A look back at some of the news and highlights of the last 12 months at Virginia Wesleyan College
December 12, 2011
It has been a tremendous year at Virginia Wesleyan College. In July, during the College's annual Sacred Music Summer Conference, a ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of the VWC's founding. It was the first of many events planned for this monumental occasion including a Homecoming celebration five decades in the making. By August, the campus was welcoming the largest freshman class in the College's history. In case you missed out on these stories or other exciting VWC news in 2011, below are links to some of the most read and relevant.
Homecoming and Parent Weekend 2011 brought together Virginia Wesleyan College alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends for a 50th anniversary celebration
VWC Welcomes Largest Freshman Class Ever
Record number of applications results in dramatic enrollment increases at Virginia Wesleyan
A 2012 Best "College in the Southeast"
Virginia Wesleyan College one of the best colleges in the Southeast according to the nationally known education services company The Princeton Review
Second phase of major renovations to VWC's natural sciences building to include many repairs and upgrades as well as the creation of six dedicated research labs
A New Half Century, A New Magazine
Virginia Wesleyan College unveils a redesigned publication in time for the College's 50th anniversary
Who's the Greenest of Them All?
College's sustainability efforts nationally recognized by The Princeton Review in its downloadable book, The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition.
Alpine Tower, a partnership between Virginia Wesleyan and the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, a welcome addition for VWC's academic, recreation and athletic programs and beyond
Winter Homeless Shelter, in its fifth year of operation on the Wesleyan campus, stands as an example of how ordinary people with a commitment to making a difference can do extraordinary things.
Batten Professor of English Vivian Teter's poem, inspired by a tree on the Wesleyan campus, to be part of permanent public art installation in DC Metro station
Wesleyan senior biology major Thelma Donchig accepted to highly competitive summer research program in computational biology