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Perry Mastodon Turns 50
Approximately 400 guests from the surrounding community helped Wheaton celebrate Perry
Mastodon’s 50th birthday at a “Stones and Bones” party on October 26, 2013. Perry Mastodon was
excavated by Wheaton College geology majors in 1963, and took more than 11 years to restore.
Displayed on Wheaton’s campus since 1974, Perry currently resides in the Meyer Science Center.
New Scholarships Boost Merit Aid
will become
available for all qualified incoming freshmen
in fall 2014.Two are merit-based—the
Charles Blanchard President’s Award and the
Arthur Holmes Award—and the third is the
Yellow Ribbon Program for recipients of the
Post-9/11 GI Veterans Education Benefit.
With the availability of the new merit
scholarships, the percentage of incoming
freshmen who receive a merit award will
increase from 25 to 40 percent.
The Charles Blanchard President’s
Award, named for Wheaton’s longestserving president, will be offered to
freshmen with at least a 3.7 unweighted
high school GPA and minimum ACT
composite score of 32 or SAT score
of 1400. The scholarship is $20,000
total—$5,000 per year, renewable with at
least a 3.0 GPA at Wheaton.
The Arthur Holmes Award, named
Three new scholarships
Dr. Arthur F. Holmes ’50, M.A. ’52
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Charles Blanchard,
Wheaton’s longest-serving
president (1882-1925)
for the noted Christian philosopher
and distinguished Wheaton professor,
provides a second tier of merit awards
for incoming freshmen with at least a 3.6
unweighted GPA and a minimum ACT
score of 30 or SAT score of 1330. This
scholarship is $10,000 total—$2,500
per year, renewable with a 3.0 GPA at
Wheaton.
The Yellow Ribbon Program is a
need-based aid opportunity that makes
additional funds available for Post-9/11
GI Veterans Education Benefit recipients.
According to this agreement, Wheaton
and the Veterans Administration will
each cover half of the tuition and fee
expenses that exceed the tuition and fee
amounts received under the Post-9/11 GI
Bill. Enrollment in the Yellow Ribbon
program began in March.
Wheaton Hosts Conference
on Christian Unity
Wheaton hosted Inhabit: Building
Christian Unity, a conference exploring
racial and ethnic inclusivity in the body
of Christ, on October 25–26, 2013. The
conference featured an opening chapel
message by Sam Rodriguez, senior pastor
of New Season Christian Worship Center,
and a keynote address by Bryan Loritts,
pastor of Fellowship Memphis.
“The conference was an exciting
opportunity for students and faculty to
speak openly with one another about
their experiences, with the goal of
reaching a deeper level of understanding
about the complex issues that create
social distinctions, and together to learn
about godly justice that fosters a vision
for racial unity in the body of Christ,”
says Dr. Steve Ivester ’93, M.A. ’03, dean
for student engagement.
Efforts to prioritize unity and
understanding at Wheaton have led to
visible changes on campus (see “That
They May Be One,” page 26). Dr.
Ivester expects these developments,
along with events like the Inhabit
conference, to lead to lasting outcomes.
Billy Graham’s Sermon
Manuscripts Available Online:
wheaton.edu/grahamsermons
The typed sermon manuscripts of Rev. Billy
Graham ’43, LITT.D. ’56, annotated with the
evangelist’s handwritten notes, can now be
accessed via the Billy Graham Center Archives
website by clergy, laypeople, scholars, and
the public worldwide. Spanning 1941 to 2006,
the manuscripts are scanned copies of the
originals loaned to the Billy Graham Center
Archives by Rev. Graham and the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association.
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