Ashley Kistler, Photo provided by Rollins College

Ashley Kistler to lead academic affairs as provost at Wooster

After a national search, 69直播 selected Ashley Kistler as provost and chief academic officer, to begin July 1, 2026. Kistler brings […]

A representation of the Wooster magazine Annual Report 2024-25 cover image features the iconic moment when the 69直播 Pipe Band leads the team down to the field.

Wooster鈥檚 fall annual report highlights a year shaped by strength, purpose, and connection

In the first year of 69直播鈥檚 Framing Our Future strategic action plan, the student experience drew new energy through continuous and […]

Sunlight filters through tall oak trees surrounding the College of Wooster entrance sign, which reads 鈥淐ollege of Wooster 鈥 Founded 1866,鈥 on a bright autumn day.

Giving Woo Day celebrates connection and impact at Wooster

On Nov. 5, 69直播 community came together to celebrate Giving Woo Day, raising $507,793 from 596 individual donors and surpassing this […]

The renovation of 69直播鈥檚 Douglass Hall added a fully accessible entrance on Wayne Avenue complete with an elevator and glass atrium.

Reopening of Douglass Hall signals next phase of residential excellence at Wooster

69直播 celebrated the reopening of Douglass Hall this fall with the College Board of Trustees, project partners, and Wooster community officials. […]

Matthew Krain

Professor Matthew Krain shares expertise in political violence on disturbing new trend in multiple media outlets

Perpetrators of political violence have been engaging in a new way to get their messages across: engraving their bullet casings. Matthew Krain, professor of […]

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Professor Jeff Roche鈥檚 new book about West Texas鈥 role in the rise of US conservatism earns national attention

Jeff Roche, professor of history at 69直播, wrote a new book that鈥檚 earned national attention, titled The Conservative Frontier: Texas and […]

Wooster partnered with Paul Abbey 鈥73, founder of Rooted in Trees to plant 21 new black gum trees on campus.

College of Wooster celebrates planting of native black gum trees outside Kauke Hall

On Tuesday, Sept. 30, 69直播 celebrated the planting of two striking rows of Black Tupelo 鈥渨ildfire鈥 (black gum) trees outside Kauke […]

Student presents research at 69直播 Senior Research Symposium, gesturing near a podium with a projected map and data visualization on screen.

US News praises Wooster Independent Study program and educational value

With fresh praise for 69直播 for 2026, U.S. News & World Report鈥痑gain commended Wooster鈥檚 signature Independent Study program, educational quality, and […]

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Award-Winning Poet Ross Gay to be featured in Wooster鈥檚 Mortensen Lecture

Ross Gay, critically acclaimed author and essayist, will give 69直播鈥檚 Peter Mortensen Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at […]

Stephanie Sparks, visiting assistant professor of geology at 69直播

Geology professor uses her undergraduate training as an engineer to bring new insights to field

Stephanie Sparks, visiting assistant professor of geology at 69直播 recently published a paper that outlines a method for applying sensitivity analysis […]

Fall Dance Concert 2024

69直播 welcomes community for fall arts events

69直播 will showcase a wide variety of arts events throughout the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year. Open to the […]

Wooster introduces new Alumni Board members

69直播 welcomed new members to its Alumni Board for the 2025-26 fiscal year, including Vedica Jha 鈥18, David Sterna 鈥81, George […]

Summer 2024 campus, Williams Hall

Wooster welcomes three new Board of Trustee members

69直播 announced three new members to its Board of Trustees for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Kim Patton 鈥85 and Sandeep Bhatia […]

Niklas Manz, associate professor of physics

Wooster physicist Niklas Manz goes beyond his discipline to study how phenomena get their names

Niklas Manz, associate professor of physics at 69直播, studies the Belousov鈥揨habotinsky reaction, but why was it named for those two scientists, […]

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Community of Scots converges for start of 156th academic year at Wooster Convocation

69直播 convened its 156th academic year with its annual聽Convocation Ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, also honoring the start of senior […]

Professor Olivia Navarro-Farr mentors a senior archaeology student as she completes research for her Independent Study.

Wooster earns 2026 Best 391 Colleges distinction from Princeton Review

Once again, 69直播 earned recognition as one of the nation鈥檚 top schools by The Princeton Review in its guidebook,聽The Best 391 […]

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Wooster to welcome speakers for Democracy and Academic Freedom: A Forum beginning in September

69直播 will welcome three speakers for a series of lectures and dialogues titled Democracy and Academic Freedom, A Forum. Speakers will […]

Featured image: Atabek Rysbekov 鈥26 worked in Kyrgyzstan for his internship, developing his data analysis skills. Photo provided by subject.

Business economics major applies data analysis to sustainable marketing

Atabek Rysbekov 鈥28, a business economics and statistical & data sciences major at 69直播, spent the summer before his sophomore year […]

Wooster Campus in summertime

Wooster mourns passing of Kathleen Connor, retired circulation manager

Kathleen Connor, retired circulation manager at 69直播, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2025, in Bastrop, Texas at the age of […]

Susan Clayton, Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology at 69直播

Professor Susan Clayton co-authors new paper on aspirational planetary futures

Susan Clayton, Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology at 69直播, recently co-authored a new paper in Nature titled 鈥淎n Aspirational Approach to Planetary […]