Friday, February 17, 2023
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Whit City is Back to Support Whitman Athletics
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And the crowd goes wild … thanks to Whit City, the branded student section for all things Whitman athletics, student-athletes can now count on boisterous support from the sidelines—of the court, field or pool.
In the spring of 2020, Whit City’s efforts were gaining momentum and student support just as the women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. And then the pandemic brought all sports to a halt and sent Whitman students home for months of Zoom classes and limited activities.
Now in 2023, with the return of regular athletic seasons, students are reviving the tradition that once was going strong. Spearheading Whit City’s comeback is the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)—athletes from across teams who work together to enhance the student-athlete experience on campus and in the larger community.
Read the full story by Sydney London ’23.
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Mary Raschko Publishes Article Examining 14th Century Poem
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Mary Raschko, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Associate Professor of English, recently published an article in “Studies in the Age of Chaucer.” “Storytelling at the Gates of Hell: Narrative Epistemology in Piers Plowman” explores the fourteenth-century poem’s many, varied retellings of the life of Christ. The poem, Raschko argues, showcases the limitations of single stories and characterizes communal storytelling, in diverse voices, as a means to know God.
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Boyer House Mailing Services Closed Today
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Boyer House Mailing Services will be closed again today due. The campus post office at Reid Campus Center will be open today as usual.
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Whitman Today will not be published on Monday, Feb. 20, Presidents’ Day, as it is a staff holiday and classes will not be in session.
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Chats With Grads Event on Monday
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Alum Katie Lei ’12 graduated from Whitman with a degree in French and works as a Graphic Recorder and Facilitator. What is that, you say? Learn more at this interactive workshop from 6–7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 20 in Olin 129. Watch Katie draw on the walls as she shows you how a liberal arts education, farming in France, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and an accidental apprenticeship led her to a career she didn’t know existed. Pizza will be provided by the Career and Community Engagement Center.
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See Sounds of the People Live Next Week
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The Power & Privilege Symposium committee are pleased to invite you to a live performance by hip-hop collective Sounds of the People at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom.
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Apply for the Ben Rabinowitz Award
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The $3,000 Ben Rabinowitz Award assists students with demonstrated leadership skills who wish to implement new projects or learning opportunities that promote compassion in medicine or politics and enrich the campus community. Learn more online, then submit your application to Noah Leavitt, Director of the Career and Community Engagement Center, due Monday, Feb. 27 at noon.
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In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, nobody 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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Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 114
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Blue Mountain Action Council
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Whitman Innovation Network: Quantum Computing Discussion
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Reid Campus Center, Coffeehouse
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Climbing Center
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Reid Campus Center 110, All Faiths Room
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Climbing Center
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Monday (Presidents’ Day, No Classes)
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