| The Columns Weekly - Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 |
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| Sign up for Group Exercise Classes |
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| The university offers group fitness classes on campus for the entire W&L community to enjoy. These classes are taught by students, faculty, staff and community members and cover several exercise types such as Zumba, yoga, HIIT, cardio circuit, martial arts, CrossFit, spin and boot camp style classes. The faculty/staff cost for the Winter Term is $36, which breaks down to roughly $3 per week. For more information and to secure your spot today, visit the Group Ex website. Questions should be directed to Ben Schlief, associate director of recreation. |
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Meet a Colleague: Debbie Price |
| Debbie Price is the administrative assistant for law admissions. Learn more about Debbie in our "Meet a Colleague" feature series. |
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| Live Well W&L Employee Wellness Fair |
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| Come Support the Generals! |
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A light schedule of home events for the week ahead.
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| Featured Social Media Site |
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Give the alumni office's Instagram page a follow!
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Gallery Tour and Nature Bingo with Artist Emma Steinkraus
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Join artist Emma Steinkraus for a mini-tour of Impossible Garden: Dusk & Dawn followed by a game of Nature Bingo on Woods Creek Trail.
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Faculty Music Recital: William McCorkle
3 p.m. Lexington Presbyterian Church
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W&L lecturer and organist William McCorkle will present a program titled “Ahh, Bach!,” featuring selections for the organ composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The performance is free and open to the public and no tickets are required.
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Concert by Latif Bolat
8 p.m. Lenfest Center/Wilson Concert Hall
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Latif Bolat, one of the most renowned Turkish musicians in North America, has presented concerts and lectures at colleges, universities, performing arts institutions and festivals throughout the world. With a vast repertory that includes songs in classical, folk and Sufi mystic music styles, he accompanies his singing on the baglama (long-necked lute), and various other traditional instruments from the Turkish folk music tradition. Admission is free.
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Law Faculty Meeting
11 a.m.-12 p.m. Law Community Lounge
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The law faculty meeting will be held from 11-12 in the Law Community Lounge. |
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Department and Program Heads Meeting
4:10 p.m. Leyburn 119
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The department and program heads meeting will be held at 4:10 p.m. in Leyburn 119. |
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Nurturing the Local Food Community: Supporting Farmers and Increasing Equitable Access
5:30 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Join Campus Kitchen and the Environmental Studies program as we kick off the Fall Term Just Food series with a presentation by Maureen McNamara Best of the Local Environmental Agricultural Project.
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Live Well W&L Employee Wellness Fair
8-11 a.m. Evans Dining Hall
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Join us for the 15th Annual Live Well W&L Employee Wellness Fair, featuring a wide variety of vendors sharing information about wellness and work-life opportunities.
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Mudd Center Speaker: Ricardo Nuila
5 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Ricardo Nuila, associate professor of medicine, medical ethics and health policy at Baylor College of Medicine, will present a lecture titled “The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine.” The event is free and open to the public
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Fall Choral Concert
8-10 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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The Fall Choral Concert features W&L’s University Singers, Glee Club and Cantatrici. The performance is free, but tickets are required and available online.
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Lenfest Faculty Research Colloquium
12-1:15 p.m. Mason Taylor New Room
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The Lenfest Faculty Research Colloquium showcases research and projects conducted with the support of summer and full-year faculty Lenfest Grants. For our first fall event, we’ll hear from Mengying Liu (Engineering), Kevin Finch (Journalism), and Robin LeBlanc (Politics). Capacity is limited to 18 attendees and lunch will be served.
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Faculty Conversation: Grade Inflation
4-5 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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We will continue the conversation from Fall Academy about current grading trends at W&L. This session is led by Executive Director of Strategic Analysis Cassie Hunt and Harte Center Director JT Torres. |
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Eugenics and the Making of Modern America
6 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Public historian and writer Elizabeth Catte will speak to the history of the 1924 Racial Integrity Act in Virginia and how the Shenandoah Valley played a pivotal role. The talk is sponsored by the Native American Cohort. |
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