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Associate Provost's Message

Headshot of Stacy Hill

Dear colleagues,

I hope your summer has been all that you wanted it to be, whether it’s all work, all play or a combination of both. For those of you who have been away, welcome back. For those of you who stuck around, I hope you took more than a few walks around our beautiful campus. I was able to leave twice this summer for vacation. In July, we celebrated my parents’ 50th anniversary by going on a cruise with 17 of us (in matching T-shirts). In August, we went to the San Juans, which makes 20 years of that Hill family tradition.

It has been wonderful to communicate with our new academic hires since late July. I will get to meet them in person during new faculty orientation activities at the end of August. Our orientation includes a full Whitworth experience: lunch at the HUB with a tour of a residence hall, instructions for sports passes, and tacos with Scott and Janice. Please welcome our new faculty when you attend New Faculty Installation & Worship Service and Faculty Family Picnic on Wednesday, Aug. 28, starting at 4:30 p.m., and Faculty Retreat on Friday, Aug. 30, at Big Barn Brewing starting at 11 a.m.

New faculty need mentors! Many of you have served as mentors to our new faculty members in the past, providing generous support for their successful transition to the Whitworth community. Again, this academic year, we will compensate mentors for their time and energy. If you have served as a mentor in the past or indicated that you were interested again, I’ll be reaching out to you.

And finally, on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 1 p.m., our new cohort of students and their families will gather in The Loop for the Crossover Ceremony. The president welcomes our new students to the Whitworth family, we sing “Amazing Grace” and then they all walk through a big arch that is covered in pinecones. You are welcome and invited to be there at the beginning of their time here! You can find this event, as well as other opening events, on the Opening Events Calendar.

Enjoy the rest of your summer. See you soon.

– Stacy