Wednesday, October 12, 2022

From Dr. John Johnson, vice president for diversity and inclusion:

 

The Third Space Speaker Series, sponsored by the Johnston-Fix Foundation, is an intentional manifestation of the College’s commitment to inclusive excellence and stated values of diversity, equity and inclusion. The next Third Space event, on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium, will focus on critical disability studies and disability justice and will feature Dr. Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton, Dr. Lisette E. Torres-Gerald and Alex Locust.

 

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Noteworthy

Alexandar Knox '25 won the Northwest Conference Fall Golf Classic this past weekend in Salem, Oregon. Both Whitman Golf teams performed well, finishing third in the overall team standings. 

The exhibition "Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer," curated by Associate Professor of Sociology Álvaro Santana-Acuña, closed its doors at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City in early October after receiving nearly 60,000 visits. With the support of the Harry Ransom Center and the Gabo Foundation the exhibition is scheduled to travel to other countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

 

As a reminder, the Blue Zones Project is coordinating weekly walking moais on Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Drop-ins are welcome. Meet at the fish sculpture near the tennis courts and Ankeny Field.

Today's previously scheduled Academic Majors Fair has been rescheduled to Wednesday, October 26 from 3:30-6 p.m. in the Cordiner Hall Foyer. For more information, contact Academic Resource Center Coordinator Richard Middleton-Kaplan. 

Elisabeth Anker, associate professor of American studies and political science at George Washington University, will discuss her new book "Ugly Freedoms," on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 5 p.m. in Kimball Theatre. Throughout American history, freedom has supported emancipation and individual liberty, but has also supported white supremacy, oppression and misogyny. This lecture is sponsored by the Politics Department and the Charles R. Lewis Lecture Fund in Political Science.

A panel discussion featuring some of the contributors to the "time | creature | portal | self" show at Sheehan Gallery and Maxey Museum will be held on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 5 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. Faculty members Charly Bloomquist (art), Daniel Forbes (art), Krista Gulbransen (art history) and Emily Somoskey (art) will each discuss their work and scholarship. Refreshments and special viewings in Sheehan Gallery and Maxey Museum will follow.

Dr. Peter Christensen, art history and architectural history scholar, will present his research on the rise of the German steel industry and its ecology on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. This lecture is sponsored by the German Studies Department and supported by the Virginia Penrose Cagley Lectureship in Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Daily COVID-19 Update

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 to help prevent transmission. If you have any symptoms that may be COVID-19 or know that you may have been exposed to coronavirus, please be tested. Additional masks and rapid test kits are available 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Welty Student Health Center. 

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