Please plan to join your fellow students, faculty and staff for the inauguration of Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D., as the 18th president of Whitworth University. Come celebrate with us! To mark the presidential inauguration, we will explore what it means to be a “Community of Courage.” A week-long series of events will challenge faculty, staff, students and the larger university community to engage society's most important issues with the intellectual rigor and love of Christ for which Whitworth has always been known.
The week will culminate in President Taylor’s inauguration ceremony at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, in the Whitworth Fieldhouse. Campus offices will be closed for the ceremony and everyone is encouraged to attend. Friday afternoon classes will continue at the discretion of the faculty member.
Inaugural Events: Oct. 11-16, 2010
Monday, Oct. 11
7 p.m., Community Panel, Bing Crosby Theatre, 901 W. Sprague
Ted McGregor, publisher of The Inlander, will moderate a panel discussion on what it would take for Spokane to be a community of courage. Panelists will include civil rights attorney Breean Beggs, Cowles Company Chair Betsy Cowles, Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, Bethel AME Senior Pastor Lonnie Mitchell, and Whitworth Political Science Professor Julia Stronks.
Tuesday, Oct. 12
7 p.m., Chris Jordan presentation, Weyerhaeuser Hall, Whitworth campus
Chris Jordan is a Seattle-based photographer, who is best known for his large-scale works depicting mass consumption and waste. His artwork, at once beautiful and disturbing, challenges people to consider the impact of our culture of consumerism.
Wednesday, Oct. 13
4 p.m. The Future of Feminism, Music Recital Hall, Whitworth campus
Dialogue between president of the Independent Women’s Forum Michelle Bernard and Communication Studies Professor Jim McPherson. Moderated by Asst. V.P. for Intercultural Relations Larry Burnley.
7 p.m., Michelle Bernard Lecture, Weyerhaeuser Hall, Whitworth campus
Just weeks before the midterm elections, MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard will weave current political events into the "Community of Courage" theme in her lecture, "A View from Washington: A House Hopelessly Divided?"
Thursday, Oct. 14
11 a.m., Chapel Service, Seeley Mudd Chapel
The Whitworth Community gathers together for worship each Thursday morning. Dale Bruner, professor emeritus of the Whitworth Theology Department, will be speaking.
7 p.m., Bruner-Welch Installation and Lecture, Weyerhaeuser Hall, Whitworth campus
Whitworth theologian Jim Edwards, who holds the Bruner-Welch Endowed Chair in Theology, will present a lecture, "Potentates, Priests, and a Pariah: Reflections on Luke 3:1-2 about Divine Revelation in Human History."
Friday, Oct. 15
3 p.m., Inauguration Ceremony, Fieldhouse, Whitworth campus
Join the Whitworth community for the inauguration of Whitworth's 18th president, Beck A. Taylor. Doors open at 2 p.m. Campus offices will be closed for the inauguration ceremony and everyone is encouraged to attend. Friday afternoon classes will continue at the discretion of the faculty member.
6 p.m., Presidential Inaugural Reception & Dinner, Riverside Room, Spokane Convention Center. Cost: $30 per person. Please register by Friday, Oct. 8, at www.whitworth.edu/inauguration, or contact Nancy Kessler at x3449.
Saturday, Oct. 16
Noon-2 p.m., Campus Picnic, Whitworth Fieldhouse
Cost: $8 per person, payable at the door
Close out the Inauguration Week and celebrate Parents’ Weekend with a picnic lunch and live music.
Bonus Event! Fall theatre production, “Once Upon a Mattress.” Sunday, Oct. 17, at 2 p.m., in Cowles Auditorium at Whitworth (the play will also be staged Oct. 22 and 23). General admission $8; students and senior citizens (62 and up) $6. Purchase tickets at the door, in advance by calling the theatre box office at (509) 777-3707, or online at www.whitworth.edu/theatretickets.
Questions? Please contact the Whitworth Office of Institutional Advancement at 800.532.4668, 509.777.3449, or e-mail nkessler@whitworth.edu. Register online at www.whitworth.edu/inauguration.
