Are you curious how President Beck Taylor balances spending time with donors and external constituents, faculty and staff, students and family, and if he ever sleeps? Are you wondering how the Taylor family survived their first Spokane winter and what Beck’s impressions of Whitworth are after a full academic year on campus? Do you want to know what you can do to advance the Whitworth 2021 vision and strategic plan?
These questions and many others will be answered by Beck at a brown-bag discussion on Monday, May 9, from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., in the HUB meetings rooms ABC.
The May 9 event will conclude for this academic year the new monthly series of brown-bag dialogues, during which cabinet members provide an overview of their areas of responsibility and then invite questions and discussion. All staff and faculty members are invited to bring their lunches and join in the dialogue.
Beck encourages Whitworth employees to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about areas of the university that may be unfamiliar to them. “As our community has grown, it has become harder to stay in touch with our colleagues across campus and what they are doing on a daily basis to advance our mission,” he says. “We need to work harder to be accessible and transparent, and we hope this monthly brown-bag dialogue can help in that process.”
In the fall, the “A Look at Life in…” series will continue with dialogues led by Vice President for Institutional Advancement Scott McQuilkin, Assistant Vice President for Intercultural Relations Larry Burnley, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources Dolores Humiston, and Dean of Spiritual Life Terry McGonigal.
