Friday, September 9, 2022

Four professors from Poland were guests on campus this week: Zuzanna Sawinska, Danuta Kurasiak-Popowska, and Beata Borowiak Sobkowiak from Poznan University of Life Sciences; and Roma Durak from the University of Rzeszow. Their visit, sponsored by the European Union, was part of a month-long visit to the United States, and included visits to Whitman College, Walla Walla Community College and several agricultural research organizations in the state.

 

"It was fun to get an outside perspective," says Greg Lecki, director of international student and scholar services, who arranged for them to observe some Whitman classes and lectures. "Our guests were impressed with the beauty of our campus, the convenience and walkability of Walla Walla, our smaller class sizes, and the level of interaction they observed between students and faculty."

Students Blog About Internships

Did you know that the Career and Community Engagement Center hosts a blog where students post about their Whitman Internship Grant projects? This week  you can read new entries by Claire Weissman '22 (medical imaging research), Kieran Potts '23 (human resources support), Rachel Haughton '24 (modeling beaver dams), Adelaide Foden-Vencil '24 (maintaining community garden plots), Olivia Eickerman '23 (researching salmon migration), and more!

 

To learn how you could secure a Whitman Internship Grant or host a Whitman intern at your organization, contact the Career and Community Engagement Center. 

The Counseling Center will facilitate a DBT Skills Group, open to all Whitman students. Learn skills from dialectical behavioral therapy including: self awareness, tolerating distress, emotion regulation and maintaining satisfying relationships. Fridays from 3-4:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 23 in Maxey 108. Questions? Contact Counselor Nichole Vernon.

Are you learning Spanish? Looking to keep your language skills sharp? Erik Muro '24 with La Mesa Hispana is hosting an informal, fun, conversational space to practice your Spanish speaking skills. Mondays at noon in Cleveland Commons.

Daily COVID-19 Update

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, no one with Whitman access was confirmed positive for COVID-19. That's awesome!

 

Please continue to follow all our campus COVID-19 protocols to help prevent transmission. Mask use will be required during the first couple of weeks of classes. 

 

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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