Month: March 2020

4th Quarter Courses

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For those of you who need to add credit, here is a list of 4th quarter courses.  To add a course to your schedule, send a group email to the instructor, your advisor, and your class dean with a request that you be added to the class.  With approval from the instructor and your advisor, you class dean will add you to the course.

Subject Catalog Section Title Instructor
CSPL  262 01 Intro to Soc Entrepreneurship Kingsley,Makaela Jane
E&ES  195 01 Sophomore Field Course Ku,Timothy C.W.
PHED  102 01 Tennis, Intermediate Fried,Michael A
PHED  104 01 Golf Potter,Christopher J.
PHED  106 02 Fitness, Beginning Black,Drew
PHED  107 01 Inner Game of Golf Woodworth,Mark A.
PHED  118 03 Strength Training, Intro Mullen,Kate
PHED  118 04 Strength Training, Intro Reilly,Joseph P.
PHED  119 02 Strength Training, Advanced Mullen,Kate
PHED  123 01 Lifeguard Training Solomon,Peter Gordon
PHED  138 02 Indoor Cycling McKenna,Jodi
PHED  139 01 Running for Fitness Reilly,Joseph P.
PHED  140 01 Racketlon Kerr,Shona
PHED  155 01 Plyometric Training DiCenzo,Daniel A
PHED  157 01 Pickleball Meredith,Eva Bergsten
PHED  159 01 Cross Training Fitness Black,Drew
QAC  154 01 Working with MATLAB Thayer,Kelly Marie
QAC  155 01 Working with Python Oleinikov,Pavel V
QAC  156 01 Working with R Kaparakis,Emmanuel I.
QAC  311 01 Longitudinal Data Analysis Kaparakis,Emmanuel I.

RCF Rebate Update 3_19_20

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From: All Students on campus <all_studenton-l@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 12:41 PM
To: All Students on campus <all_studenton-l@wesleyan.edu>
Cc: Christopher Olt <colt@wesleyan.edu>; Robert Mirabal <rmirabal@wesleyan.edu>
Subject: Refund of Residential Comprehensive Fee

Dear Students,

The Student Accounts Office has started to process adjustments to Residential Comprehensive Fees (RCF) for students who have turned in their keys to Residential Life.  Please review the student FAQs for more information regarding turning in your key, which will initiate the RCF process. 

As a reminder, students who have been approved to remain on-campus will not receive an RCF adjustment.

For students with outstanding account balances, the RCF adjustment will first be applied to that balance.  In cases where the RCF adjustment creates a credit balance, these balances will remain on the student account and will be applied to future charges, unless a cash refund is specifically requested.

A cash refund can be requested by completing this form.  All refunds will be made via direct deposit to the student’s bank account on file.  If direct deposit has not been set up, a check will be mailed to the student’s home address.  Please be sure to review your home address in WesPortal for accuracy.  

Students with direct deposit on file should expect to receive their refund within 3-5 business days.  Students without direct deposit should expect a check to be processed within 7-12 business days of requesting the refund.

Students and authorized participants can review account activity via your Student Account Center in WesPortal or via wesleyan.afford.com.

If you have any questions, please contact the Student Accounts Office at student-accounts@wesleyan.edu. 

Sincerely,

Robert Mirabel

Director of Student Account

Chris Olt

Associate Vice President for Finance

Move-out Expectations 3_16_20

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From: All Students on campus <all_studenton-l@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 12:12 PM
To: All Students on campus <all_studenton-l@wesleyan.edu>
Subject: Please Leave Campus ASAP

Dear Students,

 You may be aware that the COVID-19 global pandemic is rapidly evolving and concern is rising that domestic travel may be restricted in the coming days.  If you have not already done so, I encourage you to please leave campus as soon as possible.  You may leave your personal belongings and make arrangements with Res Life to collect them at a later date.

The Student Affairs team is completing review of petitions submitted by students wishing to remain on campus and responses should go out this afternoon.

Safe travels!

Dean Mike

Michael J. Whaley (he/him/his)

Vice President for Student Affairs

Wesleyan University

220 North College

Middletown, CT 06459

(860)685-3160

Bookstore Information 3_15_20

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From: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore <announcement@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 11:14 AM
Subject: Message from Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore

Dear Wesleyan Students,

These are unprecedented times. First and foremost, please know that all of us at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore wish good health to you, your family, and friends.

As we all adjust to the sudden changes facing us this semester, Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore is here to be responsive to your needs.

 ·       We recognize that you may still require course materials to complete your course work. All purchased course materials will be shipped to you free of cost.

·       Textbook Buyback: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore will buyback textbooks and course materials beginning immediately and continuing indefinitely.

·       For an estimate on the buyback value of your textbook(s), please contact the Course Materials Manager, Heidi Schoenfeldt, at the bookstore at (860) 685-3939 or by e-mail, hschoenfeldt@wesleyan.edu.

