Convocation 25-26

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

The College of Wooster convened its 156th academic year with its annual 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, The College of Wooster earned recognition as one of the nation’s top schools by The Princeton Review in its guidebook, The Best 391 […]

Campus space with students

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

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

Sarah Wilds '97

Communication sciences and disorders alumna takes an unexpected journey from intern to CEO

When Sarah Wilds ’97 called the Prentke Romich Company (PRC) in the summer of 1995 to inquire about internship opportunities, she set in motion […]

Each year, approximately 60 Wooster students are involved with the Community Care Network as Health Coaches, as part of a partnership with Wooster Community Hospital.

College of Wooster named a Best Value College for 2025 by The Princeton Review

The College of Wooster has again been named a Best Value College by The Princeton Review. The distinction, based on academics, affordability, financial aid, and career […]

Angel Asamoah ’25

Neuroscience major researches effects of drug and alcohol use on young brain development

Growing up in Ghana where mental health is a taboo topic, Angel Asamoah ’25 became interested in the effects of early drug and alcohol […]

Fern Valley gift and endowment ensure research and experiential learning for generations of Wooster students and faculty

Fern Valley Field Station is a 56-acre, predominantly forested valley with a stream running through it and a goldenrod meadow. The natural property with […]

Des Smith ’25, Sydney Berenson ’25, Professor Olivia Navarro-Farr, Teagan Knutson ’25, and Maura Ellenberger ’25 reconnected on campus after researching together in Guatemala.

Four archeology students share I.S. research journey in Guatemala

In more than 20 years of archaeological research with Proyecto Arqueológico Waka’ (PAW), Olivia Navarro-Farr, professor of anthropology and archaeology and chair of archaeology […]

Wooster Magazine Summer 2025 cover image, I.S. Monday Parade

Explore how shared curiosity leads to direction in the summer 2025 Wooster magazine

A tradition beginning in 1988, the I.S. Monday Parade at The College of Wooster celebrates the shared elation that comes after the completion of […]

Case Baumwart ’25, urban studies major

New Wooster urban studies grad awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Case Baumwart ’25 is the most recent graduate from The College of Wooster to receive an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) from the Fulbright U.S. […]

Sarah Parker Lowery ’25, Associate Professor Marion Duval, and Elizabeth Kotora ’25 gather at the French & Francophone studies end-of-year departmental celebration dinner.

Two Wooster grads selected to serve as English language teaching assistants in France

Two 2025 graduates from The College of Wooster were chosen for the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) cohort for the upcoming academic year. […]

Reunion Weekend recognizes class gifts and celebrates outstanding Scots

The College of Wooster celebrated its annual Reunion Weekend from May 29 to June 1, 2025, welcoming more than 700 alumni back to campus […]

Akhmad Marimov ’26 and Laura Park ’27 answer questions about their research in AI programing for non-computer science majors.

Wooster students’ research shared at National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Two groups of students from The College of Wooster had their research peer-reviewed and published at the 2025 National Conference on Undergraduate Research April […]

Commencement 2025

Wooster Class of 2025 welcomes future challenges with confidence at Commencement Ceremony

At The College of Wooster’s 155th Commencement Ceremony, the Class of 2025 exalted in their achievements together with confidence instilled in them by the […]

Tyrell Cooper ’25 collects a tree-ring sample in spring 2022.

Wooster earth sciences team coauthors climate research on tree rings published in scholarly journal

Earth Sciences faculty, staff, and students at The College of Wooster recently published “Changing climate response of Northeast Ohio white oaks, USA: Is it […]

Devin Cotten '14

Urban studies alumnus alleviates poverty in Cleveland

Devin H. Cotten ’13 came to The College of Wooster planning to major in economics, but he learned through an urban studies major he […]

Featured image: McCall celebrates with Chicago Cubs Mascot, Clark the Cub. Photo by Matt Dirksen, Chicago Cubs.

President McCall celebrates Wooster connections in Chicago with first pitch at Wrigley Field

In a celebration of The College of Wooster’s connections in the Chicago area, President Anne McCall threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley […]

Margaret Steward ’26, a chemistry major and German studies minor at The College of Wooster has received a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Chemistry junior earns prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate science

Margaret Steward ’26, a chemistry major and German studies minor at The College of Wooster has received a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for the 2025-2026 […]

Meskerem “Mesky” Brhane ’89 head shot

International development leader to speak at College of Wooster Commencement

The College of Wooster will welcome Meskerem “Mesky” Brhane ’89, a leader in international development and poverty alleviation initiatives, to deliver the commencement address […]

Leilani Torres ’25 presented interdisciplinary research at the Association for Computing Machinery's 56th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

Interdisciplinary research dispels gender stereotype that men programmers contribute more open-source software

An interdisciplinary study at The College of Wooster dispelled the stereotype that computer programmers who are men contribute more open-source software files than women. […]