Welcome the New Director of Penrose Library!
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After an extensive search, Ping Fu has been named Director of Penrose Library. For more than a decade before coming to Whitman, Fu was at Central Washington University, where he served as Head of Library Technology Services, tenured Professor and Science and Data Management Librarian. Prior to that, he served as Systems Head at Singapore Management University and as Systems Librarian at Yale University. His experiences at diverse academic institutions have afforded him opportunities to engage in teaching and research, participate in professional organizations and publish numerous scholarly articles.
“I am overjoyed that Ping Fu will be our next Director of Penrose Library,” says Provost and Dean of the Faculty Alzada J. Tipton. “Ping brings extensive experience to the role. His work as Science and Data Management Librarian and Head of Technology Services at Central Washington University shows his deep expertise in technology, while his service on committees for strategic planning, collection development and budget development demonstrates the wide range of his experience.”
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Shampa Biswas Publishes Nuclear Disarmament Op-Ed
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Plant Potting Party Today
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Do you like free plants? Do you like painting pots? Do you like free food? Why not have all three! Whitman Events Board invites all students to celebrate Earth Day with a Plant Potting Party from 4–6 p.m. this afternoon on the Reid Campus Center side lawn. If you have any extra plastic containers that can be reused to pot plants, bring them along. (See attached flyer.)
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“Mapping India” Faculty Salon Part 4 Tomorrow
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The final event in a series of interdisciplinary panels of Whitman professors responding to the “Mapping India: Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Partition of South Asia” exhibit will take place at noon on Friday, April 21 in Maxey Museum. Kate Jackson (Biology), Kaitlyn Patia (Rhetoric, Writing and Public Discourse), and Jon Walters (Religion) will share their remarks on a range of objects in the exhibition followed by conversation and questions.
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Sign Up for Delta Gamma Anchor Splash
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Whitman sorority Delta Gamma will host Anchor Splash from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 29. This lighthearted swimming competition will raise money for Service for Sight and the United Blind of Walla Walla and will be a fun watch for sure. If you'd like to donate to the fundraiser or sign up to compete (if you're a student), the links are attached here. Thank you for your support and we hope to see you there! (See attached flyer.)
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In accordance with Washington State Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, three people with Whitman access were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
Please continue to follow all our campus COVID-19 protocols and if you have any symptoms that may be COVID-19 or know that you may have been exposed to coronavirus, please be tested.
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Tea with Hasegawa Daishin
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Lecture: Frye Museum Curator Georgia Erger
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