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- Historical Cemetery Tour ⬥ Those Who Danced in the Dark
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Fee: $49.00
Dates: 5/10/2025 - 5/10/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Sa
Sessions: 1
Location: Main Campus
Room: Off Campus
Instructor: Joanna Lanning
Seats Available: 8 out of 20
Take a walking tour of the historic Mountain View cemetery and learn about the fascinating people who are interred in this serene setting.
As sedate a final resting place as the Mountain View Cemetery might be, the graves do not hold saints alone. On this tour, you will learn about the lives of those community members who conducted their business on the dark side of the law in the late 1800s... and perhaps even their deaths.
Class will meet at the Mountain View Cemetery on 2120 S 2nd Ave, Walla Walla.
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- How Did We Get Here? ⬥ NEW!
- THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below and we will notify you if space opens up in this class.
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Fee: $69.00
Dates: 5/14/2025 - 6/18/2025
Times: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
Instructor: John Jamison
...And where are we going? How did we come to be in such a state of dramatic opposition? In this age, we have unprecedented wealth but an unhealthy distribution of it; technological progress combined with environmental degradation; and scientific understanding opposed by conspiracy theories and disinformation. Can civil society survive? Can freedom prevail? Can artificial intelligence help? Together, using history to inform us, we will investigate all of the above and more.
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.
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- Photography & Historical Headstones ⬥ NEW!
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Fee: $49.00
Dates: 5/17/2025 - 5/17/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Sa
Sessions: 1
Location: Main Campus
Room: Off Campus
Instructor: Kathy McConnell, Joanna Lanning
Seats Available: 10 out of 12
Experience Walla Walla Valley history through a photographer's eye! Join Joanna Lanning (Cemetery historian) and Kathy McConnell (photographer) for an enjoyable outing at the beloved Mountain View Cemetery. Joanna will guide the group to her favorite unique and artistic headstones, where you will learn fascinating stories about the people who helped shape our valley. Along the way, Kathy will give tips for taking and editing photos - helping you make the most of your opportunity to capture splendid snapshots of these gorgeous grave markers.
Class will meet at the Mountain View Cemetery on 2120 S 2nd Ave, Walla Walla.
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- Art History According to Cats ⬥ NEW!
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 4/9/2025 - 5/14/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Art Room 117
Instructor: Lorna Barth
Step into a world where art history and cats collide in the most delightful way possible! Through engaging lectures, discussions, and hands-on painting sessions, unravel the mysteries of Modern Art movements while embodying the spirit of each artist through cat-inspired creations. By the end, you'll not only have a deeper appreciation for art history but also a collection of purr-fectly unique artworks.
Required Materials:
- Acrylic paint tubes
- Small & medium acrylic paint brushes
- Six (6) 8"x10" canvases or smaller
Suggested Materials: whatever additional art supplies you would like to work with. Click here to see suggested materials list!
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- Friday Films ⬥
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/11/2025 - 6/20/2025
Times: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 10
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
Instructor: John Remington
Explore a series of thematically-related films. We'll engage in lively discussions as we analyze the films and our responses to them, while developing a sense of each film's creation, impact, and place in history.
Come ready to experience and discuss films from the 1960s and 1990s! Many of the directors, actors, and other auteurs who had made their mark in the former decade were still active in the film scene by the latter – creating unique visions which were often in conversation with their own and each other’s earlier works. Through their films, we will explore a variety of genres and themes relevant not only to the respective decade that produced them, but also today.
No class held 4/25.
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- Quest Speaker Series ⬥ NEW!
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $59.00
Dates: 4/9/2025 - 6/18/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 11
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 243
Instructor:
Discover fresh ideas and inspiring perspectives with the Quest Speaker Series! Each weekly session will feature a dynamic presentation by experts, community leaders, and organizations sharing impactful work and thought-provoking insights.
