This article is about the college in Norton, Massachusetts. For the evangelical-affiliated school, see Wheaton College (Illinois).
Wheaton College
Wheaton College is a four-year, private liberal arts college with an approximate student body of about 1,550. Wheaton's residential campus is located in Norton, Massachusetts, between Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1834 as a female seminary, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. Wheaton became a women's college in 1912. The school began admitting men in 1987, after more than 150 years as a female-only institution. Most classes are relatively small: the student-faculty ratio is 11-to-1 and the average class size is between 15 and 20.

Presidents
Wheaton offers a liberal arts curriculum leading to a bachelor of arts degree in more than 36 majors and 50 minors. Students choose from courses in subjects from physics to philosophy, political science to computer science, art history to theater, English to economics. The course selection is extended further through the college's cross-registration programs with Brown University and nine local colleges involved in SACHEM (Southeastern Association for Cooperation in Higher Education in Massachusetts). Wheaton also offers dual-degree programs, enabling its undergraduates to begin graduate-level study in studio art, communications, engineering, business, theology and optometry.
The Wheaton Curriculum [1]requires students to take sets of courses that approach a topic from the perspectives of different disciplines. These connected courses are intended to encourage students to explore and think beyond their primary academic interests [2]. For instance, the Connection entitled "Communication through Art and Mathematics" links Arts 298 (Graphic Design I) with Math 127 (Advertising Math).
Foundations courses focus on writing, quantitative analysis, foreign language study and non-Western perspectives. In their first semester at Wheaton, all freshmen take a First Year Seminar in which they explore contemporary issues and gain academic skills needed for college-level study. The Major concentration and elective courses are also central to the Wheaton Curriculum, which culminates in a senior capstone experience—a thesis, research project, seminar or creative project.

Curriculum
Wheaton uses an honor code system originally instituted in 1921 and is one of a select number of schools to use it in both academic and social settings. Incoming freshmen learn about the code and discuss it during Orientation, before signing the matriculation book.
The current Wheaton Honor Code reads: As members of the Wheaton Community, we commit ourselves to act honestly, responsibly, and above all, with honor and integrity in all areas of campus life. We are accountable for all that we say and write. We are responsible for the academic integrity of our work. We pledge that we will not misrepresent our work nor give or receive unauthorized aid. We commit ourselves to behave in a manner which demonstrates concern for the personal dignity, rights and freedoms of all members of the community. We are respectful of college property and the property of others. We will not tolerate a lack of respect for these values.
As part of the honor code, most tests and exams are not proctored by professors and students are often allowed to leave the testing location to complete the exam elsewhere. In 2003, through student and faculty cooperation, it was decided that students would write I have abided by the Wheaton Honor Code in this work and sign their name on all work handed in.
Students in violation of the honor code are expected to report themselves to either a professor, the Dean of Students, or the Chair of the College Hearing Board. Students who witness and/or are aware of violations, are expected to confront the violator and encourage them to report themselves, before they report the violation.
The majority of minor violations are handled by the Office of Student Life, however certain, more serious and/or chronic violations are heard by the College Hearing Board, the judicial branch of the Student Government Association, which is comprised of four elected students and two appointed faculty members. Students found responsible face sanctions ranging from probation to expulsion.

Honor code
The renovation and expansion of Wheaton's arts facilities (Watson and Mars Arts and Humanities) in 2000 set the stage for the Evelyn Danzig Haas '39 Visiting Artists Program. Launched in 2003, the program brings distinguished writers, musicians, actors, directors, dancers and artists to campus for short-term residencies to share their work through lectures, master classes, concerts and exhibitions. Arts in the City complements the visiting artists program by taking students and faculty members on trips to Boston, Providence and elsewhere to explore the arts and cultural offerings of the region.

Arts
Students can participate in intramural activities, club sports, and intercollegiate teams. Wheaton fields 21 intercollegiate teams for women and men, including baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, track and synchronized swimming. The school's teams play within the NCAA Division III and in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). Wheaton's mascot is a Lyon, named after founding principal Mary Lyons.
Wheaton is ranked as one of the top 50 NCAA Division III institutions in the final United States Sports Academy (USSA) Directors' Cup standings. Of 420 schools competing in Division III, Wheaton ranks seventh in New England for an annual program that recognizes the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. Among 312 scoring institutions, the Lyons tallied 338.5 points, placing them at 48th place nationally.

Athletics

Wheaton Quarterly: College magazine [3];
The Wheaton Wire: Weekly student newspaper (Caitlin Libby, Editor-in-Chief {2007-present}) [4];
The Wheaton Standard: Collection of op-ed pieces, letters, and other political campus news published by the Campus Conservatives
Nike: college yearbook;
Rushlight: Student arts & literary magazine (Gabrielle Kappes and Emily Ayer, Editors {2006-present});
Midnight Oil: Student literary magazine;
The Underwire: Alternative/underground newspaper;
WCCS: free-format student-run radio station (David Machado '07, General Manager {2004-Present})[5]; Films

Mary Ellen Avery, M.D. - pediatric physician and researcher
Elaine Meryl Brown [6] - novelist and HBO executive
Chris Denorfia - Oakland Athletics outfielder
Diane Farrell - Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress (CT-4)
Jean Fritz - Newberry honor-winning author of children's books
Robie Harris [7] - acclaimed children's book author
Catherine Keener - Actress
Nancy Mairs - Poet and essayist
Adrienne Bevis Mars - Wife of John Mars
Alexandra Marshall [8] - novelist
Esther Newberg - literary agent and co-creative director of ICM
Catherine Filene Shouse - researcher, pioneering feminist and philanthropist
Lesley Stahl - Journalist, CBS News
Amanda Urban - literary agent and co-creative director of ICM
His Royal Highness Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - King of Bhutan
Christine Todd Whitman - Former Governor of New Jersey
Alex Witchel - The New York Times'