Tuesday, November 29, 2022

The second event in the Youth Climate Justice and Activism Speaker Series will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 in Olin Hall 138. The event features two youth activists discussing their work:

• Dakota Peebler (pictured, left): Co-founder of Heirs To Our Oceans, a San Francisco bay area based organization inspiring new leaders through education, cultivating skills and supporting youth in realizing solutions to global challenges.
  
  
• Latifah Nansubuga (pictured, right): Heirs To Our Oceans member from Uganda, Climate Smart Urban Farming developer and gender-based-violence activist.

Visit the Academic Theme website for more information and follow @whitman.academictheme on Instagram for updates. Use this form to RSVP and/or submit a question for the speakers.

Noteworthy

Whitman College was recently recognized as a 2022 Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge which recognizes colleges and universities for their intentional non-partisan efforts to increase student voter participation.

Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature and Director of Indigeneity, Race, and Ethnicity Studies Zahi Zalloua recently published the article "The Left and (New) Antisemitism: The Palestinian Question and the Politics of Resentment" in the journal Crisis and Critique. This research was made possible by a Louis B. Perry Research Award and the assistance of Bex Heimbrock '25.

The 2022 Semester in the West group is back on campus following three months of intensive fieldwork in eight western states. There will be two presentations this week (by different sets of returning "Westies") on Tuesday, Nov. 29 and Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 4 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium. Livestream viewing access will also be available.

The next event in the Visiting Writers Reading Series will take place on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. in Kimball Theatre. The reading will feature Visiting Assistant Professor of English Shangyang Fang who grew up in Chengdu, China and writes in both English and Chinese. A graduate from Michener Center for Writers, he is a recipient of the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Award and the Wallace Stegner fellowship from Stanford University.

Students, check your email for the HEDS Campus Climate Survey link. This anonymous survey asks students for their perceptions of Whitman’s campus climate, perceptions of how Whitman supports diversity and equity, and about experiences with discrimination and harassment. Your feedback is needed!

Whitman's annual Walla Walla Family Gift Drive is underway! Here are the five simple steps to supporting a family:

1. Collect money (budget is approximately $40 per family member).
2. Contact communityprojects@whitman.edu by Thursday, Dec. 1 (include what size of a family you are able to support).
3. Go shopping (use the wish lists as your guides).
4. Label your family's gifts. (But don't wrap yet! You're all invited to the gift wrapping event on Saturday, Dec. 10.)
5. Deliver the gifts to Reid G02 on Friday, Dec. 9 between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Questions? Email communityprojects@whitman.edu.

Daily COVID-19 Update

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, one person with Whitman access was 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 in the front entryway at the Welty Student Health Center during normal operating hours. 

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