Wells College News

Alice L. Cochran, a historian and a professor at Webster University for nearly 40 years, died Saturday after a stroke.

Following are recent area graduates: Brian Henry Adler graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Seventy years of history in the Springville area SEVENTY YEARS AGO July 13, 1939 Arthur Rich defeated Evans Pugh to win the Simpson Cup at the Springville Country Club Sunday morning.

Wells College's 141st Commencement exercises took place Saturday, May 23, at the Aurora Inn in Aurora.

Wells College in Aurora has offered an 87-acre parcel to a group looking for a site on which to build a Finger Lakes museum.

The following students were named to the Dean's List for the spring 2009 semester at Wells College in Aurora, NY.

Rosa Carlini was all set to go to Wells College in Aurora. She loved the place and had chosen her classes and dormitory.

Robert J. Ross, president and CEO of Inasmuch Foundation, announced today the distribution of $119,300 in grants to 11 organizations in Colorado Springs.

Wells College's 141st Commencement exercises will take place at the Aurora Inn .

Joan Potter Berns, age 92, died May 16, 2009, at Newton Medical Center. She was born July 14, 1916, just outside Peabody at the same family home, Hillcrest, where her father was born.

Recently retired Ithaca College President Peggy Williams will be the speaker at the Wells College commencement, the college announced.

The Oneonta Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its May chapter meeting at noon Saturday at the Oneonta Masonic Temple at 322 Main St.

AURORA - Dorothea 'Thea' Smith Sawicki of Toledo, Ohio, and the Class of 1966 has been named Wells College's 2009 Alumnae Award, Alumnae Association president Carrie Bolton announced.

Aurora - The Wells College Arts & Lecture Series welcomes playwright Lanna Joffrey and 'Valiant' to campus on Saturday evening, May 2. The play will be presented in Phipps Auditorium, Macmillan Hall, at 7:30 pm.

Aurora - The Wells College choral ensembles, conducted by Professor of Music Crawford Thoburn and accompanied by Russell Posegate, will present 'Music for Springtime' on Sunday afternoon, May 3. The concert will begin at 4 p.m. in Barler Recital Hall.

Wells College President Lisa Marsh Ryerson and Michael Rifanburg, publisher of The Citizen newspaper in Auburn, have been elected to the Auburn Memorial Hospital board of trustees.

Enter the grounds of the MacKenzie-Childs studio in Aurora, N.Y., and you'll suddenly feel as if you've been transported to another century.

The sounds of shots being fired echoed through the woods early Saturday near Cornell University, interrupting the gloomy silence of the morning.

Wells College has hired two new development officers to help lead its comprehensive campaign.

Contributed photo/Karen Hindenlang of Aurora was recently appointed as coordinator of music and organist at the First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles.