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Willamette’s Easy Riders Beat the Competition Bike-friendly Willamette outpaced other institutions in a statewide challenge to encourage more people to cycle. Members of the university community pedalled their way to first place in the Salem-Keizer league of the Oregon Bike More Challenge, held in May to coincide with national Bike to Work Week. Organized by the Portland-based Bicycle Transportation Alliance, the challenge attracted some 11,700 riders on 832 employerbased teams. As well as winning in the Salem-Keizer league, the Willamette team of 35 riders also placed fifth overall among participating Oregon universities and colleges. Chemistry professor Chuck Williamson was one of only four riders across the state who managed to cycle for all 31 days. “Willamette does a lot to foster and support a sustainable cycling culture — from plentiful cycle racks on campus to the Bike Shop, which offers advice, bike repair and maintenance, as well as free rentals for students, staff and faculty,” says Joe Abraham, director of the university’s Sustainability Institute. “The Challenge was a great way to show or remind people how easy it can be to ride a bike as part of our everyday routines rather than hop into a car.”
Students who graduated in May:
Living and Learning on Campus
366
from the College of Liberal Arts
92
from the Atkinson Graduate School of Management
141
from the College of Law
12
SUMMER 2016
According to rumor, a ghost frequented the four-story, gray-stuccoed building on Cottage Street. The elevator was temperamental and the airconditioning nonexistent. Nonetheless, Willamette students loved Haseldorf.
At the end of the spring semester, the popular residence hall — a beloved home away from home for students since 1985 — closed its doors for the last time. The change prompted an outpouring of sad comments and fond memories on the alumni association’s Facebook page. To compensate for the loss of its rooms, the university began to renovate and expand other residence halls this summer. Doney — once shared with the offices of Campus Safety and Housing and Community Life — is being converted into an exclusive living space featuring double rooms with kitchenettes and private baths, as well as an impressively modern common area with a kitchen and dining room. Twenty-two new beds
Fiske Rates Willamette Best The 2017 edition of “Fiske Guide to Colleges” again recognizes Willamette as one of the country’s “best and most interesting” schools. The guide, which examines more than 300 colleges and universities in the United States, Great Britain and Canada, lauds Willamette for its personal atmosphere, rigorous academic offerings and small class sizes.
will bring the total occupancy to 224 residents. Baxter will add capacity for 10 more residents, along with a new elevator, gender-inclusive restrooms, a remodeled lounge and renovated student kitchens. The residence hall will also accommodate two of the new Living Learning Communities (LLCs) available to incoming first-year students in the fall. LLCs allow students to live, study and socialize with others who share the same interests. Baxter will house the Health and Wellness LLC and the Sustainability and Society LLC. The Global Living LLC will be based in Shepard Hall. Enjoy a photo slideshow and memories of Haseldorf at willamette.edu/go/haseldorf.