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May 05, 2021 by Bill Platt
New director comes from the Stimson Center, a public policy and diplomacy think tank.
Photo by Robert Gill
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Victoria K. Holt, vice president of the Stimson Center, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy research institute focused on international affairs, has been named the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. She is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for international security in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in the Obama Administration.
Victoria K. Holt begins as the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding on Sept. 1. (Photo courtesy of the Stimson Center)
April 19, 2021
In the spirit of sharing ideas worth spreading, Wesleyan students hosted the third annual TEDxWesleyanU conference on April 16–17.
Titled “(Un)Knowing,” the event’s speakers included:
Alford Young Jr. ’88, professor of sociology, Afroamerican and African studies, and public policy at the University of Michigan
Field Yates ’09, NFL Insider for ESPN and co-host of “Fantasy Football”
Emily McEvoy ’22, College of Social Studies major, 2021 Student Speaker Competition Winner, and Middletown Mutual Aid organizer
Gato Nsengamungu ’23, physics and government double major from Rwanda
Doug Berman ’84, two-time Peabody Award-winning producer of NPR’s “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!” and “Car Talk”
Rob King ’84, senior vice president and editor-at-large for ESPN content