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All Aboard: Research Vessel ready to Explore and Educate

The 45-foot Ocean Explorer offers Virginia Wesleyan students across the academic disciplines invaluable hands-on experience using research-quality equipment to collect marine organisms, sediment and water samples.

Virginia Wesleyan Offers New Exchange Program in Japan

Through the Office of International and Intercultural Programs, students can study abroad at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan.

Marlins Make A Difference, Some 293,976 of Them

Roughly 1,200 volunteers packaged more than a quarter-million meals at Virginia Wesleyan College on Saturday, Sept. 19.  The meals will feed kids in Yei, Sudan.

Ceremony Launches Vessel, Programs and Research

A private christening will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, Dockside at the Virginia Aquarium.

Grad Gets Ahead with Career 15

This unique program connects Virginia Wesleyan students with top-tier corporations seeking full-time and part-time employment and internship opportunities. 

Remembering Frank Batten, Sr., Media Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

A memorial service honoring the life of Frank Batten, Sr., will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 in the Jane P. Batten Student Center on the College campus.

A Historical Perspective: Wesleyan’s Archivist compiles Princess Anne County’s 150-year history in education

Dr. Stephen Mansfield exhibits “Ahead of the Curve: A Century and a Half of Education in Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach.”  On display October 1 – December 18, Neil Britton Art Gallery.

The Way She Sees It

The Way She Sees It Virginia Wesleyan’s Fall Convocation speaker, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., shares her successes and challenges of autism.