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Faculty Exhibit
- Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 @ 5:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Additional Dates
Opening Reception: Nov. 10, 5-7 p.m.; Panel lecture led by Meredith Shimizu: Nov. 10, 7 p.m.
This exhibit, which runs through Feb. 11, features works in various media by Whitworth's art faculty.
(Gallery closed Dec. 19-Jan. 3 for Winter Break.)
Location: Bryan Oliver Gallery, Lied Center for the Visual Arts |
If you have any questions contact Dee Anna Christiansen at 509.777.3258 or dchristiansen@whitworth.edu
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Great Decisions Lecture: Hussam Al-Khalidy
- Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Hussam Al-Khalidy will present "A Life of Struggle in Iraq." Al-Khalidy was born in Bagdad, Iraq, and his life has been shaped by the Iran-Iraq war, the first Gulf War, the sanctions regime, and the sectarian violence after the U.S. invasion. He worked with coalition forces at the Bucca Prison in the southern oil port of Basra, interrogating prisoners to determine whether they were involved in the insurgency. Al-Khalidy immigrated to the United States in 2009 and now lives in Spokane.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Barbara Brodrick at 509.777.3270 or bbrodrick@whitworth.edu
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Simpson-Duvall Lecture: Linda Hogan
- Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Join the Whitworth English Department for the 2010 Simpson-Duvall Endowed English Reading with Linda Hogan. Hogan is a Native American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. She is the Chickasaw Nation's Writer in Residence. A reception and book signing will follow.
Location: Weyerhauser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre, Weyerhauser Hall Avista Square |
If you have any questions contact Annie Stillar at 509.777.3253 or astillar@whitworth.edu
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Moldenhauer Lecture: Donivan Johnson
- Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Join composer and music instructor Donivan Johnson as he explores the life and music of maverick American composer and writer John Cage (1912-92). The annual Hans Moldenhauer Memorial Lecture focuses on contemporary music and its place in society and music education.
Location: Hixson Union Building Multipurpose Room |
If you have any questions contact Michelle Pace at 509.777.3275 or mpace@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Chilean Composer/Singer Leonardo Alvarez
- Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Julie Shanholtzer at 509.777.4263 or jshanholtzer@whitworth.edu
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Leonard Oakland Film Festival 2010
- Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Part of Whitworth's Heritage Month celebration. The first night of the festival will open with the short film "Saving Lives in World War II." The evening will also feature director Ari Folman's movie "Waltz With Bashir."
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Nancy Kessler at 509.777.3449 or nkessler@whitworth.edu
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Leonard Oakland Film Festival 2010
- Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Part of Whitworth's Heritage Month celebration. The second night of the festival will open with the documentary "A Portrait of Leonard Oakland." The evening will also feature director Nina Paley's animated film "Sita Sings the Blues."
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Nancy Kessler at 509.777.3449 or nkessler@whitworth.edu
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Leonard Oakland Film Festival 2010
- Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Part of Whitworth's Heritage Month celebration. Saturday's program will open with winners of a student-made short-film contest. The event will also feature director Thomas McCarthy's movie "The Visitor."
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre/Room 111 |
If you have any questions contact Nancy Kessler at 509.777.3449 or nkessler@whitworth.edu
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Art Exhibit: Art +Text: Images, Concepts, Insights
- Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Additional Dates
This traveling exhibition, from the international organization Christians in the Visual Arts, brings together sculptors, painters, photographers, graphic artists, mixed-media, installation, and video artists who use art and text to express their personal attitudes, opinions and faith. Opening Reception: Monday, Feb. 22, 5-7 p.m.; Lecture by Daniel Siedell in the Oliver Gallery: Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
Location: Lied Center for the Visual Arts Bryan Oliver Gallery |
If you have any questions contact Dee Anna Christiansen at 509.777.3258 or dchristiansen@whitworth.edu
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Lecture: Ronald C. White, Jr.
- Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Ronald C. White, Jr., presents "Abraham Lincoln 2010: Wisdom for Today." White is the author of "A. Lincoln: A Biography," a "New York Times," "Washington Post," and "Los Angeles Times" bestseller. He has lectured at the White House and has been interviewed on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He is presently a Fellow at the Huntington Library and a Visiting Professor of History at UCLA. Sponsored by the Lilly Foundation.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Michelle Pace at 509.777.3275 or mpace@whitworth.edu
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Reading: Ann Putnam
- Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Author Ann Putnam will read from "Full Moon at Noontide." Putnam teaches creative writing and women's studies at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Michelle Pace at 509.777.3275 or mpace@whitworth.edu
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Is He Dead? A NEW Comedy by Mark Twain
- Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.
- Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $8 general; $6 students/seniors
Location: Cowles Auditorium |
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Fee: $8.00 |
If you have any questions contact Jennifer Toulouse-Lee at 509.777.3707 or jtoulouse-lee@whitworth.edu
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Concerto Concert: Whitworth Symphony Orchestra
- Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Whitworth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert featuring the winner from the concerto competition. Free and open to the public.
Location: St. George's School |
If you have any questions contact Loree Swegle at 509.777.3280 or lswegle@whitworth.edu
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Is He Dead? A NEW Comedy by Mark Twain
- Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:00 p.m.
Admission: $8 general; $6 students/seniors
Location: Cowles Auditorium |
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Fee: $8.00 |
If you have any questions contact Jennifer Toulouse-Lee at 509.777.3707 or jtoulouse-lee@whitworth.edu
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Great Decisions Lecture: Christopher Marsh
- Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Christopher Marsh presents "Russia and the 'Near-Abroad'." Marsh is director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and a professor of political science and church-state studies at Baylor University. Marsh's expertise is in Eurasian religion and ethnic conflict and religious liberty in transition societies.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Barbara Brodrick at 509.777.3270 or bbrodrick@whitworth.edu
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Ethics Conference Opening Panel Discussion
- Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
"Media Unlimited: Technology, Ethics and Life at Whitworth in the 21st Century"
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Michelle Pace at 509.777.3275 or mpace@whitworth.edu
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Dean's Dialogue
- Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Academic Dean Michael Le Roy will lead Whitworth faculty members in a discussion of a prominent current event.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Julie Shanholtzer at 509.777.4263 or jshanholtzer@whitworth.edu
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Lecture: Kent Annan
- Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Kent Annan will present "Giving Up What I Really Want, So I Can Find What I Really Need: Following Jesus from the U.S. to Haiti." Anan is codirector of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit focused on education in Haiti.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Julie Shanholtzer at 509.777.4263 or jshanholtzer@whitworth.edu
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Great Decisions Lecture: Hjalmar W. Hannesson
- Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Hjalmar W. Hannesson will present "Iceland in the Global Financial Crisis." Hannesson is Iceland's ambassador to the United States and a past vice president of the United Nations General Assembly. He has served a variety of diplomatic posts including ambassador to China, Canada, and Germany as well as a number of U.N. and NATO positions. Icelandic banks were the hardest hit by the global financial crisis as all of the major banks collapsed, posing significant challenges for the government and society.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Barbara Brodrick at 509.777.3270 or bbrodrick@whitworth.edu
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Endowed English Reader: Poet David Daniel
- Friday, April 9, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Please join the Whitworth English Department for a evening of poetry with David Daniel. Daniel is on the faculty of the Fairleigh-Dickinson low-residency MFA Program in Madison, New Jersey, and is the director of the undergraduate creative writing program at FDU. For over 10 years, he was the poetry editor of the literary journal "Ploughshares," and taught literature and poetry writing at Emerson College in Boston for many years. His first full-length collection, "Seven-Star Bird," was published in October 2003 by Graywolf Press, and distributed by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Avista Square, Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Lisa Sem-Rodrigues at 509.777.3253 or lrodrigues@whitworth.edu
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Junior Art Exhibition
- Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Saturday, April 17, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Additional Dates
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 13, 5 p.m.
Location: Lied Center for the Visual Arts Bryan Oliver Gallery |
If you have any questions contact Dee Anna Christiansen at 509.777.3258 or dchristiansen@whitworth.edu
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Great Debate
- Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Whitworth and Spokane Falls Community College students debate U.S. immigration policy.
Location: Cowles Memorial Auditorium Stage II |
If you have any questions contact Kathy Fechter at 509.777.4738 or kfechter@whitworth.edu
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Science and Society Lecture - Mehmet Sarikaya
- Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Mehmet Sarikaya will present "Science at the Nano-Scale - Nanotechnology and Its Implications in Engineering and Medicine." Sarikaya is director of the Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center at the University of Washington.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Julie Shanholtzer at 509.777.4263 or jshanholtzer@whitworth.edu
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Poetry Reading: Professor of English Laurie Lamon
- Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Join the Whitworth English Department for an evening of poetry with Professor Laurie Lamon. Lamon earned her bachelor's degree from Whitworth, master of fine arts from the University of Montana, and doctorate in English literature from the University of Utah. Her poems have appeared in "The New Repulic," "Ploughshares," "The New Criterion," "The Colorado Review," and "The Atlantic Monthly," among others. She has published two poetry collections, "Without Wings" (2009) and "The Fork Without Hunger" (2005), both from CavanKerry Press.
