"Just a quick tidbit on WTI (The Western Training Institute) - you MUST go.  I've attended three of these as a participant and one as a scholar - and this experience changed my life.  Some of my closest friends in the region I met through WTI, and the scholars that I learned from have become my mentors for life.  It's worth the money and the time - so give it a try!" - Kris McPeak, Chico State University 

"WTI is probably the most unexpectedly awesome retreat/institute/conference/work/play -ness I have ever been to. 
...No one could have properly translated what would happen to me as a professional at WTI. It really helped refocus me. It is truly a gem. If you haven't attended now is certainly the time." -Tiffany Taylor, Stanford University