Wabash Blogs

Faculty, coaches, staff, and students from around Wabash are blogging for the Wabash web site, bringing an insider's look at the people, news, and events on and off campus.

Academics   Studying Abroad Each year 30-40 Wabash students spend their fall semester studying in countries around the world. Later in life, many will describe it as a life-changing experience. RECENT POSTS MacDougal '14 Enjoys English People, Soccer Cook '14: Immersed in Chinese Culture, Language Bennett '14: Experience Intricacies of Rome   Tim Lake in Senegal, Gambia RECENT POSTS Lake Visits Villages of Kunta Kinte Tim Lake Arrives in Gambia Lake Absorbing Research Center Lectures   Freshman Tutorial: Fly Fishing in Montana Twelve members of the Class of 2013 are members in a Tutorial on Fly Fishing. The semester class got a headstart with an immersion trip to Bozeman, Montana. RECENT POSTS Trip Spurred Great Student Memories for Brooks Hadley Has No Doubts Fly Fishing is THE Liberal Art Perkins '89: Experience Adds to Connection to Wabash   Peru, Parasites & Global Health Biology Professor Eric Wetzel is spending his spring semester in Peru. "My interest is to work on a program in Global Health so that faculty and students might be able to examine through their different disciplinary lenses global health problems common to many regions of the world." He will udpate this blog regularly! RECENT POSTS Wabash & Global Health -- What Should We Do? A Wabash Meeting in Lima, Peru The final days of work in Peru   Contemporary Architecture Michael Bricker '04 He is teaching a class in architecture, one of his first loves. This is the second year he has brought the class to Wabash. The students are blogging as part of their class assignments. RECENT POSTS Eiffel Tower...etc The Kunsthaus and Kunsthal murcia city hall   Detchon Dialogs The Modern Languages Department speaks as one voice through Detchon Dialogs, the blog for the faculty and staff who teach Spanish, French, and German. RECENT POSTS French Intern visits the Crescent City Conference Opportunity for Students Interested in Japan Students Travel to Bloomington for a Night of Hispanic Theater   ChemNotes Wabash's Chemistry Department involves students at every level. From the classroom to student-faculty research, read more about their activity. RECENT POSTS Wabash Chemistry Students Present at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society – Part III Wabash Chemistry Students Present at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Part II Wabash Chemistry Students Present at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society   Wabash in Africa Wabash partners with Shifting Ideas Through Education for African Women (SITEAW) to educate women in Eastern Africa where gender discrimination and oppression are still the norm. This blog reports on a trip to Africa to document the struggles women face in order to get an education and live their own lives. RECENT POSTS Moving About Reality Sets In Face to Face with the Struggle of Women   What's that Plant Have you ever wondered - as the title suggests - 'What's that plant?' Assistant Professor of Biology Amanda Ingram and her students maintain this blog to answer those questions! RECENT POSTS Prairie Dropseed Eastern Hemlock Christmas in July!   Summers in Science Wabash prides itself on the excellent science education it provides its students, which prepares them well for graduate or medical school. During the summer, several undergraduates proved they're prepared to dive right in to cutting edge research. RECENT POSTS Nolan '08 Spends Summer in Research in Hays Hall Dan Albrecht: Etching Silicon Chips in Cutting Edge Research J.P. Manalo: Protein Identification and DNA Replication   Rhetoric Notes Members of the Rhetoric faculty and students write about speech. RECENT POSTS 2013 Baldwin Oratorical Contest 2013 Brigance Forum Lecture: “Education and Democracy: How School Boards Use Deliberation to Build Trust.” Brigance Forum Lecture Wednesday March 20: Asen to address Education and Deliberation   Accents Classics Department faculty and students write about department activities. RECENT POSTS Classics Students Invested New Professor Looking Forward to Finding Her Place at Wabash Getting Lost in the Classics