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Henlay Foster, 84, earns his degree in music May 21 after completing his final credits online May 14, 2021 SHARE Back when Henlay Foster first enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis, Ethan Shepley was chancellor, Olin Library didn’t exist and the campus had, at long last, racially integrated. That was 1954.  Now, 67 years later, Foster will graduate Friday, May 21, with a degree in music from Arts & Sciences at the age of 84. In the intervening years, Foster traveled the world, played and taught piano, and led one of the federal government’s more important programs in the figh...

Cornell University Librarian Reanna Esmail says libraries are often 'complicit in racism' Esmail, who works at the Ivy League college's Olin Library, spoke at a virtual event on confronting anti-Asian racism  The librarian also highlighted the Dewey Decimal System, which is used to classify books by giving a different numbered section to different subjects English, French and Greek languages have multiple Dewey sections apiece - but East and Southeast Asia languages are given just one  

“You Just Have to Read This. . .” Books by Wesleyan Alumni Aspray ’73, MA ’73, Morris ’76, Roth ’70 April 29, 2021 In this continuing series, Annie Roach ’22, an English and Italian studies major from Middletown, Del., reviews alumni books and offers a selection for those in search of knowledge, insight, and inspiration. The volumes, sent to us by alumni, are forwarded to Olin Library as donations to the University’s collection and made available to the Wesleyan community. William Aspray ’73, MA ’73 and Melissa Ocepek (editors), (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) In...

May 4, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the Wesleyan community in a myriad of ways from student life to research to the way we teach and learn. This spring, Wesleyan’s Special Collections & Archives, along with Academic Affairs, are hoping to build a historical record—and preserve for posterity—the stories, memories, messages, and creative works of the University’s students, faculty, staff, and alumni. (Click to enlarge) Postcards from a Pandemic Wesleyan’s Special Collections & Archives has launched a “Postcards from a Pandemic” project, which aims to help f...