Stephanie Schmidt: Volleyball Head Coach
How long have you been coaching? I began coaching for the first time in 2006, so it’s been 11 years overall, but I started in my first full-time college role a little more than five years ago. This will be my fifth season as a Division III head coach. What is the most important part […]
Allie Paluchniak: Women's Golf Head Coach
How long have you been coaching? This will be my second year coaching, first year at Wheaton College. What is the most important part of your job? The most important part of my job is to impact and influence these young women during some of the most pivotal and foundational years of their life. I […]
Jacob and Meghan Ayers: Men's and Women's Swimming Head Coaches
How long have you been involved in swimming? Jacob Ayers: “I came to swim in college, swam for Jon Lederhouse for four years, I graduated in ’97 and I’ve been coaching young swimmers and high school swimmers ever since.” Meghan Ayers: “I went to the College of Charleston in S.C., swam there for two and […]
Ben Sounders: Men's Golf Head Coach
How long have you been coaching? I am entering my fifth year of coaching. I spent the last four years assisting the men’s and women’s golf teams, and this will be my first year as a head golf coach. What is the most important part of your job? The most important part of my job […]
Ellen Radandt-Stremler: Women's Softball Head Coach
How long have you been coaching? This is my second year coaching, first as a head coach. Last year I was an assistant coach for Hope College in Holland, Mich. What is the most important part of your job? Creating a culture amongst players and coaches that values the person and their development as much […]
Christ at the Core curriculum develops during second year
The Record explored changes that can be expected with the implementation of the Christ at the Core curriculum that started last year. Inaugurated last fall for the class of 2020, Wheaton’s Christ at the Core general education system is now in a waiting phase. Christ at the Core is the new curriculum initiative that was […]
Senior Bench is Wheaton Official
Student Development released the updated 2017-2018 Student Handbook via email on Aug. 23, which included the first ever official publication of the Senior Bench Activity Guidelines. In his email to the student body, Paul Chelsen, vice president of Student Development, highlighted changes to free speech and public assembly, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), […]
Chapel to revisit the Reformation
On Oct. 31 the Protestant Reformation will celebrate its 500th anniversary. Accordingly, President Philip Ryken announced at this year’s opening chapel on Aug. 23 that Wheaton will focus on “rediscovering the Reformation and rethinking its implications for the church in the 21st century,” as the student body gathers for chapel each week. Chapel speakers throughout […]
Pre-Nursing partnership makes degree more accessible
New program shortens path to a BSN by one year by partnering with Indiana Wesleyan University. Wheaton nursing students can now complete their nursing training in 14 months instead of two years after leaving Wheaton through the college’s new partnership with Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU). This option allows students to leave Wheaton after three years […]
Wheaton now accepts Common Application
Beginning this fall, prospective students can apply to Wheaton using the Common Application. Wheaton joins more than 750 colleges and universities in adopting this method of accepting applications. Interim Director of Undergraduate Admissions Jason Kirchner stressed the prevalence of the Common App: “More than 1 million unique applicants, about one-third of whom are first-generation college […]