I expect it will be a warm encounter. December is a month in which many of our alumni and friends generously include Whitworth in their year-end giving. We extend our deepest gratitude to those of you who give to Whitworth. But if you are interested in helping us with specific projects, we can assure you that they abound and we will be happy to identify them for you. For example, the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble has been selected to perform at the American Jazz Festival in Melbourne, Australia.
Ensemble members are busy raising funds to pay for that trip.
Virtually every department on campus has a project that requires funding beyond our regular budget, so thanks again for thinking about us. The Whitworth International Club has been feeding the campus well this year. We welcomed approximately 350 parents to campus for Parents' Weekend. It was a great weekend. Of course, all of the above-mentioned components of the weekend were secondary to the joy of parents being reunited with their children, and the joy of children vacuuming their parents' wallets.