We shall prove the following statements: Given a sequence ${\left\{a_n\right\}}_{n=1}^{\infty }$ in a Banach space $𝐗$ enjoying the weak Banach-Saks property, there is a subsequence (or a permutation) ${\left\{b_n\right\}}_{n=1}^{\infty }$ of the sequence ${\left\{a_n\right\}}_{n=1}^{\infty }$ such that $$\underset{n\to \infty }{lim}\frac{1}{n}\sum _{j=1}^n{b}_j=a$$ whenever $a$ belongs to the closed convex hull of the set of weak limit points of ${\left\{a_n\right\}}_{n=1}^{\infty }$. In case $𝐗$ has the Banach-Saks property and ${\left\{a_n\right\}}_{n=1}^{\infty }$ is bounded the converse assertion holds too. A characterization of reflexive spaces in terms of limit points and cores of bounded sequences is also given. The motivation for the...