Fall 2011 - Wheelock College

Ava Jennings ’12 participated in
the 2011 service learning program
in West Africa and found it to be a
life-changing experience.
Photo by Cate Payne
What Wheelock Students Do on Break
International Service Learning
sTudeNTs
More and more Wheelock students are investing intensive classroom
time preparing to participate in international service learning
programs and returning from them eager to share what they have
learned and how it has changed them. As participation grows, the value that
the programs add to the undergraduate education Wheelock offers becomes
more evident to students and faculty alike.
This academic year, during the 2012 winter and spring breaks and in
May, a mix of five new and returning programs is being offered.
Winter Break 2012 – Inclusionary Practice in the Eastern Caribbean:
Service Learning in Barbados with Dr. Felicity Crawford; and Cross-Cultural
Perspectives on Helping Children Cope with Stress: Service Learning in Singapore
with Dr. Paul Thayer
Spring Break 2012 – Lessons from Belfast, Northern Ireland: How Early
Childhood Programs Can Help Children Affected by Violence Heal with Dr.
Diane Levin ’69MS; and Cross-Cultural Service Learning in Puerto Rico with
Drs. Jane Yedlin and Tina Durand
May 2012 – African History, Culture, and Spirituality: Benin and Ghana,
West Africa with Dr. Joyce Hope Scott
WILDCATS Leave Paw Prints
All Over Fall Season!
At the end of the fall season, the Wheelock College men’s soccer team received the New
England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Team Sportsmanship Award for the third straight
year! Not only that, but on the women’s field hockey team, junior Despina Savvoulides
was named NECC Field Hockey Player of the Year and joined junior defender Alanna Phil on the
NECC All-Conference first team. Plus, senior midfielder Kylie Hefford and sophomore goalkeeper
Michelle Greene were voted to the All-Conference honorable mention squad.
Despina is the first player in the College’s history to capture the Player of the Year honor.
A co-captain this season, she started all 17 games for the Wildcats and scored 13 goals to tie
for the league lead, in addition to racking up 28 points to
place second among NECC leaders. Alanna earned first-team
honors on the All-Conference team for the second straight
year and now matches Despina, the only other Wildcat to
do so. The New Hampshire native is majoring in elementary
education/human development and finished her career with
70 games played to tie Julie Kilcoyne ’11 (2007-2010) for
the most in school history.
Kylie earned honorable mention on the All-Conference team
after scoring two goals and adding an assist as one of the best
two-way midfielders in the league. The elementary education
major’s field savvy earned her respect from the league’s coaches
as early as her rookie season, when she was selected to the
All-Conference first team as a freshman. Michelle joined Kylie
on the honorable mention squad after a stellar year as the
Wildcats’ starting keeper. A special education major, Michelle
currently ranks second on Wheelock’s victories list with nine,
while maintaining a 2.62 career GAA to place her third on the
Wildcats’ all-time list.
The Wildcats finished the season with a 5-12 overall mark,
including a 4-1 record in league play, to earn the number one
seed in the NECC Tournament. It was the first time in school history
that Wheelock had captured the top seed. Go, Wildcats!
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