·       If you’re able to bring your textbooks to the store for buyback, we will give you cash for your textbooks.

·       If you’re unable to visit the store, you’re welcome to ship your books to the store. There are two payment options for buyback by mail: a check for the full buyback value OR a Wesleyan RJ Julia gift card for the full buyback value, with an additional 10% bonus on the gift card total.

·       If visiting the store soon or shipping is not an option, we will buyback upon your return next semester.

·       Lastly, rental textbooks and materials need to be returned/shipped back to the bookstore, postmarked by May 18th. If this is not possible for any reason, please contact the Course Materials Manager, Heidi Schoenfeldt, at the bookstore at (860) 685-3939 or by e-mail, hschoenfeldt@wesleyan.edu to see what alternative arrangements can be made.

Additional information:

·       All purchases completed at wesleyanrjjulia.com will be shipped for free.

·       Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore hours have been adjusted for the foreseeable future. Hours are now 9am-5pm daily or 24-hours daily at wesleyanrjjulia.com.

We thank you for your patience as we work to address and react to daily, often hourly, developments. If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or if we can be helpful in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us.

(860) 685 – 3939 or books@wesleyan.edu.

Be well,

Roxanne J. Coady

Founder, RJ Julia Booksellers

Public Health Update from Wesleyan Medical Director 3_13_20

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From: Tom McLarney, MD <announcement@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 5:38 PM
To: Renee Johnson Thornton <rjohnson01@wesleyan.edu>
Subject: Public Health Update

To our student body:

As we transition from in-class learning to distance online learning, the University is promoting social distancing to ensure the safest environment for all. This includes picking up your personal belongings on campus. As this is difficult for any of us as social human beings, I feel you should know the medical rational behind this.

Dr. Anthony Fauci from the NIH gave an excellent answer to this question when he recently testified to Congress.  The essence of his presentation:

The best way to decrease the spread of this virus is to prevent person to person transmission.  College-age people who are in generally excellent health may carry the virus with minimal or no symptoms.  If we practice measures that decrease the possibility of person to person spread, we will hopefully see a decrease in cases and eventually resolution of this disease.

In addition to the annual recommendations of hand washing, cough etiquette, and no sharing of water bottles, we are ramping up prevention practices:

1)     Avoid touching your face. This will decrease the chance of exposing yourself and others to the virus.

2)     Maintain a 6 foot (2 meter) distance from people.

3)     Avoid hugs, handshakes, and high fives. If you must greet someone, use an elbow bump (although this breaks the 6 foot rule).

4)     Sanitize high touch areas frequently (Lysol and Clorox products are felt to be appropriate for this).

5)     Avoid crowded areas (no one has determined what a safe number of people together is).

This is why we are requiring students coming to collect their belongings to do it quickly and efficiently without ‘’hanging out’’ with others and not staying overnight.

With a virus strain newly discovered in December causing a pandemic without a medication to treat or a vaccine to prevent, we have to do everything in our power to curtail spread.

Tom McLarney MD

Medical Director

Wesleyan University

Moving Out Information 3_13_20

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From: Frances Koerting <fkoerting@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 12:04 PM
To: All Students on campus <all_studenton-l@wesleyan.edu>
Subject: Updated moving out information

Dear Students,

As you are packing up to leave on or before 3/23, we wanted to send you some reminders to assist you with your planning:

  • Remove all belongings.  Check drawers, closets, under the bed, bathrooms, common areas, etc.
  • Remove all your items from refrigerators.
  • Remove all trash, recycling, compost/debris, and dispose in the proper containers.
    • See this page for more information on proper disposal of compost: Compost Information Link
    • See this page for locations of collection bins for clothing, food and book donations
  • Return keys to Residential Life.  If you are returning keys when ResLife is closed, we ask that you put your keys in an envelope and then place them in the key drop box between North and South College. If you are unable to return to campus to return your key in person, you must mail the key back to Residential Life as soon as possible, as any credit towards the RCF cannot be processed until it is received.   Keys must be mailed via priority/registered mail; a tracking number will help ensure we receive your key and that you are not charged for a lock change.
  • Check your WesPortal to ensure that your current room number is accurate and double check that the forwarding address for mail is up to date.  If the wrong room number is listed, send an email to reslife@wesleyan.edu , to avoid possible damage charges for a room in which you did not live.
  • If you are not able to remove your car from campus, make sure to park it in the Vine Street lot, at the end near the tennis courts.  Physical Plant has repairs scheduled for the other half of the lot.
  • A variety of options are available for help with packing, movement and/or storage of your belongings.  Storage Options Link.  Free boxes are available in Exeley 141 while supplies last.  UPS will be on campus beginning on 3/16 to assist with the purchase of packing supplies and shipping.
  • Free van transportation to local storage facilities is being provided by the university. Details can be found Here

In compliance with CDC recommendations, parties and other social gatherings are strictly prohibited on campus.

