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The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) was formed in 1978. It is the legislative and deliberative student body at Wesleyan University.

Wesleyan Clinic Escorts is a group that trains and organizes students to escort patients past anti-abortion protesters at women's clinics in Connecticut.

WESU was founded in 1939 as a student radio station. From 1967 until 1990, it operated under the purview of the Wesleyan Broadcast Association, independent from Wesleyan University, broadcasting on the FM band at 88.1 megahertz. In 2003, Wesleyan University acquired the license to broadcast at 88.1 megahertz, and WESU became a subsidiary thereof.

During the 1980s, a Wesleyan faculty member was asked to deliver an address to the incoming freshman class each year. These addesses contained advice and wisdom about the students' upcoming lives at Wesleyan University. These addresses were transcribed and printed by Wesleyan.

Moses Clark White (1819-1900) was a graduate of the Wesleyan University class of 1845. White worked as a preacher, a doctor and a missionary, and lived in Fuh Chau, China, from 1847-1853, returning to live in New Haven, Conn. and practice medicine.

John Cecil Rushworth Whiteley (1904-1959) was a member of the Wesleyan Class of 1925. He was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Waldham College in Oxford.

Beatrice Witkin (1917-1990) was an accomplished composer and one of the first women to produce electronic music compositions.

During World War I, Wesleyan had a brief period when it adopted several programs to train students to become soldiers and officers. Wesleyan had a total of 1,169 men involved in the war effort, of whom 26 died. The majority of Wesleyan men were involved in the Army, S.A.T.C., and Navy.

The Women's Studies Program was created in 1980 and became a major in 1989. In 2006, the program was renamed Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Henry Merritt Wriston (1889-1978) was a 1911 graduate of Wesleyan University and served as president of Lawrence College and Brown University. He was also active in United States foreign policy issues.

The Young Men's Republican Club was Wesleyan's first Republican political organization. It was founded on June 21, 1856, with the goal of aiding in the election of John C. Fremont to the presidency of the United States. A significant number of Wesleyan students were vocal supporters of the Republican Party in the early years, and much of their rhetoric centered on their opposition to slavery in Kansas.

The Center for the Arts (CFA) gallery was renamed the Ezra [Wesleyan class of 1947] and Cecile Zilkha Gallery in the fall of 1982 in honor of a gift from The Zilkha Foundation, Inc. The Gallery features contemporary art installations as well as faculty and student work.