The start of the new academic year is an exciting time on campus. Each year, the Wilson community looks forward to late August when students once again fill the residence halls, and activities resume in the classrooms, on the athletic fields, in the common areas, and around the green. Campus truly comes to life!

This year, cars and vans transporting first-year and transfer students moved through the main gates of campus on Move-In Day August 22. A warm welcome committee of volunteers helped students check in and deliver their belongings to their respective living spaces. Some parents and grandparents shed tears, but most beamed with pride as they shared this special moment with their student.

The Wilson community is unique. There is always someone willing to help you by lending a hand. Whether it is showing you to a classroom, helping you in a class, or having an answer to a question you may have, the support from this community is unmeasurable.

—Miranda Hardy ’25, WCGA President, Excerpt from Convocation Speech 2024

         On August 23, the campus community gathered in Thomson Chapel for Convocation, a symbolic start to the academic year. Remarks by Alexandra Toms ’11, assistant professor of psychology, and Miranda Hardy ’25, WCGA president, brought messages of civility and hope to new residential and commuter students, international students, faculty, staff, and alums. Before closing the ceremony with the singing of the “Alma Mater,” new members of the community learned about and pledged to uphold Wilson’s long-held Honor Principle.