Please check out our Frequently Asked Questions page which provides additional information: FAQ Link

Please email reslife@wesleyan.edu or call us at 860-685-3550 if you have any questions.

The Residential Life Staff

Free Shipping Supplies at Cardinal Tech

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From: Samantha Burr <sburr@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 11:36 AM
Subject: Free Shipping Supplies at Cardinal Tech

Cardinal Tech has free shipping supplies available (Boxes, tape and packing paper) for students. I’ve added this resource to the Mutual Aid Excel sheet – Res Life asked me to contact you to inform you of this resource. I’m also willing to work with students who require financial assistance in paying for freight/shipping charges. If you have students who require financial assistance for shipping fees, let me know.

Students who utilize the free shipping supplies at Cardinal Tech may pack their items and bring them to Wes Station for shipping.

Let us know what else we can do to assist, including extending hours at Cardinal Tech or Wes Station.

 

 

 

Move-out Information 3_12_20

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From: All Students on campus <all_studenton-l@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:39 PM
To: All Students on campus <all_studenton-l@wesleyan.edu>
Subject: Revised Information about Moving Out of Residences

Dear Students,

I’m writing to provide some revised information related to students moving out of their residences.  Given the news of the last 24 hours and after conferring with additional medical experts, we are adjusting our previous directions as follows:

Students living within driving distance to Wesleyan and who are able to go home should move out of their residences as soon as possible and no later than March 23.  If possible, we encourage travel by car rather than public transportation.  We discourage students from staying overnight unless necessary and please limit contact with others while on campus.  Please drop off your keys at the key box located between North College and South College.  Students who leave campus will be eligible for a prorated refund of their spring semester RCF fees, regardless of whether the student is on financial aid.

Students living beyond driving distance to Wesleyan and who are able to go home (or who are already at home) should leave campus as soon as possible and no later than March 23 or remain at home.  These students will have an extended window to move out of their residences and should plan to retrieve their personal belongings at any point prior to April 30.  We discourage students from staying overnight unless necessary and to limit contact with others while on campus.  Please submit this petition to let us know that you will move your belongings after March 23.  Options for packing/shipping/storage of your items so that you do not need to return to campus, are available here.  As above, students who leave campus will be eligible for a prorated refund of their spring semester RCF fees, regardless of whether the student is on financial aid.

Students requesting to remain on campus should submit this petition if they haven’t already done so.  Petitions should be submitted immediately, but no later than March 18th.  A Student Affairs committee including class deans and others will review petitions daily.  Decisions will be communicated on a rolling basis as requests are received, but no later than 5:00pm on March 20.  The focus of the committee’s assessment will be on students with housing insecurity or who cannot return home, those from countries with travel restrictions, and those with other extenuating circumstances.  Note that students approved to remain on campus may be relocated by Res Life so that they are not staying in a large residence alone.

Please be in touch if you have questions.  Wesleyan’s COVID-19 FAQs are being updated daily.

All best,

Dean Mike Whaley

 

New guidance on travel and events due to global coronavirus emergency

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From: Rob Rosenthal and Mike Whaley <announcement@wesleyan.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 6, 2020 12:37 PM
To: Renee Johnson Thornton <rjohnson01@wesleyan.edu>
Subject: New guidance on travel and events due to global coronavirus emergency

To the campus community:

As we enter spring break, with the health and safety of our community in mind, the University is issuing guidelines on Wesleyan travel and events:

Travel (including Athletics over Spring Break):

  • All travel plans should be carefully reconsidered given the evolving situation.
  • Suspend Wesleyan travel abroad and to or through U.S. states that have declared emergencies related to COVID-19 (currently: California, Florida, and Washington).
  • For personal travel, Wesleyan recommends the same limitations.
  • Wesleyan faculty, students and staff who travel to or through an area designated as Level 3 by the CDC must self-quarantine for 14 days between returning to the U.S. and coming back to campus. All leaving Connecticut should register their travel and will be advised if self-quarantine if necessary.

Events

  • Wesleyan will cancel visits by guests from abroad and/or states that have declared emergencies related to COVID-19.

Guidelines on travel and events will be effective immediately and through at least Friday, April 10, pending ongoing review. 

Requests for exceptions should be routed through supervisors/academic structure and through Student Affairs for students and external groups who have contracted for events in university spaces.

As a reminder, please consult Wesleyan’s new website for information about the coronavirus, an FAQ addressing common questions and concerns, and links to other resources.

We wish everybody a safe and relaxing spring break.

Rob Rosenthal

Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Mike Whaley 

Vice President for Student Affairs