Thursday, February 10, 2022

The Whitman Internship Grant (WIG) is a competitive grant that provides funding to students who secure or build an unpaid internship opportunity at nonprofit organizations, government offices and some for-profit organizations. This summer cycle of the WIG includes domestic and international internships that last from May to July/August. With a U.S. WIG, you can secure up to $3,500 and with the International WIG, you can secure up to $5,000.

 

Here is how to get started: 

• Visit the Whitman Internship Grant website for all the information you'll need. You'll find the application packet, frequently asked questions about eligibility, and resources to help you submit a strong application! 
• Start to research eligible unpaid internship opportunities, schedule time in your calendar to attend information sessions, and begin to work on completing application prerequisites. You can find eligible internships, information sessions and access to scheduling appointments with the CCEC career team or Student Career Advisors on Handshake. 
• Mark the submission deadlines on your calendar! For International Summer WIG applications, the only/final deadline is Sunday, March 13, by 11:59 p.m. PST. For U.S. Domestic WIG applications, there are three deadlines. The first deadline is Sunday, March 13, the second is Sunday, April 3, and the final deadline is Sunday, April 23. If your application is not approved on the first or second deadline, you may resubmit on the following deadline. Applications submitted on the third deadline are not eligible for resubmission.

Your Student Career Advisors are available to assist you at any time in the application process. Would you like help with internship research, understanding the application, or application review? Stop by their drop-in hours or send them an email to schedule a one-to-one appointment! 

 

Happy Summer WIG Application Season!

 

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As planning continues for the Long Tent, we want to update the campus community on opportunities and programming that are taking shape.

 

Currently, Whitman students and professors from fourteen classes in departments and programs including art, art history and visual culture studies, English, environmental humanities, environmental studies, the First Year Seminars, philosophy, politics, religion and sociology will be engaging with the Long Tent. These visits will take place during regular instructional hours, April 19-22.  

 

During the time the Long Tent is on campus, programming led by tribal members and elders and scholars from the Plateau region will also take place outside of regular class times and the work day. These sessions will be open to the entire campus community and will likely also be open to the public. We will have an opportunity to learn about the following topics:

• Cultural perceptions of Indigenous peoples of this region.
• Song, dance and ceremony in relation to the Long Tent and Plateau culture.
• Contextualizing the “Whitman Legend” painting. 
• Place names and the Treaty of 1855.
• Food, health and lifeways.
• Reclamation of Indian dogbane hemp, traveling corridors of the Inland Northwest and Palouse history.
• Gaming from pre-Contact to modern tribal sovereignty.
• First foods.

The schedule will continue to take shape in the coming weeks, so please keep checking back for more details and events.

Noteworthy

Whitman Debate Excels in Recent Tournament

Over this last weekend, Whitman Debate continued an excellent season at the Gaske Memorial Tournament, hosted by San Diego State University. The team of junior philosophy major Ilse Spiropoulos and senior classics major Reeve Boyer advanced to the semifinal round, where they debated a team from San Diego State University. In addition, Spiropoulos placed ninth in speaker points.  

 

Two teams qualified for the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence annual championship for the first time since the team began in 2019. Boyer/Spiropoulos and sophomore history major Kasey Moulton/sophomore Chinese major Jas Liu earned enough points over the season to qualify for a first and second round bid, respectively.

Russo Published on History and Vaccine Hesitancy

Jim Russo, associate professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology published an opinion piece, "Dissension over masks, vaccines distract from our common microbial enemy," in the Feb. 6 issue of The Spokesman-Review.

Two CCEC Staff Elected to Local Nonprofit Boards

Last week two Career and Community Engagement Center (CCEC) staff were elected to boards of local nonprofits serving the Walla Walla Valley. Marisol Becerra, programs and budget coordinator, will join the board of Community Council and CCEC Director Noah Leavitt joins the Blue Mountain Action Council board. 

McCracken NWC Women’s Basketball SAOW for 4th Straight Week

For the fourth straight week and fifth time this season, senior chemistry-environmental studies major Kaylie McCracken has been named the Northwest Conference’s Women's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week.  McCracken led the No. 6 Blues to two wins on the weekend to help the Blues improve to a perfect 12-0 in conference. She scored a season-high 26 points to go along with a team-high nine rebounds on Friday against Pacific, then delivered game highs of 21 points and eight rebounds in only 21 minutes the next night in a dominant 82-45 win over Linfield.

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that in the past 24 hours, five people with Whitman access were confirmed positive for COVID-19. These people are now in isolation in accordance with our campus and CDC guidelines. Though the likelihood of transmission is low due to our campus COVID-19 protocols, it is possible that others may have been exposed to COVID-19. There is nothing you need to do at this time aside from following our campus COVID-19 protocols. Anyone identified through the contact tracing process as a close contact (within 6 ft. for at least 15 minutes over 24 hours) will be personally notified. 

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