| The Columns Weekly - Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 |
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| Get to Know Your Newest Co-Workers |
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New Employee Q&A |
| Get to know the newest members of the Washington and Lee employee workforce through our new employee feature page! This week, we feature four new employees who have joined the W&L community in recent weeks. |
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| Per IRS rules, employees enrolled in pre-tax benefit plans may only enroll, waive or make changes to their benefits once per year (during open enrollment each spring). However, you may make changes if you experience a "Qualifying Life Event" such as marriage, birth/adoption of a child, divorce, etc. For a complete list of qualifying life events, refer to the 2024-25 Benefits Guidebook. |
• You have only 30 days following a qualifying life event to make a change.
• The requested change must correspond to the event that occurred.
• In most cases, the change will be effective the first of the month following your request in Workday.
• Proof of the event will be required (marriage certificate, notification of birth, etc.). |
| Please contact Kim Austin in Human Resources with any questions. |
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| This Week's Scene on Campus |
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Stephanie Sandberg, associate professor of theater, presents to her peers at the third annual “Slices of Research” program.
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| Come Support the Generals! |
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The week ahead includes home dates for tennis, basketball and wrestling.
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| Featured Social Media Site |
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Check out the latest offerings from the W&L Store through its Instagram page.
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Concert Guild Series: The King’s Singers “Close Harmony”
8-10 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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The King's Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world's greatest stages for over fifty years. The concert will celebrate highlights of The King’s Singers’ repertoire since its founding in 1968, including arrangements of English folksongs, as well as songs by Billy Joel, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Gershwin and Bob Chilcott.
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Lunar New Year Celebration
5-8:30 p.m. Science Center Great Hall
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The Pan-Asian Association for Cultural Exchange will host a Lunar New Year celebration featuring a buffet-style dinner, student performances and a cultural fashion show. The event is free and open to the campus community. RSVP is encouraged.
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NPHC Step Show Competition
6-8 p.m. Keller Theater/Lenfest Center
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The Class of 1994 Office of Inclusion and Engagement at Washington and Lee University will host the NPHC Step Show Competition. The event is open to the public, and doors open at 5:30 p.m.
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Super Bowl Dinner
5-8 p.m. The Marketplace
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Gear up for the big game with a meal inspired by the competing teams. |
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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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Museum Talk: For the Love of Plants - Plant Worlds in the Shadows of Empire
5:30-6:30 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Drawing on recent interdisciplinary scholarship in feminist, postcolonial and indigenous studies, Dr. Banu Subramaniam, professor of women's and gender studies at Wellesley College, will reflect on how gender, race, class, sexuality, and nation shape the foundational language, terminology, and theories of the modern plant sciences, and how botanical theories remain grounded in the violence of their colonial pasts.
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Basse Salon Presents: Candice C. Robinson
12:30 p.m. Harte Center Gallery
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Candice Robinson, assistant professor of sociology and DeLaney Center Faculty Scholar, will deliver a lecture on “The Sociology of Cardi B: A Trap Feminist Approach” in the Harte Center Gallery inside Leyburn Library. The talk is free and open to the public.
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Mudd Center Panel - How We Die: A Panel Investigating the Ethics of Medical Aid in Dying
4 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Often discussed as a “good death,” Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) can also be highly contested. A panel three discussants and a moderator will probe the many pressing questions related to MAiD.
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Readings by DW McKinney and Sylvia Jones
6:30-7:30 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Washington and Lee University presents a public reading with Shenandoah Editorial Fellows DW McKinney and Sylvia Jones. The reading is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Glasgow Endowment.
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Fishback Lecture: Alden Wicker ’09
5 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Award-winning journalist and author Alden Wicker ’09 will serve as the Fishback Visiting Writer at Washington and Lee University and will deliver a lecture titled ”How Toxic Fashion is Making Us Sick … and What to Do About It.”
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Religion Department Speaker: Costica Bradatan
5 p.m. Huntley Hall 221
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The Religion Department presents Costica Bradatan, Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors College at Texas Tech University. Bradatan is the author and editor of more than a dozen books and also contributes book reviews, essays, and op-ed pieces for such publications as the New York Times, Washington Post, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, Aeon and Commonweal. |
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Sonoklect Series: Los Tres Músicos
8-10 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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Don't miss the triumphant return of a trio whose musical journey began at SonoKlect in 1997. Originating from the halls of the Cleveland Institute of Music, these three extraordinary talents have evolved into globally renowned artists, captivating audiences on an international scale. No tickets are required.
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Shared Choral Concert: Virginia State University Concert Choir and the University Singers
7-10 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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Come for this first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Virginia State University Concert Choir and the University Singers as they perform individual sets before joining together to close out the concert as a combined choir. The event is free to the public, but tickets are required.
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