| The Columns Weekly - Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
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Meet a Colleague: Jane McDonald |
| Jane McDonald has worked at W&L Law since 2005, holding positions in the Office of Career Strategy and currently in Faculty Services. Learn more about Jane in our "Meet a Colleague" feature series. |
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| Take advantage of the Faculty/Staff Dining Plan |
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| Why pack a lunch when you can enjoy delicious and convenient meals right here on campus? The Marketplace offers year-round discounted pricing for W&L employees with a meal plan offering a 10% discount off the regular door price! |
| Please note that The Marketplace will be closed from May 25 through June 4. It will resume regular hours for the summer starting June 5. |
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| Finale - Employee Appreciation Picnic |
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| Put $600-900 in your pocket! Deadline: June 1. |
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| Don't miss out on your wellness rewards! If you haven't already done so, complete your Live Well W&L activities by June 1 to earn a $50 per month discount on your W&L health insurance premium from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 – that's $600 for the year! Not on W&L's health insurance? You'll earn a $100 Main Street Lexington gift certificate instead! |
How to Qualify:
Record two Essential (red) and four Holistic (blue) tokens in your Live Well W&L account by June 1. |
Have a spouse/domestic partner or are a single parent with a child on W&L's health insurance? You could earn a $75/month discount or $900 for the year!
See the instructions below to make sure you and your family are set up correctly. |
| Need help? |
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CONFIRM: Have you earned all the tokens you need?  See your Rewards page – it needs to look exactly like this by June 1 for the discount: |
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| Featured Social Media Site |
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Check out what's going on in Community-Based Learning by following its Instagram page!
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Student Documentary Premiere Screening
5:30-7:30 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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The Journalism and Mass Communications Department, in collaboration with the Department of Theater, Dance, and Film Studies, presents the student documentary premiere screening created by students in the Spring Term Cross/Intercultural Documentary Filmmaking class. This event offers a unique opportunity to experience the creative efforts of emerging nonfiction student filmmakers who have written, produced, filmed and edited their short documentaries entirely in-house. This event is free and open to the public, with refreshments served before the event. |
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Aerial Dance Spring Term Performance
May 22 at 9 pm/May 23 at noon Outside wall of Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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The Department of Theater, Dance and Film Studies at W&L presents “Vertical Dance,” an aerial dance performance. The performance will be held outside on the wall of Wilson Hall at the Lenfest Center for the Arts and is free and open to the public. Attendees are invited to bring blankets, chairs or a picnic for lawn seating across from the performance wall.
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Spring Term Classes End |
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The last Spring Term classes will be held on Friday, May 23. |
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Spring Spotlight
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Leyburn Library
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W&L will hold its annual Spring Spotlight (formerly Spring Term Festival) on Friday, May 23 at several locations within Leyburn Library. The event, traditionally held on the final day of Spring Term, is free and open to the W&L community.
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Undergraduate Faculty Meeting
4:10-5:30 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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The final undergraduate faculty meeting of the year will be held in Stackhouse Theater on May 27. |
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University Singers Commencement Concert
8-10:30 p.m. Lenfest Center/Wilson Concert Hall
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Join the University Singers for one final concert performance of the year featuring favorite works selected by the seniors. This annual tradition is designed for parents and family of the graduating students, but is also open to the public.
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Baccalaureate Service
10 a.m. University Front Lawn
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The baccalaureate service will be held at 10 a.m. on the front lawn. The featured speaker will be Ansel Sanders '04, president of the Webb School of Knoxville.
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Undergraduate Commencement
10 a.m. University Front Lawn
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The 238th undergraduate commencement ceremony will be held Thursday, May 29 at 10 a.m. Speakers include W&L President Will Dudley and Harris Stripling '25, Executive Committee President.
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University Store Flash Sale
8 a.m.-7 p.m. University Store
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Employees only may take an additional 25% off a purchase with a W&L ID. Some exclusions apply. |
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2025 Employee Appreciation Picnic (Finale)
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cannan Green
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The Finale Employee Appreciation Picnic will be held May 30 on Cannan Green. Families are encouraged to participate and the university will close following the event.
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From Screen to Square: “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman”
5:30 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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The DeLaney Center will continue its Screen to Square film series with a showing of “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.” The film tells the story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The screening is free and open to the public, and include drinks, pizza and dessert.
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