Wooster Volunteer Network After the submission of this concern to The Voice, members of the business and finance office reached out to WVN assuring this issue would be moved to the top of their priority list and we would receive a response to our initial …
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Evaluating Our Past: Mapping a Better Future for Communication
Jack Freer Contributing Writer I love The College of Wooster, and like many students, I am heavily involved on campus. I am an active member in four organizations and work two student jobs in fundraising and departmental assistance. In the last week, there has been …
CoW Is Not a Corporation, But If They Insist It Is, Then…
Daimys Ester García Contributing Writer Administration has excused their lack of transparency, blatant disregard for shared governance and recent mass firings by likening the College to a corporation. However, treating the College like a corporation empties the educational mission of any meaning, replacing it with …
Community Matters
Danielle Libby Contributing Writer I want to start this piece with a story that has a connection to today. Four years ago, as a senior in high school, I spoke at a school board meeting in protest of a policy. After that meeting, I thought …
Reconsidering Lowry: Institutional Memory and Accountability
Kristen Townsend Contributing Writer Dr. Howard Foster Lowry served as president of The College of Wooster from 1944 until his death in 1967. He is widely credited for creating the Independent Study (I.S.) program at Wooster, elevating Wooster’s academic reputation. He was also a serial …
POC faculty: overworked, underappreciated – and leaving
Noor Mushtaq Contributing Writer There is an overarching issue with the College’s retention rates of POC and international faculty, which is a broader issue that shapes and affects the larger campus community. This is definitely part of the larger political state of the country, as …
