September 4, 2014
Wesleyan University Class of 2018 includes 10 veterans
Wesleyan University partnered with the Posse Foundation to include ten veterans in the class of 2018. The Posse Foundation’s Veterans initiative, launched in 2012, aims to help veterans earn bachelor’s degrees by providing four-year scholarships to selective colleges and universities. Wesleyan is the second institution, after Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to partner with the Posse Veterans Program.
“I am tremendously excited about our partnership with the Posse Foundation to bring a cohort of veterans to campus each year,” said Wesleyan President Michael Roth in a statement on the school’s website. “We believe this group of undergraduates will add greatly to our diverse, dynamic campus, and that they will thrive in a community that values boldness, rigor and practical idealism.”
The group of veterans underwent a rigorous application process. From hundreds of applicants, the Posse Foundation selected 25 candidates who applied to Wesleyan and went through months of interviews. According to the school, Wesleyan plans to welcome 10 new Posse veterans each year.
“The Class of ’18 has all the hallmarks of another great Wesleyan class,” said Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Nancy Hargrave Meislahn. The 757-member class also includes 15 QuestBridge Match scholars and international students from 30 different countries. “They bring an incredible range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives which is sure to enliven our community, inside and out. I am struck by the great curiosity and resilience with which these individuals have embraced their worlds,” Meislahn said.
Middlebury alum released by Al Qaeda affiliate
Middlebury College alumnus Peter Theo Curtis was released on August 24 after being held by Al Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front for nearly two years. Curtis, an author-turned-freelance journalist, was taken captive near the Syrian border in 2012. According to The New York Times, Curtis’ release was negotiated by the government of Qatar. The release was unexpected as it came less than a week after the beheading of another American journalist at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
“We are so relieved that Theo is healthy and safe and that he is finally headed home after his ordeal, but we are also deeply saddened by the terrible, unjustified killing last week of his fellow journalist, Jim Foley,” Curtis’s mother Nancy Curtis said in a statement released to The Washington Post.
Curtis graduated from Middlebury in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in literary studies according to an article on the Midddlebury website.
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