Location: Weyerhauser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre, Weyerhauser Hall Avista Square |
If you have any questions contact Annie Stillar at 509.777.3253 or astillar@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Whitworth Symphony Orchestra
- Saturday, April 17, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Admission: $5 (students and seniors free)
Location: Cowles Auditorium & Stage II for storage. |
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Fee: $5.00 |
If you have any questions contact Loree Swegle at 509.777.3280 or lswegle@whitworth.edu
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Lindaman Chair Lecture: Betty Williams
- Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Betty Fry Williams, Ph.D., Lindaman Chair and professor and coordinator of special education at Whitworth University will present a lecture on "Best Outcomes for Students with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism."
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Julie Shanholtzer at 509.777.4263 or jshanholtzer@whitworth.edu
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Great Decisions Lecture: Anthony Clark
- Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Anthony Clark will present "China's 'Great Unity': U.S.-China Relations on the New Global Horizon." Clark is an assistant professor of East Asian history at Whitworth. He is the author of several academic and popular works, including books and articles on Chinese historiography, cultural interaction between China and the West, and his primary interest, the history of Sino-Western religious and cultural representation during China's late imperial to early modern era.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Barbara Brodrick at 509.777.3270 or bbrodrick@whitworth.edu
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Chapman Endowed Reading: Jess Walter
- Friday, April 23, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
In memory of Nadine Chapman, poet and beloved Whitworth English professor, a reading will be given. Jess Walter, a bestselling author based in Spokane, has been invited to share.
Location: Weyerhaeuser Hall Avista Square, Weyerhaeuser Hall Robinson Teaching Theatre |
If you have any questions contact Lisa Sem-Rodrigues at 509.777.3253 or lrodrigues@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Whitworth Wind Symphony
- Sunday, April 25, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Admission: $5 (students and seniors free)
Location: Cowles Auditorium & Stage II |
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Fee: $5.00 |
If you have any questions contact Joan Lack at 509.777.3280 or jlack@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Whitworth Concert Band
- Monday, April 26, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.
Location: Cowles Auditorium |
If you have any questions contact Joan Lack at 509.777.3280 or jlack@whitworth.edu
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Senior Art Exhibition
- Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 5:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Saturday, May 1, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.
- Additional Dates
Opening Reception: April 27, 5-7 p.m.
Closing Reception: May 15, 10 a.m.-noon
Location: Lied Center for the Visual Arts Bryan Oliver Gallery |
If you have any questions contact Dee Anna Christiansen at 509.777.3258 or dchristiansen@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Whitworth Men's Chorus
- Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Chapel |
If you have any questions contact Joan Lack at 509.777.3280 or jlack@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Whitworth Women's Choir
- Sunday, May 2, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Women's Choir Concert
Location: St. Augustine Parish, 19th & Bernard, Spokane |
If you have any questions contact Joan Lack at 509.777.3280 or jlack@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Whitworth Jazz Ensembles I and II
- Thursday, May 6, 2010 @ 5:00 p.m.
Jazz bands perform end of year concert
Location: Hixson Union Building Multipurpose Room |
If you have any questions contact Joan Lack at 509.777.3280 or jlack@whitworth.edu
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Broadway Unbound
- Friday, May 7, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Enjoy an evening of Broadway, showcasing Whitworth's talented student actors and dancers.
Location: Cowles Auditorium - Mainstage |
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Fee: $3.00 |
If you have any questions contact Jennifer Toulouse-Lee at 509.777.3707 or jtoulouse-lee@whitworth.edu
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Concert: Whitworth Choir
- Sunday, May 9, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
Admission: Suggested donation of $7 ($5 for students/seniors)
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave., Spokane |
If you have any questions contact Joan Lack at 509.777.3280 or jlack@whitworth.edu
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2010 Graduate Commencement
- Saturday, May 15, 2010 @ 10:00 a.m.
Graduate Commencement. Graduate students and faculty will line up in Dixon. Free child care in Dixon 206.
Location: Cowles Auditorium Auditorium, Dixon All Classrooms |
If you have any questions contact Mark Baker at 509.777.4332 or mbaker@whitworth.edu
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2010 Undergraduate Commencement
- Sunday, May 16, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Class of 2010 Undergraduate Commencement
If you have any questions contact Mark Baker at 509.777.4332 or mbaker@whitworth.edu
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Baccalaureate Service
- Sunday, May 16, 2010 @ 10:00 a.m.
Class of 2010 Baccalaureate Service
If you have any questions contact Toni Sutherland at 509.777.4345 or tsutherland@whitworth.edu
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