Wesleyan University founded in 1831, is a private, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded by Methodist leaders and residents of Middletown, the now-secular university was the first college or university to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism and it shares a common Methodist heritage with about twenty other U.S. colleges and universities also named after Wesley. With a class size of slightly over 700, Wesleyan accepts just 28% (class of 2008) of those who apply, making it one of the most sel ...

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Notable alumni of Wesleyan University include: Wesleyan University - Academia. Linda Brinen 1988 - Scientific and technical programs manager, Joint Center for Structural Genomics, Stanford University Gerald Holton 1941 - Professor emeritus, Harvard University, world's leading authority on life of Albert Einstein Shelly Kagan, Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the former Henry R. Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics. Juliet Schor, professor of socio ...

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Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 6, 1931), later known as Baba Ram Dass, was a professor of psychology at Harvard University who became well known for his controversial research program which studied the effects of LSD. He later converted to Hinduism and is currently one of the most prominent American Hindus. He was born to a prominent Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, George Alpert, was one of Boston's most prominent lawyers and was also a railroad executive. Richard Alpert has two older brothers. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Tufts University, a masters' degree from Wesleyan University a ...

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Charles Olson (27 December 1910 - 10 January 1970) was an important 2nd generation American modernist poet who was a crucial link between earlier figures like Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and such later avant garde groups as the Beats and L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E. He was also one of the coiners of the term postmodern. Charles Olson - Early Life and Politics. Olson was born and grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts and studied at Wesleyan University and Harvard. Attracted by the social and political id ...

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Arno Joseph Mayer (June 19, 1926 -) is Luxembourg-born American historian of modern Europe, diplomatic history, and the Holocaust. A self-proclaimed "left dissident Marxist", Mayer's major interests are in modernization theory and what he calls "The Thirty's Year's Crisis" between 1914 and 1945. Mayer received his education at the City College of New York and Yale University. He has been professor at Wesleyan University (1952-1953), Brandeis University (1954-1958), Harvard Univ ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). 1842 - Events. February 7 - Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien in the Battle of Debre Tabor February 21 - John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine. March 5 - Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas briefly occupy San Antonio and th ...

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Joe Lieberman (D) Connecticut (pronounced /kəˈnɛtɪkət/; the second C is silent) is a state of the United States, part of the New England region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and the wealthiest state in the country. Connecticut was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. USS Connecticut was named in honor of this state. Connecticut - History. Main article: ...

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). Initially an academic, he served as President of Princeton University and was the 45th state Governor of New Jersey (1911–1913). He was the second Democrat to serve two consecutive terms in the White House, the first having been Andrew Jackson, and his terms in office spanned his country's involvement in World War I. Woodrow Wilson - Early life education and family. Thoma ...

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Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was a U.S. Senator, ambassador, and academic. He was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and re-elected three times, in 1982, 1988, and 1994. He declined to run for re-election in 2000. Prior to his years in the Senate, Moynihan was a member of four successive presidential administrations, beginning with the administration of John F. Kennedy, and continuing through the administrations of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford. ...

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Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was a Christian preacher and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking". Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio and died in Pawling, New York. He was educated at Ohio's Wesleyan University, and Boston University. Raised as a Methodist and originally ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932, and began a 52-year te ...

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Williams College is a private, coeducational, highly-selective liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. As of 2005, the school has an enrollment of 1945 undergraduate students and 59 graduate students. It has consistently been ranked first or nearly so in U.S. News and World Report's listings of national liberal-arts colleges. Williams, Amherst, and Wesleyan are known as the "Little Three," in distinction from the "Big Three" of Harvar ...

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George Edgar Slusser - Books. The Centenarian: Or, the Two Beringhelds, by Honore de Balzac, George E. Slusser, Robert Reginald & Douglas Menville. (city), (state): Ayer Co. Publishing, 1976. Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1976. The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le Guin, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1976. Harlan Ellison: Unrepe ...

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List of radio stations in Connecticut - Adult alternative/contemporary. WINY (1350) - Putnam WKZE (1020) - Sharon WLIS (1420) - Old Saybrook WMRD (1150) - Middletown List of radio stations in Connecticut - Children's. WDZK (1550) - Bloomfield List of radio stations in Connecticut - Classic ...

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Master's degree - MA MS MSc MSE AM SM. The Master of Arts (Magister Artium) and Master of Science (Magister Scientiæ) degrees are the basic type in most subjects and may be entirely course-based, entirely research-based or (more typically) a mixture. Admission to a master's program is normally contingent upon holding a bachelor's degree, and progressing to a doctoral program usually requires a master's degree. In some fields or graduate programs, work on a doctorate begins imme ...

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Master's degree - MA MS MSc MSE AM SM. The Master of Arts (Magister Artium) and Master of Science (Magister Scientiæ) degrees are the basic type in most subjects and may be entirely course-based, entirely research-based or (more typically) a mixture. Admission to a masters program is normally contingent upon holding a bachelor's degree, and progressing to a doctoral program usually requires a master's degree. In some fields or graduate programs, work on a doctorate begins immed ...

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Master's degree - MA MS MSc MSE AM SM. The Master of Arts (Magister Artium) and Master of Science (Magister Scientiæ) degrees are the basic type in most subjects and may be entirely course-based, entirely research-based or (more typically) a mixture. Admission to a master's program is normally contingent upon holding a bachelor's degree, and progressing to a doctoral program usually requires a master's degree. In some fields or graduate programs, work on a doctorate begins imme ...

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New England - The indigenous peoples of New England. New England has long been inhabited by Algonquian-speaking native peoples, including the Abenaki, the Penobscot, the Wampanoag, and many others. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Europeans such as Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier and John Cabot (known as Giovanni Caboto before being based in England) charted the New England coast. They referred to the region as Norumbega, named for a fabulous native city that was supposed to exist there. See also: List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin. New England - Early ...

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Main article: List of United States student newspapers List of student newspapers - Alabama. University of Alabama – The Crimson White Auburn University – The Auburn Plainsman University of South Alabama – Vanguard Troy University – Tropolitan List of student newspapers - Alaska. University of Alaska Anchorage – The Northern Light University of Alaska Fairbanks – The SunStar< ...

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Kappa Alpha Society - CANADIAN:. William Lyon Mackenzie King, University of Toronto, 1893. Prime Minister of Canada, 1921-1926, 1926-1930, and 1939-1945. Denton Massey, University of Toronto, 1919. MP for Toronto-Greenwood, 1935-1946. Officer, Order of the British Empire, 1946. William Pate Mulock, University of Toronto, 1915. MP for York North, 1934-1945. Postmaster General of Canada, 1940-1945. David Vaughan Pugh, University of Toronto, 1934. MP ...

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Wilbur's first book, The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems appeared in 1947. Since then he has published several volumes of poetry, including New and Collected Poems (Faber, 1989). Wilbur is also a translator, specializing in the 17th century French comedies of Molière and the dramas of Jean Racine. Continuing the tradition of Robert Frost and W. H. Auden, Wilbur's poetry finds illumination in everyday experiences. Less well-known is Wilbur's foray into lyric writing. He provided many of the finer lyrical touches in Leonard ...

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