Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Please join us for "A Reading and Conversation with Poet & Writer Camille Dungy" on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. in Olin Auditorium (and live-streamed). This is the first event in this year's Visiting Writers Series and will also speak to this year's Academic Theme: Climate Justice, Climate Action.

 

Camille Dungy is the 2022-2023 Edward J. Arnold Visiting Professor in Environmental Humanities, the author of "Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and author of four collections of poetry, including "Trophic Cascade," winner of the Colorado Book Award.  Her work has also appeared in more than 40 anthologies, plus dozens of other venues, including The New Yorker, Poetry, Literary Hub, and Poets.org.

 

Funding for this event is provided by the Edward J. Arnold Visiting Professorship.

Tuesday Tech Tip: Contacting WCTS

Whitman College Technology Services (WCTS) offers a variety of campus services, including computer lab management, maintenance and repair of college-owned computers, and general technical support for students, faculty and staff.

 

WCTS Help Desk 

Location: Technology Services Building
helpdesk@whitman.edu, 509-527-4976

• Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. to noon, 1-5 p.m. 

WCTS Student Tech Desk

Location: Penrose Library, Main Floor

• Monday-Thursday:  10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Saturday: 12-6 p.m.
• Sunday 12-11 p.m.

Learn what it’s like to think like a reviewer in the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program workshop, today at 4 p.m. in the Hall of Science, Room 159. A panel of faculty members who have previously served as reviewers for the NSF GRFP will be present to answer all of your questions about what goes on during the application review process. For more information, contact Dr. Jess Hernandez.

Reid Campus Center and the Student Activities Office will present "Brew Night @ Reid" on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 4-7 p.m. This event will be open to 21+ Whitman students, faculty and staff. Come learn about Five Dollar Ranch Brewery, enjoy some snacks, play trivia, and socialize with your campus colleagues. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available. Be sure to bring both your government-issued photo ID and your Whitman ID (no outside guests, please).

Dr. Nicole Bates '07 serves as an attending psychiatrist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington. Her clinical and research interests include psycho-oncology, psychiatry in palliative settings, psychotherapy, collaborative care, impacts of pain and opioids in cancer, provider wellbeing, and resident clinical education. This virtual Health Speaker Series event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m.

Did you know that Whitman employees and their dependents can access life coaching through our Employee Assistance Program, Canopy? Canopy's professional coaches are available to support you with:

• Goal setting and planning
• Healthy habits
• Increased resilience
• Decision making
• Communication skills
• Career or personal development

Contact Canopy at 800-433-2320 or create an online account then access more information here.

Daily COVID-19 Update

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, five 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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