| The Columns Weekly - Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 |
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Inspiring Minds
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| George Bent, Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts, has spent his career at W&L inspiring and being inspired by his students. |
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Student Org Spotlight: wluLEX
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| W&L’s student-run social media team arrived this fall ready to explore multiple social media platforms and showcase the vibrance of the Fall Term. |
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| Meet a Colleague: Mickie Brown |
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Meet a Colleague: Mickie Brown |
| Mickie Brown serves as an academic technologist in the IQ Center. Learn more about Mickie in our "Meet a Colleague" feature series. |
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| Live Well W&L Employee Wellness Fair |
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| The 15th annual Live Well W&L Employee Wellness Fair will be held Oct. 22 from 8-11 a.m. in Evans Hall. Discover a range of vendors offering valuable insights into wellness and work-life balance. The event will feature light breakfast refreshments, chair massages, updated flu and Covid vaccinations, biometric screenings, an employee raffle, along with plenty of information and giveaways. No appointment is necessary for the vaccinations, but please bring your insurance card. Biometric screenings are by appointment only. Questions should be directed to Andrea Velasquez at velasqueza@wlu.edu. |
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| This Week's Scene on Campus |
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Director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics Melissa Kerin introduces Mudd Center keynote speaker Dr. Adjoa Boateng Evans during a lunch with students in the Science Addition Great Hall.
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| Come Support the Generals! |
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Plenty of home action scheduled for the week ahead
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| Featured Social Media Site |
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Give the W&L Library a follow on Instagram!
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Artist Talk & Reception with Stephanie Shih
5:30-7:30 p.m. The Tea House & Reeves Museum of Ceremics
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Join the Museums at W&L for an Artist Talk with Stephanie Shih and learn more about her residency project, which has culminated in an exhibition, LONG TIME NO SEE, on view in the Reeves Museum of Ceramics. The talk will be followed by a reception when food and drinks will be provided.
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Shannon-Clark Lecture: Kaneesha Parsard
7-8 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Kaneesha Cherelle Parsard (University of Chicago) will deliver the annual Shannon-Clark Lecture in English – “The Friending Plot: Sexual & Economic Freedoms in Early-Twentieth Century Caribbean Fiction.” This event is free and open to the public.
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Lenfest Center Presents “Native American Peoples and Lands: Historic Connections to W&L”
5:30 p.m. Kamen Gallery/Lenfest Center
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The Lenfest Center at Washington and Lee University presents “Native American Peoples and Lands: Historic Connections to W&L,” a discussion with current and alumni members of W&L’s Native American student organization. The talk is free and open to the public and is part of the Lenfest Center’s Outreach & Engagement (O&E) Series.
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Your Still Lives with Stephanie Shih
11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Watson Galleries
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Join artist Stephanie Shih for a mini-exhibition tour of LONG TIME NO SEE, learn about how still lifes are a powerful medium for telling personal narratives and create your own mini still life composition. Bring a personal item of significance to incorporate into your still life photo, which you'll make with the artist in a still life photo booth.
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SonoKlect: The Music of Royce Campbell
8-10:30 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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Experience the mastery of Royce Campbell, a titan among jazz guitarists and composers, in an electrifying concert that transcends boundaries.
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Faculty Recital: Heather Dobbins (Bassoon) and Anna Billias (Piano)
3-5 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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Celebrate the beauty of nature with two Virginian musicians – Anna Billias (piano) and Heather Dobbins (bassoon). They will play a selection of solos and combined numbers that weave together a broad range of composers, styles and connections to nature. No tickets are required.
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78th Ethics Institute in Journalism Keynote Address: Marty Baron
5-6 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Washington and Lee University welcomes Marty Baron, author of “Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos and the Washington Post,” to campus to deliver the Knight Foundation Ethics talk.
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Lenfest Outreach & Engagement Series: Rena Priest
5:30-7 p.m. Kamen Gallery/Lenfest Center
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The Lenfest Center at Washington and Lee University presents an evening of poetry reading with Rena Priest, an enrolled member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation and Washington’s first indigenous State Poet Laureate.
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Book Talk with authors Chris Gavaler (English) and Nat Goldberg (Philosophy)
5:15-7:30 p.m. Harte Center Gallery
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Join authors Chris Gavaler and Nat Goldberg as they discuss their new book “Revising Reality: How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons and Rejects Explain the World.” Books will be available for signing and purchase and refreshments will be served.
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DeLaney Center Spotlight
4:30-5:30 p.m. Watson Galleries
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The DeLaney Center will host a program featuring testimonials from participants in the Freedom Ride pre-orientation trip, introductions to the enlarged DeLaney Center team and announcements about upcoming programs/initiatives. |
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Artist Talk & Reception with Emma Steinkraus
5:30-7:30 pm. Northen Auditorium & Watson Galleries
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Join the Museums at W&L for an Artist Talk with Emma Steinkraus in Northen Auditorium and learn more about her solo exhibition, Impossible Garden: Dusk & Dawn, on view in the Watson Galleries. The talk will be followed by a reception with food and drinks. |
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Contact Committee Presents Meghan McCain
7 p.m. University Chapel
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Washington and Lee University’s Contact Committee is pleased to host political commentator, author and award-winning blogger Meghan McCain. The event is free and open to the W&L community, and tickets are required.
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Parents and Family Weekend Instrumental Ensemble Concert
8-10 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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Join the University Jazz Ensemble, University Orchestra and University Wind Ensemble as they perform a combined concert as part of Parents and Family Weekend 2024. No tickets are required.
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