2008 Woodie Awards
Campus Briefs
Compiled by Leah Motz
Issue date: 2/20/07
Last Updated: 8/9/07
Applications available at Leadership Fair
The Leadership Fair is an annual event held to inform students on how to be a leader in the 2007-2008 school year.
The event will take place in Lied Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the H.U.B. this Friday.
Students there can learn about becoming cultural diversity advocates, medics, summer conference assistants, H.U.B. managers and small group leaders.
Anyone with questions should contact April McGonigal at amcgonical@whitworth.edu.
Spokane author to read work this Tuesday
Spokane author Jess Walter has written short stories, essays and screenplays. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Playboy, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. He is the author of four novels. The most recent, "The Zero" was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award.
Walter will present a reading of his work tonight at 7 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre. The event is free to all.
Activist and to share ministry with students
Christian activist and peacemaker Shane Claiborne's ministry experience includes a 10 week stint working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. He is also a founding partner of The Simple Way, a community in North Philadelphia.
In addition, he did graduate work at Princeton Theological Seminary and authored "The Irresistible Revolution." In his book, Claiborne describes a faith rooted in belief, action and love.
This Thursday at 8 p.m. in the HUB Multipurpose Room Claiborne will share his calling to ministry with Whitworth students. The event is free to all.
Author to speak on history of British slavery
James Walvin, an internationally known authority in the history of slavery and modern British social history, will present a lecture on slavery and western wealth tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre.
Walvin's lecture is part of Whitworth's Black History Month program.
The Leadership Fair is an annual event held to inform students on how to be a leader in the 2007-2008 school year.
The event will take place in Lied Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the H.U.B. this Friday.
Students there can learn about becoming cultural diversity advocates, medics, summer conference assistants, H.U.B. managers and small group leaders.
Anyone with questions should contact April McGonigal at amcgonical@whitworth.edu.
Spokane author to read work this Tuesday
Spokane author Jess Walter has written short stories, essays and screenplays. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Playboy, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. He is the author of four novels. The most recent, "The Zero" was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award.
Walter will present a reading of his work tonight at 7 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre. The event is free to all.
Activist and to share ministry with students
Christian activist and peacemaker Shane Claiborne's ministry experience includes a 10 week stint working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. He is also a founding partner of The Simple Way, a community in North Philadelphia.
In addition, he did graduate work at Princeton Theological Seminary and authored "The Irresistible Revolution." In his book, Claiborne describes a faith rooted in belief, action and love.
This Thursday at 8 p.m. in the HUB Multipurpose Room Claiborne will share his calling to ministry with Whitworth students. The event is free to all.
Author to speak on history of British slavery
James Walvin, an internationally known authority in the history of slavery and modern British social history, will present a lecture on slavery and western wealth tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre.
Walvin's lecture is part of Whitworth's Black History Month program.
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