The Evening Advisor
A newsletter for Whitworth in the Evening
September 2009

It's September – time to think about graduation. To receive that well-earned diploma, you must fill out an Application for Graduation. Even if you choose not to participate in the ceremony (and we do hope to see you there on May 16, 2010) you must apply to graduate. The registrar's office would like to have graduation applications completed by Nov. 1.  

To apply for graduation, log in to WhitNet. The application for graduation is on your student homepage. Please note that you do not have a $50 graduation application fee – your tuition includes books and fees.

Seniors: Ignore that man behind the curtain! If you are a senior this year, you'll receive a lot of e-mails from the registrar's office and from the senior graduation committee. Some of these messages will apply to continuing studies students and some will not. If an e-mail comes from continuing studies, that information should be accurate for you. When in doubt, contact us for the correct graduation information.  

Park for free! As always, your tuition covers your fees, including parking. However, after the traditional day semester begins, campus security will ticket cars that do not have a parking decal.  Register your vehicle online at www.whitworth.edu/Administration/FacilitiesServices/VehicleRegistration.htm.   

If you use more than one vehicle, register the one you use most often; at this time, the system will only allow you to register one vehicle. If you use another vehicle and get a ticket for parking without a sticker, please bring the ticket to the continuing studies office.

Downtown students also need to register vehicles with Whitworth and display a Whitworth parking decal. In addition, you will receive enough one-day green parking passes for each course. 

If you didn't get a new student ID or ID sticker for the 2009/10 school year, stop by the continuing studies office to get one. Your ID is your ticket to the library and Pirate athletics events, and it can be used for student discounts at many Spokane venues. 

Printing changes in the labs: Whitworth is now tracking student printing via a program called Pharos. Each student gets 500 printed pages per semester free of charge (two-sided copies count as two copies). We will monitor accounts to see if 500 copies are enough for most students; please let us know if you're concerned about the number of copies you need. In addition, copying is now available in the Hawthorne Hall 106 and 112 labs. Instructions for using the printer as a copier are on the printer. Please note that copies are included as part of your 500 free pages for each semester and will be counted and recorded as part of your personal printing account.

Fall job and internship fair in the HUB.  The Whitworth Career Services Office will host a job/internship fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the Hixson Union Building. For more information, contact Sandy Nowack at 509.777.4541.

Scholarship opportunity: The John and Roberta Young Scholarship is funded by Whitworth alumni who specifically want to help our evening students. Scholarship amounts vary. The application form is available in the continuing studies office or on our webpage at www.whitworth.edu/Academic/Department/
AdultDegree/CurrentStudentsCurrentNews.htm#2 . The deadline to turn in the Young Scholarship application form is Dec. 1, 2009.

We're back to our regular continuing studies office hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, when classes are scheduled – we're always here in the morning to make sure the day gets off to a good start.

The writing lab is back, too! You'll find Sharon Westre in room 108 in Hawthorne Hall on Monday evenings from 4-6 p.m., or you can e-mail her at swestre@whitworth.edu  to schedule an appointment. Sharon is available to help you with any part of the writing process:  brainstorming ideas, creating a thesis, developing arguments, building thought and clarity, revising, and citing sources.

The Whitworth Writing Center, located upstairs in Cowles Memorial Library, room 242, is another on-campus writing resource. Writers at any skill level and any stage in the process can come to the Whitworth Writing Center to work with a trained consultant. Peer and faculty consultants represent many departments. The Whitworth Writing Center welcomes appointments and walk-ins.

Writing center hours:
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, 4 to 10 p.m.

To make an appointment, visit www.whitworth.edu/writingcenter, click on the "Make an Appointment" button and follow the instructions. Writers may choose a face-to-face or an online consultation. For a face-to-face consultation, the writer and consultant meet in the writing center in Cowles Memorial Library, room 242. For an online consultation, the writer and consultant will "log-in" a few minutes before the appointment time.

Adding or dropping courses: Please remember that policies and procedures are subject to change. Add/drop and refund policies have changed since the student handbook was last printed. The best places to check for up-to-date policies are the current course guide, our website, or our current-year tuition schedule, which is available in the continuing studies office.

Pick up your papers! Student papers, exams and notebooks available after completion of a course will be held only seven weeks after the class ends. All materials (including notebooks) will be shredded or destroyed after that time.

Don't forget to check your Whitworth e-mail if you're on a waiting list for a course. This is the only way you'll be notified if you have been automatically registered in a waitlisted course.   If you are registered in a course that you were waitlisted for, remember that you must decide which course you want to drop, and then do so in WhitNet.

Become an ambassador for Whitworth in the Evening and earn $50. You can earn a $50 gift certificate for every person you refer to the Whitworth Continuing Studies Program who matriculates. For every person referred, you will receive a $50 gift certificate to the Whitworth Bookstore or a $50 restaurant gift certificate. Have you already referred a friend who is now a student here? Contact us to let us know who you referred and that he or she is an active, attending continuing studies student. Think of friends, neighbors, co-workers, bosses, or anyone you know who could benefit by finishing a degree. Keep spreading the word; our great students are the best promoters of what Whitworth has to offer. (There's a prize for the first student who knows what matriculated means and e-mails the definition to Diana Churchill dchurchill@whitworth.edu.)

Following are upcoming classes you still have time to
register for:

AR 211, Watercolor and FW 175, Survey of PE Activities are "traditional" evening courses that meet one night a week for 14 weeks. You may take these courses in addition to your accelerated course schedule as long as you have Thursday evenings available from Sept. 10 through Dec. 17. The cost is $330 per semester credit and does not include the cost of books or materials.

EL 196, The Structure of English: Grammar and Effective Writing meets one weekend on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 6-9:30 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 25, from 6-9:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. This one-credit course is a great way to brush up on your writing skills. It just makes comma sense to take this course!

PY 227W, Theories of Personality has been added to the schedule in session three on the main Whitworth campus. The class meets Tuesdays and two Saturdays, Nov. 21 and Dec. 5.

Call us at 509.777.3222 if you'd like to make a change to your schedule or if you have any questions.