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Spring Quarter 2024
Weter Lecture
Tuesday, April 9 (note the date change)
7–8:30 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons
Celebration of Service
Thursday, May 2
11:10 a.m.
Royal Brougham Pavilion
Faculty Retirement Dinner
Thursday, May 2
6:30–9 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons
Walls Lecture
Wednesday, April 17
6–9 p.m.
First Free Methodist Church (Sanctuary)
Palmer Lecture
Tuesday, May 21
7–9 p.m.
First Free Methodist Church (Sanctuary)
Spring Faculty Awards Luncheon
Thursday, May 30
11:30 a.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons
Graduate Hooding Ceremonies
Friday, June 7
Various locations across campus
Ivy Cutting **
Friday, June 7
10-11 a.m.
Tiffany Loop
Graduate Commencement ***
Friday, June 7
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Tiffany Loop
Undergraduate Commencement ***
Saturday, June 8
10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
T-Mobile Park (1250 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134)
*All faculty must attend.
**Faculty, please dress in academic regalia.
***All faculty must attend either Graduate or Undergraduate Commencement.
Autumn Quarter 2023
New Faculty Orientation
Friday, September 1
9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Library Seminar Room (Ames Library, 2nd Floor)
Learning Essentials I & II
Tuesday, September 5
9–10:15 a.m. and 1:30.–4 p.m.
Library Seminar Room (Ames Library, 2nd Floor); lunch provided
Opening Kickoff With President Porterfield
Tuesday, September 5
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Royal Brougham Pavilion
Faculty Retreat*
Thursday, September 7
8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
The Mountaineers Program Center
Academic Forum (for Parents of Incoming Freshmen)
Saturday, September 9
10–11 a.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons
New Student Convocation**
Saturday, September 9
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Tiffany Loop
Teaching Essentials III
TBD
Faculty Inservice
Thursday, November 16
9 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Location TBD
Winter Quarter 2024
New Faculty Seminar
Meets each Thursday, 12:30–2:50 p.m.
Hosted by the Faculty Life Office
Science Lecture
TBD
Day of Common Learning
Wednesday, January 24
10:00 a.m. Keynote address with Dr. Kate Ott
Royal Brougham Pavilion
Afternoon Sessions at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. in various locations
Faith, Diversity, and Science Lecture series
TBD
Emeriti Faculty Tea
Tuesday, March 19
1:30–3:30 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons