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Academic dates
Student Research Day and Academic Awards: April 18
Spring Semester Ends: April 25
Finals Week: April 28 to May 2
Spring Housing Ends: May 5 at 10 a.m. 

Events
ArtsFest: April 7 to 11
Spring Fling: April 13
Cumberland Valley Chorale Spring Concert: April 27 at 3 p.m.
Commencement Weekend: May 3 and 4 
Commencement
Wilson College 155th Annual Commencement: Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 11 a.m.
We are pleased to announce this year’s commencement speaker is trailblazing adventurer and academic leader Tori Murden McClure. She is perhaps best-known as the first woman and first American to row a boat solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 

Read more about Tori Murden McClure here.

Stay tuned to wilson.edu/commencement for the latest updates. 
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16th Annual Student Research Day, Friday, April 18, 2025
The 16th annual Barsy-Colgan Student Research Day, April 18, is a day to celebrate student research, innovation, and creativity. Wilson students have completed research and creative projects this year with the guidance of their faculty mentors and will present their work in person or display it on posters. The schedule of events is now available online. The livestream links will be available on the website here: www.wilson.edu/SRD
Athletics
Two male volleyball players at the net
Men's Volleyball Secures Bye To Semifinals

History was made for the Wilson men's volleyball team as it defeated Gallaudet thus securing a bye to the semifinals in the upcoming United East Championship.
Read about it here.
Student spotlight
Student posing with a poster display
Wilson College became a home away from home for international student Muskan LNU. Read more about her experience at Wilson in the Spring issue of Wilson magazine online
Parents' Perspective
Blue travel trunk with the Wilson mark on top of a blue car.
Soon you will be welcoming your student home for the summer! Here are some tips from grownandflown.com for making the most of your time together–Home for Summer Ground Rules.
Music Events
Cumberland Valley Chorale at Wilson College, Threads of Song: Weaving Our World Together, Spring '25 Concert featuring Wilson College Ten Tones
This spring will be a music-filled season as the Cumberland Valley Chorale at Wilson College presents the Spring ‘25 concert, Threads of Song: Weaving Our World Together, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. 

The Chorale concert will also feature the Wilson College Ten Tones, who will be fresh off a performance at Sing On: The Keystone Collegiate Choral Festival, held at the Mukun S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg on April 26. Students will spend the afternoon on the Penn State Harrisburg campus working with choirs from the other universities and will perform a free concert for the public that evening.  
ArtsFest
The Arts at Wilson College, ArtsFest, April 7 to 11, 2025
ArtsFest is underway!
Thanks to the generous support of The Palmer Family Foundation Fund through The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, we are excited to present four nationally recognized invited artists as part of this year’s ArtsFest. We welcome to campus Sir Dominique Jordan for a poetry reading, visual artist Sue Coe, singer and composer Melanie DeMore, and choreographer Camille Weanquoi.

Read more about these artists and their events at ArtsFest here
Campus view
Chaplain Andy blessing a horse with a student sitting on the horse
The Wilson community gathered with their pets for one of the most popular events on campus–Blessing of the Animals. Critters from fish to horses received a blessing from Chaplain Andrew Hart. 
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