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A Message from the WCAA president

Dear Wesleyan Alumnae,

I left Alumnae Weekend this year grateful for the opportunity to gather in person and for the added bonus of being back at Wesleyan with so many classes I overlapped with as a student. I hope we see more of this in the future. We fell back into the friendships formed so many years ago and made new memories while sharing stories from our days as students. As I told the assembly gathered for the Annual Meeting, “Y’all look good!” THANK YOU to the advancement and alumnae office staff and to Natalie Puckett Evans and her team who did such an outstanding job of planning a weekend for three times the usual number of reunion classes.

Being on campus, listening to stories, seeing old friends, making new friends, hearing about what is happening at Wesleyan today, and learning more about the Lane Center for Racial and Social Equity gave me a real desire to engage more in Wesleyan’s future. It will be a future we embrace while reconciling the past in some cases. It will be a future where beloved majors give way to the needs of today’s students. It will be a future where Wesleyan graduates continue to excel. It will be a future where we embrace the change that comes as the years pass without losing sight of who we are. I hope you will join me in a commitment to engage more.

During a panel discussion, we learned from Wesleyan’s First Five Black alumnae about their experiences as students and they were honored with the naming of a new award for Black students created by Sisters of the First Five Black affinity group.

Congratulations to Cathy Coxey Snow ’71 for the honor of having the Award for Distinguished Service to Wesleyan renamed for her. Lastly, thank you to President Vivia Fowler for 15 years of service to Wesleyan.