Wabash Liberal Arts Immersion Program
The Wabash Liberal Arts Immersion Program (WLAIP) is designed to give exceptional students a head start on earning credits towards their Wabash degree, learning about and interacting with the offices and people who can help them succeed at Wabash, understanding what makes a Wabash education rigorous, unique, and important, and preparing for success after they graduate from Wabash.
A group shot of the WLAIP Class of 2027.
English Professor Crystal Benedicks (right) chats with a student.
Two students talk as class begins in Baxter Hall.
The English class is a feature of the month-long summer institute.
The WLAIP classroom does not lack for engaging dialog.
Students meet other students, staff, and alumni who are their guides, mentors, friends, and confidantes during their Wabash career.
One of the WLAIP byproducts is friendship.
Students share and receive plenty of feedback.
English Professor Jill Lamberton (center) leads a discussion.
Students listen intently.
A question awaits.
On July 21, the students traveled to Indianapolis to visit the Indiana Department of Health offices, where they learned about anon-profit organization called Health by Design.
Health by Design works to structure the “built environment” of communities and cities to make it easier for people to be healthy by promoting walking, biking, green spaces, and safety.
The outdoor photos are from a "walking audit" of the urban environment.
The group walked stretches of the center of downtown Indianapolis, stopping regularly to discuss what they saw.
Students were asked to assess whether the area included things like safe walking or biking areas, audible crosswalk signals, and functional wheelchair ramps. Here, a student stops to take a second look.
A group photo.
Zachery Koppelman talks with the Athenian Citizen module students.
Students in the Athenian Citizen module
Zachery Koppelman talks with the Athenian Citizen module students.
Students in the Athenian Citizen module
Students in the Athenian Citizen module
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Members of the Wabash campus community gathered to listen to the WLAIP audio essays—the final project of the students' first class on campus. The 28 students spent the month of July on campus taking a course, learning about campus, and getting acquainted with one other.
Summer 2023 WLAIP mentors