Science & Technology   

This is a HyFlex class, meaning that each class meeting you may choose to attend either in person or online via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Required Materials: laptop or mobile device. 

Purchase a quarterly Quest membership to receive a 100%-off discount code that can be applied to one (1) of the following classes:

• The Internet Neighborhood
• MyChart: Online Doctor's Office
• AI: A Friendly Introduction

The discount code will be included in your order confirmation email for the membership – so do not purchase the class you want for free until you receive the code! 

Walla Walla is the cradle of Northwest history. Explore the county’s astounding natural and human history to discover what makes it so special. In this broad introductory tour, learn about the Missoula Floods, wildlife habitats, the origins of the Snake, Columbia, and Walla Walla Rivers, and more. Visit Rooks Park, Waitsburg, Prescott, Charbonneau Park, Ice Harbor Dam, McNary Natural Wildlife Refuge, and more – all in one day! 

Transportation will be provided. Meet at 7:15am in front of the WWCC Dietrich Activity Center Building A (Dome/Gym). We will depart at 7:30am. Be ready to walk a half mile at two of the stops. 

Required Materials: Lunch; water; hat; sunglasses; binoculars; camera; light jacket; good walking shoes (no deck shoes). No pets. 

Must register by Friday, 5/22.

Students will carpool to secondary locations. All students must sign a field trip liability waiver before the start of class in order to attend. Upon enrollment, a link to the waiver will be included in the order confirmation email. 

Required Materials: comfortable walking shoes or boots; jacket; hat; bag or backpack; lunch; water.

Suggested Materials: binoculars, hiking poles. 

Purchase a quarterly Quest membership to receive a 100%-off discount code that can be applied to one (1) of the following classes:

• The Internet Neighborhood
• MyChart: Online Doctor's Office
• AI: A Friendly Introduction

The discount code will be included in your order confirmation email for the membership – so do not purchase the class you want for free until you receive the code! 

This Spring’s lineup is as follows:

• 4/1: Wild Stories from the History of Bird Migration Research with Rebecca Heisman
• 4/8: What is Freedom? with Anthony Covert
• 4/15: Bioprinting and Tissue Engineering with Ralph Stirling
• 4/22: A Royal City in Ancient Moab? Excavating the Iron Age at Khirbat al-Balu'a Jordan with Monique Roddy
• 4/29: Culture, Community, and Connection: Exploring Our Sister City in Japan with Sonja Gooding
• 5/6: Empowered Patients Get Better Care with Julie Kellogg
• 5/13: Foundation Appaloosas for the Future with Charles Potts
• 5/20: Friends of Children of Walla Walla: The Power of Showing Up with Liz Knapke
• 5/27: Fallout: The Absent Presence and Phenomenological Approaches to Recording in a Nuclear Reactor with Joe Becker
• 6/3: Our Native Pollinators with Heidi Dobson
• 6/10: Release the Natural Power of Stone to Enrich Modern Living with Jorgen Amtoft 

Note: In the event a scheduled session cannot be held, a prorated refund for that session will not be issued. The College will make reasonable efforts to reschedule the session prior to confirming cancellation.

This is a HyFlex class, meaning that each class meeting you may choose to attend either in person or online via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email. 

Required Materials: straightedge; pencil. 

Purchase a quarterly Quest membership to receive a 100%-off discount code that can be applied to one (1) of the following classes:

• The Internet Neighborhood
• MyChart: Online Doctor's Office
• AI: A Friendly Introduction

The discount code will be included in your order confirmation email for the membership – so do not purchase the class you want for free until you receive the code! 

Students will carpool to secondary locations. All students must sign a field trip liability waiver before the start of class in order to attend. Upon enrollment, a link to the waiver will be included in the order confirmation email.

Required Materials: boots; clothes for all weather (rain, sun, hot, and cold); sun protection; backpack; sack lunch; snacks; 2 liters of water in reusable containers.

Suggested Materials: hand lens; camera; $5 of gas money (for your carpool driver).

Hike is of subjective difficulty – while some have ranked it easy, others have found it up to twice as strenuous as its length (2 miles) would suggest. Will be slow, but largely on sand, and will include gentle ascents and steep descents of about 100 feet. Note that there will be no restroom facilities, no outhouses, and little cover, so prepare accordingly. 

Students will carpool to secondary locations. All students must sign a field trip liability waiver before the start of class in order to attend. Upon enrollment, a link to the waiver will be included in the order confirmation email.

Suggested Texts:

• Carson, Robert J. Where the Great River Bends. Keokee Books, 2008. ISBN: 9781879628328.

Required Materials: boots; clothes for all weather (rain, sun, hot, and cold); sun protection; backpack; sack lunch; snacks; 2 liters of water in reusable containers. 

Suggested Materials: hand lens; $5 of gas money (for your carpool driver).

Hike includes a short but steep 700 ft. slope. Note that there will be no restroom facilities, no outhouses, and little cover, so prepare accordingly. 

This Winter’s lineup is as follows:

• 1/7: How AI Can Help You Be More Human with Robert Keszeg
• 1/14: The Port of Walla Walla: Past, Present and Future with Pat Reay 
• 1/21: Japanese Whaling History with Bina Arch 
• 1/28: The Sherwood Trust with Brian Hunt 
• 2/4: Exploring Basil, Calendula, Lavender and Saffron with Katie Hopper 
• 2/11: The Gesa Power House Theatre: Part 1 with Monica Boyle 
• 2/18: The Gesa Power House Theatre: Part 2 with Monica Boyle 
• 2/25: Pioneers with Cameras: Part 2 with Donna Cummins 
• 3/4: Photographic Compositions of the Inland Northwest with Joe Becker 
• 3/11: Session Canceled
• 3/18: Native American Law in America: Part 2 with Steven Aycock 

Purchase a quarterly Quest membership to receive a 100%-off discount code that can be applied to one (1) of the following classes:

• Welcome to Windows 11: A Fresh Start
• Save, Search, Send: Digital Mastery 101
• Your Digital Footprint: What the Web Remembers

The discount code will be included in your order confirmation email for the membership – so do not purchase the class you want for free until you receive the code!