The Wesleyan Review | November 7, 2025

The Stories Beneath Our Feet

Honored traces of the past returned to the Nansemond Indian Nation during repatriation ceremony

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TOP STORIES

Disney's Menagerie:

Animals in Disney Culture

Professors Merlock Jackson, Lindvall, and Stolley offer their insights during "Page to Podium" lecture

Rev. Brian Boettcher '12 to Serve as 2026 Speaker for Baccalaureate

The service is scheduled for Friday, May 15, prior to the spring Commencement Ceremony

The Great Dismal Swamp

Historian and author Marcus Nevius shares insights on swamp survival, slavery, and petit marronage

VWU Softball Ranks Among Top Programs in National Strikeout Cancer Campaign

The 15th annual StrikeOut Cancer fundraiser, spearheaded by Coach Brandon Elliott, topped all fundraisers; it's the ninth time the program has been NCAA Division III's leader

VWU Presents "The Thanksgiving Play" by Larissa Fasthorse"

November 14 - 16 in the Brock Theatre of the Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 11

Veterans Day Ceremony

November 13

Black Freedom, the Burning of Norfolk, and the Birth of American Independence

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November 17 - 20

Fall Marlin Business Conference

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IN THE NEWS

Chair of VWU's Political Science Department Leslie Caughell interviewed in WVEC's coverage, "Analyzing Election Results," 13NewsNow.com

Professor Caughell was also quoted on the gubernatorial race in Virginia on Network Today

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