This Spring’s lineup is as follows:
- 4/9: Chinese Pioneers on the Western Frontier with Dale Hom
- 4/16: Pillow Talk: A Community's Path to Better Sleep with Richard Simon
- 4/23: No Bones About It: Freshwater Mussels and Pacific Lamprey Research and Restoration with Alexa Maine
- 4/30: Using Modern Technologies to Understand and Conserve Blue Mountains Birds with Ben Vernasco
- 5/7: Whitehouse Crawford Lumber Company: Its History and Its Family with Peggy Willcuts
- 5/14: What's Going On in Mill Creek? Salmon Recovery in Our Watershed with Brian Burns
- 5/21: Speak the Speech, I Pray You: A Guide to the Pleasure and Practice of Reading Aloud with Sundry Examples from Shakespeare with Nancy Simon
- 5/28: Do You Still Want This? Decluttering as a Family Communication Project with Michelle Janning
- 6/4: Pioneers with Cameras: Walla Walla's First Photographers with Donna Cummins
- 6/11: Sea Cucumbers: Rotting and Regenerating Zombies of the Sea with Jim Nestler
- 6/18: What's In A Story? with Rebecca Hom
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- The Constitution: What? Why? ⬥ NEW!
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/16/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 10
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 105
Instructor: Tom Scribner
In American society, we venerate the United States Constitution. Some believe it was divinely inspired. We cite the Constitution for whatever rights we claim. But how many of us have read the Constitution or know what it says? Is the Constitution democratic or anti-democratic? Why give states equal representation in the Senate instead of proportional, and why choose the president through the Electoral College? In this class, we will study the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, and the ratification process. We will examine all seven articles of the Constitution and discuss what amendments may be needed. By the end, you will know not only what the Constitution states, but also why it was initially stated that way. What it all means is a different question - but one that we shall heartily debate.
No class held 5/26.
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- The Constitution: What? Why? ⬥ NEW!
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 4/10/2025 - 6/19/2025
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 10
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 243
Instructor: Tom Scribner
In American society, we venerate the United States Constitution. Some believe it was divinely inspired. We cite the Constitution for whatever rights we claim. But how many of us have read the Constitution or know what it says? Is the Constitution democratic or anti-democratic? Why give states equal representation in the Senate instead of proportional, and why choose the president through the Electoral College? In this class, we will study the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, and the ratification process. We will examine all seven articles of the Constitution and discuss what amendments may be needed. By the end, you will know not only what the Constitution states, but also why it was initially stated that way. What it all means is a different question - but one that we shall heartily debate.
No class held 5/29.
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- The Native American Novel ⬥ NEW!
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 4/8/2025 - 6/10/2025
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 10
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
Instructor: John Remington
This class will explore five novels from contemporary Native American authors - including Tommy Orange, N. Scott Momaday, Velma Walls, Stephen Graham Jones, and Leslie Marmon Silko - alongside short stories and films. Together, we will engage in reading and discussing both the lives of the authors and the worlds their novels dramatize. Come and experience some great stories from a fresh perspective!
Required Texts:
- Jones, Stephen Graham. The Only Good Indians: A Novel. Saga Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781982136468.
- Wallis, Velma. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival. Harper Perennial, 2013. ISBN: 9780062244987.
- Orange, Tommy. There There. Vintage, 2019. 9780525436140.
- Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. Penguin Books, 2006. ISBN: 9780143104919.
- Momaday, N. Scott. House Made of Dawn. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2018. ISBN: 9780062909954.
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- Women Peacebuilders ⬥ NEW!
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
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Fee: $109.00
Dates: 4/10/2025 - 6/12/2025
Times: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 10
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 214
Instructor:
In this course, we will explore the role of women in international conflict resolution and peacebuilding. We will consider what makes women effective peacemakers, why they are sometimes able to defuse conflict and forge peace when men cannot, and how women's peacemaking activities differ in essence and effectiveness from the individual heroic model. Additionally, so that we can become familiar with even more figures, students will even give a brief presentation about a woman peacemaker not covered on the syllabus.
Student presentations will be held on 6/5 and 6/12. Students will schedule their presentation with the instructor after the start of class.
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 Texts:
- Menchú, Rigoberta. I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. Verso, 2010. ISBN: 9781844674183.
- Kanogo, Tabitha. Wangari Maathai. Ohio University Press, 2020. ISBN: 9780821424179.
- Yousafzai, Malala. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. Back Bay Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780316322423.
- A course packet. This packet will become purchasable at the WWCC bookstore sometime after the start of class.
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