Winter Fest is tonight from 8pm-midnight in Usdan! ❄ Make a gingerbread house, sing along with some holiday karaoke, wear your best (worst?) ugly sweater, and take a pic in the photo booth. $50 Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore gift card to the winner of the Ugly Sweater contest!

Congrats to Molecular Biology and Biochemistry PhD candidate Brandon Case and Emily Kessler ’18, winners of poster awards at the North Eastern Structural Symposium! Read more about their research: http://fal.cn/q6Ht #SciFri

What does it take to be a Cardinal? "Being resilient no matter what the outcome is," says Wesleyan Squash player Laila Samy '18, 2017 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women's Squash Player of the Year and three-time Division 1 All-American. #CardinalPride

Gabrielle “Gabe” Hurlock' 20 is a sophomore veteran scholar fromThe Posse Foundation. In her two years at Wes, Gabe has founded Sophia: Philosophical Association for Women of Color, Wesleyan’s first student group focused on African American women in the history of philosophy, and she partnered with fellow veteran Posse Scholar Dennis White '19 to launch Appalachian Scholar Project, a college access nonprofit that aims to prepare high school grads in rural West Virginia for a liberal arts education. More about this impressive Posse scholar here: http://fal.cn/qhct

Thank you to all who gave as part of our #GivingTuesday challenge. We're still counting, and it looks like we're almost there. If you haven't made a gift yet, please do so now: give.wesleyan.edu Your support is life changing -- not just for the students Wesleyan educates, but for the lives they will impact and the future they will shape. With you, Wesleyan is possible!

It’s #GivingTuesday! We’re 676 gifts away from reaching our goal and unlocking $300k for financial aid. Every gift makes an impact. Support students at Wes by giving now: give.wesleyan.edu

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday! Thanks to your generosity we’re so close to reaching our goal of 3,500 gifts by midnight tomorrow. With you, more is possible. If you haven’t given yet, please help us unlock an additional $300k for financial aid by giving now: wesleyan.edu/givingtuesday-fb

#GivingTuesday demonstrates how every act of generosity counts, and when we give together, our generosity means even more. You can help us unlock $300k for financial aid by giving today and supporting students at Wes. With you, more is possible. Please give today: wesleyan.edu/givingtuesday-fb

Jenny Fran Davis ’17 has become a published author with the fall release of her debut novel, “Everything Must Go.” Check out our Q&A with Jenny here: http://bit.ly/2mRRqs1

#GivingTuesday is just one week away and we’re about a third of the way to our goal of 3,500 gifts! Thank you to those who have given so far. Unlock $300k for financial aid at Wes. With you, more is possible. Learn more and give today: http://bit.ly/2zo32J1

Congrats to the winners of the 2017-2018 Wesleyan Fries Center for Global Studies Wes in the World Photo Contest! Photographs were submitted by international students and U.S. students who studied abroad. Read more about the winning entries + see honorable mentions here: http://bit.ly/WesInWorld

Got a minute? We invited Wesleyan alumni from across industries and around the world to take our 60-second challenge. How many questions can they answer in just one minute? Find out! Estrella Lopez ’07 is an assistant prosecutor in the Union County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey. Watch more 60-Second videos here: http://bit.ly/Wes60Sec