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Men ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’s Basketball Head Coach Miles Smith helps to build a tightknit program

By Coleen Dee Berry

ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ President Barbara K. Mistick recently traveled to China with a delegation from FriendlyPA, an economic development initiative aimed at building partnerships and promoting exchange activities between Pennsylvania and Chinese educational institutions.

On a beautiful fall day, ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ held a festive groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, Oct. 9, for the "Reimagining the John Stewart Memorial Library project.

A total of 759 students have enrolled at ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ for the 2014 fall semester, an increase of more than 14 percent over fall 2013 with a 41 percent increase in new students in the traditional undergraduate college, producing the largest incoming class in more than 40 ye

ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ and Vermont Law School, the top-ranked environmental law school in the nation, recently forged an agreement that will allow qualified students to earn a bachelor ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’s degree from Wilson and a master ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’s degree from VLS in just four years.

ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ has received a $2.3 million gift to the Reimagining the John Stewart Memorial Library fundraising effort from Wilson alumna Sue Davison Cooley, a Portland, Oregon, area philanthropist.

ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ has received U.S. Department of Agriculture organic certification for produce and herbs grown on the college farm, a major step for the college and its sustainability program.

ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ was recently awarded a $3,000 grant from the Jean Morrow Fund of the Franklin County Foundation (FCF) that will enable the college ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’s therapeutic riding program for special-needs residents to continue through the summer.