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Steve Charles—Keon Gilbert ’01 was three weeks into classes for his doctorate in public health at the University of Pittsburgh in 2004 when he experienced… well, it’s better the way he tells […]

Read More - Keon Gilbert ’01: Finding His Calling in Public Health

Steve Charles—Not even a week after The Bachelor published a front page article about the tradition of painting the Senior Bench, that landmark received the most artful treatment I’ve seen on it […]

Read More - Bench Painting Honors Hispanic Heritage Month

Jim Amidon — Twenty-five years ago, I took a physics class at Wabash College from Professor Vern Easterling. Vern was an excellent teacher — is an excellent teacher — but I way underperformed in […]

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Howard W. Hewitt – Social media isn’t a new term. Blogging, Facebook, and social networking may be foreign to many people but the concept of individual journals dates back years. It’s just […]

Read More - Wabash Getting Up to Speed on New Media

Steve Charles—I was interviewing Professor Greg Redding ’88 this week about running his first 100-miler over the summer—the Bighorn Mountain Wild and Scenic Trail Run. One hundred miles of being pushed to his […]

Read More - Running Wild

Howard W. Hewitt – The start of the school year means many things including selection of our student bloggers. It took awhile four years ago to convince everyone that it was a […]

Read More - Blogging Has Become An Important Voice

Kim Johnson – In our staff meeting Monday morning we were discussing the weeks events and what we would be able to cover. When Jim Amidon mentioned the group coming from FAESA […]

Read More - An Unexpected Day Should be Expected

Steve Charles—The biographical blurb on the back of Thomas Hollowell’s new book Allah’s Garden says he grew up in tiny Gessie, Indiana, population 94. That’s not exactly true. Thomas’s house is just north […]

Read More - Visiting Thomas Hollowell ’00

Howard W. Hewitt – Wabash’s Class of 2013 ended its five days of orientation Wednesday night by having ice cream with President and Mrs. White. See a photo album here. The tradition is […]

Read More - President Welcomes Freshmen to Elston Homestead

Howard W. Hewitt – Freshmen are somewhat overwhelmed the first few days of orientation. They are learning their way around, registering for classes, and being given lots of advice. Sometimes it takes […]

Read More - WAR Council Hands Out Gatorade to Freshmen

Kim Johnson – The freshmen have arrived, the upperclassmen are trickling in, and classes are about to begin. Campus is bustling with energy once again!   I have said it many times […]

Read More - Class of 2013 – Your Bell is Ringing

Jim Amidon — Wabash College is a pretty neat and somewhat quirky place. It survives and thrives on traditions — like when President Pat White “rung in” the Class of 2013 with a […]

Read More - My Favorite Wabash Tradition

Steve Charles—We talk often about how immersion trips recharge and reshape our students’ lives, and rightly so. I’ve been on two of those trips and seen the changes. I’ve read accounts of […]

Read More - A Fire Runs Through It

Howard Hewitt – Student leaders and athletes have returned to campus to prepare for the new school year. Along with that group is a solid core of Bachelor staffers on campus to […]

Read More - Bachelor Preparing 4th Back-to-Campus Edition

Jim Amidon — It’s a couple of days before the bulk of the Wabash freshmen arrive. About 75-80 upperclassmen are back on campus, cleaning up fraternity houses and straightening up residence halls in […]

Read More - Student Leaders get HELPful Advice

Steve Charles—Readers of Wabash Magazine may remember singer/songwriter/pianist Leslie Hunt, who graced the cover of our “Daughters” issue in the fall of 2007. The daughter of Steve Hunt ’76 had been a […]

Read More - Wabash’s “American Idol” Releases CD

Steve Charles—Barry Tyler’s The First Tee of Hammond golf program for inner city youth changes lives. You see evidence of that even if you’re just visiting Lost Marsh Golf Course, the program’s home, […]

Read More - Tyler’s The First Tee of Hammond Changes Lives

Steve Charles—During my favorite moment from this year’s Big Bash Reunion Weekend, five guys from the Class of 2004 were being videotaped in Lilly Library, telling stories from their days at Wabash […]

Read More - “The Poetry in the Life of a College”