Schedule of Events for Sunday, October 21, 2012

All Family Weekend events and activities are completely optional. There are no requiered events. The most important thing to do is spend some quality time with your student.

8-11 a.m.

Continental Breakfast in Prentiss Dining Hall. Family members are invited to enjoy their student’s dining experience. Hot food is not served until Brunch ($5 per person and free for children 5 and under).

9:00 a.m.

Farmer's Market featuring late-season produce, Walla Walla gifts and musical entertainment.

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Brunch in Prentiss Dining Hall. Family members are invited to enjoy their student’s dining experience. ($10.50 for adults, $5 for children 6-12 and free for children 5 and under).
Noon Men's Soccer vs. Pacific University. Whitman Athletic Complex on Sumach and Penrose.

2 p.m.

Harper Joy Theatre presents: Noises Off, by Michael Frayn. Tickets: $12 for adults, $8 for students and seniors (60+) and free for Whitman students with their student IDs. To make reservations, call the Box Office at (509) 527-5180. For more information, visit www.whitman.edu/hjt.

2:30 p.m. Women's Soccer vs. Pacific University. Whitman Athletic Complex on Sumach and Penrose.

** indicates activities that are very interactive and designed for siblings and other young (or young at heart) visitors.

Here are a few suggestions for other activities that you can do with your student throughout the weekend:

  • Meet your student’s roommate(s), housemate(s), or best friend.
  • Take a tour of the residence hall, interest house, fraternity, sorority, house or apartment where your student lives.
  • Walk to Pioneer Park and visit the aviary
  • Ask your student to give you a custom tour of her or his favorite places on campus.
  • Visit the Welty Student Health Center and have your student get a flu shot. The cost of the shot is $25.
  • Visit the Stevens Gallery in the Reid Campus Center and the Sheehan Gallery in Olin Hall
  • Take a sculpture and public art tour of campus. Self-guided tour brochures available at the sign-in table, Reid Campus Center.
  • Work out with your student at the Baker Ferguson Fitness Center from 10am-10 pm.
  • Borrow a bike from your student’s roommate and ride with your student up the Mill Creek trail to Rook’s Park.
  • Take a walk around Bennington Lake (the local reservoir).
  • Go out for a milkshake at the Ice-Berg Drive-In.
  • Ask your student to take you “pinging.”