For more photographs of the 175th festivities, go to Willamette University’s Facebook page. To read about Ta-Nehisi Coates’ lecture, click here.
Keep using #Willamette175 at celebratory events throughout the year.
Willamette Day photos
by Marketing & Communications,
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Students, faculty and staff marked the university’s 175th anniversary by forming a giant 175 on Sparks Field. -
Members of the Willamette University community wave to a drone for a commemorative photo on the university’s 175th anniversary, Feb. 1, 2017. -
Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates presents the spring 2017 Atkinson Lecture in Smith Auditorium. -
Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke to a packed Smith Auditorium. The overflow crowd watched via closed-circuit in Rogers Music Center. -
Omari Weekes, assistant professor of English, welcomes guests to the spring 2017 Atkinson Lecture in Smith Auditorium. -
Students, faculty and staff form a giant seven for the commemorative 175th photo on Sparks Field. -
Bearcats smile for an overhead drone that took a commemorative 175th photo at Sparks Field. -
Members of the Willamette softball team pose with Blitz. -
Students, faculty and staff scatter after the photo shoot. -
Banners commemorating Willamette University’s 175th anniversary can be found around campus. -
Businesses in the Salem-Keizer area recognized Willamette University’s 175th anniversary on Feb. 1, 2017.
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