April 15 - 21

Learn from students

Sandhya Pise'26, Abigail Champeny-Johns'24, Julie Bach'26 present to a crowd during the Beloit and Beyond Conference in 2023.Sandhya Pise’26, Abigail Champeny-Johns’24, Julie Bach’26 each shared their experiences as volunteers and interns through Impact Beloit’s Community Connections courses at the Beloit & Beyond Conference symposium last semester.

Hello Beloiters! Symposium Week is here. Students are putting the finishing touches on their presentations chronicling their experiences studying away, through jobs and internships, and reporting on research opportunities. Check out the program and plan your day around the presentations you want to see. 

New for the day this year: A lunch presentation and party for Beloit’s two newest schools. Director of the School of Environment & Sustainability Jay Zambito and Director of the School of Media & the Arts Shawn Gillen will host students in the Sanger Center atrium, presenting on the benefits of the two schools and answering questions. VP for Career & Professional Development Tim Leslie will emcee. Learn about the new offerings and opportunities. Staying for lunch? RSVP here for pizza.

Catching a murderer

Check out one of the first three performances of Rehearsal for Murder this week at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

One year after his fiancé Monica’s death, Alex has re-convened his Broadway cast to read his new play, Killing Jessica. The script describes the death of a woman – very much like Monica’s – and it seems as though the characters are suspiciously similar to everyone gathered. Perhaps, Alex’s efforts at recreating the tragedy will catch the conscience of a killer.

The show is the theatre department’s last in a season focused on crime and mystery. The play runs next weekend as well, April 25-27.

Measuring student satisfaction

All Beloit College students are asked to complete the HEDS Student Satisfaction Survey this spring.

This survey allows students to tell the college about their college experience in their own words, as well as explain any concerns. Results will inform strategic college decisions in the coming years.

Learn more about the survey. Students can respond by clicking on one of the individualized links they received by email from BeloitCollege@hedsconsortium.org.

Sports recap

The Bucs were busy this weekend!

Beloit College Track and Field teams hosted the Beloit Relays at Strong Stadium Athletic Complex. Both the men and women saw major success, as both teams combined for nine first-place finishes, including three meet records. As a team, the men finished in second out of nine teams while the women finished in fourth. Read the full recap.

Women’s lacrosse went 2-1 on the week with two big conference wins against the Illinois Institute of Technology and Marian University. The games raised the team’s overall record to 6-5 with a 2-1 record in conference.

Men’s lacrosse lost a pair of conference games over the week. They hold a record of 2-8, 0-4 in conference.

Softball had an action-packed weekend with a pair of conference doubleheaders. Illinois College got the best of the Bucs on Saturday, but the Bucs bounced back with two run-rule wins against Knox College on Sunday, 15-0 and 12-3.

Baseball dropped a three-game conference series to Illinois College, taking the second but dropping the first and third. The team currently holds a 17-9 record with a 10-5 conference record.

Baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s lacrosse have home games this week.

Stories

Mackey Chairs past and present meet at reading

Current Mackey Chair Kimberly Blaeser (with her new book of poetry, Ancient Light), Professor of English Chris Fink, and past Mackey Chai...

Accomplished novelist and former Mackey Chair Bonnie Jo Campbell returned to campus for an insightful Q&A and reading with students, and met this year’s chair, Kimberly Blaeser.

Law internships and trips across the world

Last summer, Camille Ledoux traveled halfway across the world for Beloit's Global Experience Seminar in Germany and Poland.

A summer paralegal internship in Canada and a Global Experience Seminar to Germany and Poland set Camille Ledoux’25 up for a year of international education. She hopes to continue to combine her interests in environmental studies and law as she narrows her focus post-Beloit.

Upcoming Events

Announcements

Help with student research

Students in Psychology are conducting studies as a part of their coursework and are seeking participants from the college community. Please participate in whatever studies you are able to.

Children’s Book Drive

OEC is collecting books for ages 1-7 through April 28. Drop off your books in the container on the second floor of Morse-Ingersoll across from the 241-bathroom. Books will be donated to Little Turtles’ Playhouse.

Beloiters Beat Survey

We are looking for feedback about the Beloiters Beat, the weekly internal newsletter sent to all current students, faculty, and staff. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey.

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