| The Columns Weekly - Thursday, Mar. 20, 2025 |
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Inside SSA
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| A group of students passionate about research has been working tirelessly to make this year’s Science, Society and the Arts 2025 conference an event to remember. |
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Forging Their Futures
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| Helen Ezgo ’25 and Maina Shodmonbekova ’25 traveled across the world to expand their horizons at W&L thanks to the John M. Gunn International Scholarship. |
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| University Memorial Acknowledgments |
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| On behalf of the University, the Office of Human Resources recognizes the passing of employees, retirees and their immediate family members by sending a peace lily or making a memorial contribution. Please notify Human Resources (HumanResources@wlu.edu) with a copy of the obituary as soon as possible when you learn of a death. Immediate family includes spouse/domestic partner, parents/stepparents, siblings, children/stepchildren, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers/sisters-in-law, mothers/fathers-in-law and sons/daughters-in-law. Additionally, Human Resources will send a peace lily or memorial for the passing of retirees and the spouses of living retirees. Thank you for helping the university to promptly acknowledge these losses. |
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Meet a Colleague: Josh Jones |
| Josh Jones serves as the director of athletic facilities. Learn more about Josh in our "Meet a Colleague" feature series. |
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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 three new employees who have joined the W&L community in recent weeks. |
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| Enrichment Experience Opportunity |
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Hip Hop Cardio Class
Tuesday, Mar. 21 • 12-12:45 p.m. • DARC Room 341
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| Break a sweat with hip hop dance. The class is open to all, regardless of your dance experience. Music selections will include hip hop, R&B, and rap. In addition to cardio and dance moves, there will be jumping, squatting and lunging. Participants should wear exercise clothes and supportive shoes. Also, don't forget to bring water! |
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| This Week's Scene on Campus |
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Leah Beard, director of leadership development and student engagement, and Jake Reeves, assistant director of inclusion and engagement, drive the trivia taxi during Philanthropy Education Week.
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| Come Support the Generals! |
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Plenty of home events on the schedule for the week ahead. Come check out a game!
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| Featured Social Media Site |
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See what's new with the student body by following WLULex on Instagram!
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SSA Keynote Speaker: Carla Lalli Music
5-6:30 p.m. University Chapel
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Enjoy an evening with Carla Lalli Music, chef, cookbook author and former food director Bon Appétit magazine. No tickets required.
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Holi Celebration
2-6:30 p.m. Cannan Green
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The South Asian Student Association will host a Holi Celebration on Canaan Green for all members of the campus community. Holi is a major Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, Equality and Spring.
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Senior Recital: Lui Blomberg, composition/piano
3 p.m. Lenfest Center/Wilson Concert Hall
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Lui Blomberg ’25 will perform his senior piano recital featuring works of solo piano repertoire, including Frédéric Chopin’s “Prelude No. 15, Op. 28” and John Field’s “Nocturne in D minor.” The recital will also feature Blomberg’s own compositions performed by an ensemble of string and wind players. The event is free and open to the public.
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Public Lecture: Christine Toy Johnson
7 p.m. Lenfest Center/Johnson Theater
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The Department of Theater, Dance and Film Studies at Washington and Lee University presents “Till Soon, Anne,” a reading and discussion with playwright Christine Toy Johnson. The evening will feature excerpts from Johnson’s 2018 musical “Till Soon, Anne,” which is about a young woman who consciously ends her journey with terminal brain cancer and invites her closest friends and family to a perfect last weekend, determined to celebrate the life she’s been given and the art of letting go. The event is free and open to the public.
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A Conversation with Reporters Russ Buettner and Sue Craig
5 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Washington and Lee University welcomes Russ Buettner and Sue Craig, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists from the New York Times, to campus to discuss their recent book, “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.” The talk will be followed by a book signing. Sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and the university’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, the talk is free and open to the public.
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Mudd Center Lecture: Jim Withers
5 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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The Mudd Center and Shepherd Program present Jim Withers, MD, FACP and Founder of Street Medicine Institute. He will deliver a lecture titled “Go To The People: Ethics and Access of Street Medicine.” The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Basse Salon Presents: Justin Davis
12:30-1:30 p.m. Leyburn 128 – Harte Center Gallery
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Justin Davis, assistant professor of business administration, will share how web scraping (automated internet data collection) has impacted his research throughout his academic career. Light refreshments will be provided.
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H. Parker Willis Lecture: Tom Barkin
4:30 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Tom Barkin, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will deliver the H. Parker Willis Lecture in Political Economy. The event is free and open to the public.
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Class of 1963 Scholars in Residence Lecture: Solange Ashby
5-6 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Solange Ashby, assistant professor of Egyptology and Nubian studies at UCLA, will deliver a lecture titled Ancient African Queens. Sponsored by Classics, History and Africana Studies, the lecture is free and open to the public. |
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University Orchestra Presents Concerto-Aria Winners Concert
8 p.m. Lenfest Center/Wilson Concert Hall
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Join the University Orchestra at Washington and Lee University for its Winter Term concert. The performance is free and open to the public and no tickets are required.
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Senior Recital: Heidi Thiessen
8 p.m. Lenfest Center/Wilson Concert Hall
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Heidi Thiessen ’25 will perform her senior voice recital including works by J.S. Bach, Léo Delibes, César Franck and Carl Maria von Weber, as well as rarely performed songs by Gaetano Donizetti and Juliana Hall’s “Night Dances.” The performance is free and open to the public.
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Lenfest Outreach & Engagement Series: Okaidja Afroso “Jaku Mumor: Ancestral Spirit”
7:30 p.m. Lenfest Center/Wilson Concert Hall
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W&L's Lenfest Center welcomes Okaidja Afroso “Jaku Mumor: Ancestral Spirit.” Through his distinctive style that combines various percussion instruments, vocals, guitar and dance, Afroso explores the perseverance of ancestral traditions and creates a new, complex and contemporary African oral tradition to create an unforgettable and unique experience. Tickets are required. |
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Senior Recital: Yuchen Qian, piano
3-5 p.m. Lenfest Center/Wilson Concert Hall
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Yuchen Qian '25 from Shanghai, China will be presenting a solo piano recital featuring his musical passion and piano journey at W&L.
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