{"id":1851,"date":"2011-02-01T11:12:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T16:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2011-02-01T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T16:12:05","slug":"depauw-and-purdue-closed-but-wabash-open-for-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2011\/02\/01\/depauw-and-purdue-closed-but-wabash-open-for-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"DePauw and Purdue closed but Wabash OPEN for learning!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1863\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/02\/rick-class-82531.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1863\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/02\/rick-class-82531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/02\/rick-class-82531.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/02\/rick-class-82531-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof. Rick Warner begins class as a student gets a cup of hot chocolate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Professor Rick Warner emailed me last night with a bit of a challenge. \u00a0&#8220;Want to know where young alumni are? \u00a0They&#8217;re on Facebook! \u00a0Over 25 have been writing on my wall about my not canceling class&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So, in the midst of my daily mail run for the office (we dropped campus mail delivery to save some $$$) I stopped by Rick&#8217;s Mexican American History class this morning. \u00a0He had a good turnout and, get this, he was serving homemade hot chocolate to the class!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1860\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/02\/hot-choc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1860\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/02\/hot-choc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homemade!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was going to take a few photos and finish the mail run but I just couldn&#8217;t leave. \u00a0Everyone was engaged in the conversation. \u00a0Rick WASN&#8217;T lecturing &#8211; it was a true discussion. \u00a0And in the truest form of what Wabash does best, the group listened to all the opinions expressed and continually explored every possible discussion topic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1859\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/02\/class-8263.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1859\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/02\/class-8263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/02\/class-8263.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/02\/class-8263-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student makes a point about language differences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, I am a Rick Warner fan! \u00a0But this goes beyond Rick and even beyond his class. \u00a0It&#8217;s all about Wabash guys learning together&#8230;with a great cup of hot chocolate on a cold, icy day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Rick Warner emailed me last night with a bit of a challenge. \u00a0&#8220;Want to know where young alumni are? 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