After spending the summer of 2020 interning at Mosaic Minds Art Academy (MMAA) Rodriguez now feels like her dream of owning an art school is achievable. She was inspired by the joy and pride that teaching brings her mentor Summer King.

As an advertising and marketing communication major, Jessica gained first-hand experience on Amazon’s social media customer service team during her internship. 

Rowan interned as a residential hall leader for the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) at the University of Georgia (UGA) where she managed sixteen residential counselors and coordinated daily activities for more than 200 high school students each session.

Associate Professor of Music Michael McGhee produced a CD of solo organ music, Tapestry, recorded in Wesleyan’s Porter Auditorium on the College’s historic Aeolian organ. Featured on the national broadcast of the Pipedreams, airing on about 145 NPR stations across the country.  

In her recently published book, Grave Attending: A Political Theology for the Unredeemed, Wesleyan College Assistant Professor and Chair of Religious Studies and Philosophy Karen Bray brings critical questions of embodiment, history, and power to the fields of political theology, radical theology, secular theology, and the continual philosophy of religion.

Biology Professor and Arboretum Director Dr. Ferrari lead a group of volunteers in planting a grove of longleaf pines in the Wesleyan Arboretum. The longleaf is among the most endangered ecosystems in North America and provides habitat and a food source for wildlife and purifies the air. 

As a leadership coach, change agent, radio talk show host, and renowned speaker, Heather says she has come to realize that change does not happen on global levels. Change happens one person at a time. After graduating from Wesleyan with a degree in business administration and management, Heather earned her master’s degree in business administration from Mercer University. Last year she completed the Advancing Women in Leadership Assessment Certificate.

“As a cancer pharmacologist, I am thoroughly intrigued by the mechanisms in which drugs act, the premise of early intervention detection, and transplant immunology. The great thing about working at the NIH is that this institution has the largest hospital in the world that is dedicated totally to clinical research.”

Betty serves as vice president of community alliances and consumer engagement for the global information and measurement company Nielsen. At Wesleyan she earned her degree as the college’s first self-designed major that included international business, political science, and modern languages. Betty earned her EMBA from Emory University.