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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> Haider-Markel, Don <dhmarkel@ku.edu></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2025 1:00 PM</div>
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<b>To:</b> Pickerel, Linda M. <lpicke@ku.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: invitation: 2025 Mini Wheat State Tour</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi Linda, please share this with the faculty</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2025 11:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Anatol, Giselle L <ganatol@ku.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> invitation: 2025 Mini Wheat State Tour</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">I hope you are enjoying your Fall Break so far. I would appreciate if you could share this email with faculty and research
staff in your unit. Thank you!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;">Many years ago, the KU Chancellor's Office organized an annual "Whirlwind Wheat State Tour," giving new faculty and staff the opportunity to visit the four corners of the state over a weeklong
period, facilitating opportunities to learn about (1) the geography and history of the place to which they had moved for work; (2) the communities from which many of their students came; (3) their colleagues in other disciplines across campus; (4) the potential
for collaborative research and outreach, both on campus and in the region. The trip also provided folks in other parts of the state a chance to see that KU faculty were real people invested in talking to them, not just a set of elites ensconced in a university
on a hill.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;">The Hall Center for the Humanities recently revitalized the tour, on a smaller scale. In 2023, we journeyed west, to Lucas, Wilson, and Nicodemus, KS. In 2024, we travelled east, to Kansas
City, KS and Kansas City, MO. This year, we're heading to Atchison! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"><u>Itinerary</u> –<b> Friday, Nov. 7, 2025</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> 8:45 am – Bus leaves from the Hall Center parking lot (900 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> 10 am – Arrive at Independence Creek (a Lewis & Clark Historic Site) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> 11 am – Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> 12 pm – Paolucci's for lunch and conversation with community guests </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> 1:30 pm – Wangarĩ Maathai Memorial Statue</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> 2 pm – St. Benedict's Abbey</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> 3 pm – Santa Fe Depot & Historical Society</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> ~5 pm – Depart Atchison</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;"> ~6 pm – Arrive back in Lawrence </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;">If you are interested in participating in this year’s event--free to KU faculty & staff, regardless of discipline--please contact us at the Hall Center (</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" title="mailto:hallcenter@ku.edu" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA23c21551-8b41-e097-00d4-5cbf70303200" href="mailto:hallcenter@ku.edu">hallcenter@ku.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;">)
by <b>5pm </b>on<b> Thursday, October 23rd</b> with your <b>name, department/unit, email address, and number of years at KU.</b> (We will prioritize newer hires if we receive more requests than we can accommodate on the bus.)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;">I look forward to learning more about you, your teaching and research interests, and our region!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; color: black;">Giselle</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">Giselle Anatol</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">Director, Hall Center for the Humanities</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">University of Kansas</span></p>
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