Oct 11, 2018 2 min read

Homecoming weekend at Washington & Jefferson College will be held Friday and Saturday on the Washington campus. In addition to welcoming W&J alumni home, the college will offer several events that are free and open to the public.

Friday

• The W&J Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the theater at Olin Fine Arts Center. The Ensemble will perform new music in collaboration with saxophone virtuoso and Pittsburgh-based artist John Petrucelli. For more information, visit www.washjeff.edu/wj-college-jazz-ensemble.

Saturday

• The Dieter-Porter Medical Lecture will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Room 100 of the Dieter-Porter Life Sciences Building. The topic is “Neonatology: Therapeutic Misadventure in Medicine’s Last Frontier,” and the speaker is Gary Silverman, M.D. ’78. For more information, visit www.washjeff.edu/dieter-porter-medical-lecture.

• The W. Edward Sell ’45 Legal Lecture also will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Allen Ballroom of Rossin Campus Center. The topic is “Privileged or Not Privileged: The Attorney-Client Doctrine Under Attack.” Panelists are Attorney Melanie Stevens ’84; Judge Christine Ward ’78; Attorney John Friedmann ’02; Attorney Jason Luckasevic ’97; and Attorney Lynn Ellenberger ’87. For more information, visit www.washjeff.edu/w-edward-sell-45-legal-lecture.

• The Psychology Panel Discussion, “Autism: Community Programs & Clinical Resources,” will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in Yost Auditorium of the Howard J. Burnett Center. Panelists are John McGonigle Ph.D.; Shanna Reese Ph.D, ’11; Lisa Leach M.S., L.P.C. ’97; and Matthew Tutay M.S., M.S.W., L.S.W. ’08. Two CEUs will be granted to licensed social workers, clinical social workers, professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists who attend. For more information, visit www.washjeff.edu/psychology-panel-discussion.