| The Columns Weekly - Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025 |
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J.T. Torres Co-Authors New Book
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| The director of the Harte Center for Teaching and Learning examines the relationship between critical thinking and writing. |
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Meet a Colleague: Mat Rapoza ’03 |
| Mat Rapoza '03 serves as the football team's assistant coach and offensive coordinator. Learn more about Mat in our "Meet a Colleague" feature series. |
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| This Week's Scene on Campus |
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Associate Dean of Students Jason Rodocker, Director of Internal Communications Brian Laubscher and Manager of Web Development Steve Mammarella teach faculty and staff how to play poker at an HR Enrichment Experience event.
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| Come Support the Generals! |
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The week ahead features a light home schedule.
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| Featured Social Media Site |
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Follow the W&L Museums on Instagram!
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Museum Talk: For the Love of Plants - Plant Worlds in the Shadows of Empire
5:30-6:30 p.m. University Chapel
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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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Panel Discussion: “Sports, Media and Power in America”
6 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Washington and Lee University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications presents “Sports, Media and Power in America,” a panel discussion sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism. Moderated by John Miller ’77, W&L’s Glynn Visiting Lecturer of Journalism and Communication, the panel will feature Heather Dinich, ESPN College Football Playoff Reporter, and C. Isaiah Smalls II, the Miami Dolphins beat reporter for the Miami Herald. The panel is free and open to the public.
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Museums at W&L Lunch and Learn Series: Sylvia Shin Huey Chong
Noon Watson Galleries
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Sylvia Shin Huey Chong, associate professor of American studies and English at the University of Virginia, will deliver a lecture titled “Commodity Orientalism: Historicizing Asian America Through Objects” as part of the Museums at W&L Lunch and Learn series. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited, and registration is required. Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m.
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Institute for Honor Symposium Keynote: Ambassador Ertharin Cousin
4:45 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Ambassador Ertharin Cousin will deliver the keynote address for the 2025 Institute for Honor Symposium, titled “The Sustainable Transformation of our Global Food Systems: An Imperative for the Survival of Whom?” Ambassador Cousin currently serves as the managing director and CEO of Food Systems for Future Ventures and the CEO of the fund’s sister nonprofit, Food Systems for the Future Institute. Both organizations support her vision of a world without hunger and malnutrition. Cousin's address is free an open to the public.
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Senior Recital: Adelaide Loving, Soprano
8 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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Adelaide Loving of McLean, Virginia gives her senior recital performing selected works of Obradors, Handel and Pergolesi. No tickets are required.
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Alumni Engagement and the Department of Theater, Dance and Film Studies present “Encore”
Begins at 9 a.m. Lenfest Center for the Arts
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All-day programming includes student and alumni panels, faculty master class sessions, and a networking reception. Registration is required to attend.
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W&L Salutes: Generations of Service
4:30 p.m. University Chapel
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Alumni Engagement presents W&L Salutes: Generations of Service, a special weekend event on March 15-16. The W&L Salutes ceremony will take place on March 15 at 4:30 p.m. in the University Chapel. Associate Provost Paul Youngman and W&L President Will Dudley will offer opening remarks followed by a panel hosted by led by retired U.S. Army General Tony Ierardi ‘82. There is no cost for W&L faculty, staff and students. The weekend will close on March 16 with a wreath presentation and moment of reflection honoring the fallen at the Memorial Gate Plaza at 8 a.m.
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Congress to Campus Panel
5:30-7:30 p.m. University Chapel
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Please join us for a panel: Reflections on Legislating in Polarized Times featuring special guests – former congressmen Dave Trott (R-Michigan) and Lewis F. Payne (D-Virginia). The event is free and open to the public.
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Winter Choral Concert
8 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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The program features W&L’s Glee Club and Cantatrici, performing creative works from around the world centered around Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Christ lag in Todesbanden.” The performance is free and open to the public.
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Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Distinguished Lecture: Elizabeth Prelogar
5 p.m. Law School Moot Courtroom
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Elizabeth Prelogar, Solicitor General of the United States during the Biden administration, will be the speaker at the annual Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Distinguished Lecture. The event is free and open to the public.
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Institute on Media Ethics Keynote: Charlotte Clymer
5 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Charlotte Clymer, writer and communications consultant, will deliver the keynote address on “Advocacy Communications and the New American Normal” at Washington and Lee University’s 79th Institute on Media Ethics. The lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by W&L’s Knight Program in Media Ethics and the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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Science, Society, and the Arts Keynote Speaker: Carla Lalli Music
5-6:30 p.m. University Chapel
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Enjoy and evening with Carla Lalli Music, chef, cookbook author and former food director Bon Appétit magazine. No tickets required. |
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