Twenty-First Century

Senator Ted Kennedy speaks to Wheaton College students after receiving the Otis Social Justice Award.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a journalist, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.

Jean Hones Beard, Clinical social worker and Author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

Alexandra Marshall 1965, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

Wheaton students and faculty mobilize in response to Hurricane Katrina.

The Art History and Classics Departments team up to purchase the 15th Century Book of Hours, an illuminated manuscript.

Cokie Roberts, a journalist, speaks at Commencement.

Kathleen M. Dennehy 1976, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, is awarded an honorary degree.

Patricia Higgins Arnold, philanthropist and Wheaton trustee, is awarded an honorary degree.

Elspeth Davies Rostow, Stiles Professor Emerita in American Studies at the LBJ school of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Emerita, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

Wheaton 2014: Transforming Lives to Change the World.

Freeman Hrabowski III, President of the University of Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement.

Debrah Bial, founder of the Possee Foundation, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

Bob Herbert, Op-ed columnist for the New York Times, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

Kathleen M. O’Donnell, a Massachusetts Attorney, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

Visiting Artist Patrick Dougherty builds “Twisted Sisters,” a sculpture made of thousands of sapling branches.

Katherine T. Bartlett, Professor of Law at Duke University, speaks at Commencement.

Kathryn Wasserman Davis, International Philanthropist and founder of 100 Projects for Peace, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

Lousie Henne Feroe, president of Mercy College, is awarded an honorary degree.

Wheaton College celebrates 175 yeas of operation.