organization be more self-sufficient.
While Maby hopes to take five high school children from a low-income area on a tour of the American South with aspirations of motivating them to become active in their communities.
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