Celebrate the Campaign with Us
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Today, Whitman College publicly launches a major fundraising campaign. Please join us in the heart of Whitman’s campus for a Community Celebration as we embark on this journey together—today, Friday, Oct. 13, 3:30–5 p.m. on Ankeny Field.
Campus offices will be closed to encourage all staff to attend this festive event, which will include music, merchandise, a brief presentation and food from Walla Walla’s popular food trucks. Admission is free and open to the public!
If your schedule allows, please also plan to attend a panel discussion with notable alumni at 2 p.m. in Chism Recital Hall in the Hall of Music. President Sarah Bolton will moderate the panel, which is titled “The World Needs Whitties.”
Let’s party together!
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Sophia Nuñez Presents at EMSI Conference
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Sophia Nuñez is presenting today at the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute 20th Anniversary Conference in San Marino, California. The presentation is titled “Touching cuerpos de libros.”
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“The American Buffalo” Film Event on Saturday
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Join Northwest Public Broadcasting on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. in Maxey Hall for a preview screening of the Ken Burns film “The American Buffalo.” This new television series traces the animal’s evolution, their significance to the Great Plains, their near elimination and their relationship to the Indigenous People of North America. Following the screening, there will be a conversation with Whitman College student Aiden Wolf ’25 and his parents, Althea and Jeremy Wolf, providing a local Indigenous perspective.
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The departments of Anthropology and Sociology invite you to a presentation by author and 2022 MacArthur Fellow Jennifer Carlson on Monday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. Carlson will speak about her new book, “Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy,” which explores the culture war over gun rights in the United States.
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Save the Date: Sharpstein Beautification Day
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The Friends, Story Time and Friends Rock Programs will lead a Sharpstein Elementary School campus beautification effort on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join them and Sharpstein students and families in a variety of activities, including: clean up, face painting, gardening and poster making. Snacks and water will be provided. Sign up in advance! (See attached flyer.)
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Power & Privilege Symposium Seeks Input
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The Power & Privilege Symposium is an annual campus-wide event designed to make space for conversations about structural oppression and how they manifest themselves on the Whitman College campus and beyond. The current organizers would love to hear your ideas for this year’s theme, your suggestions for guest speakers and any other feedback you would like to provide.
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Photo (Barb Roloff): Several Whitman students and staff members recently attended the local Connections Conference, sponsored by Running Waters Equity Fund (RWEF). The Whitman group is pictured here with Rodney Outlaw (back right), RWEF Executive Director. A total of five Whitman students were able to attend through the support of the Office of the President.
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Pumpkin Decorating Contest
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Partial Solar Eclipse: Viewing Opportunity
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Outside of Hall of Science
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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Harper Joy Theatre, Lobby
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Fouts Center for Visual Arts
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