Spring Into Whitman Day #2
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Whatever your role at Whitman, you play a part in welcoming admitted students over the next few weeks. Our second Admitted Students day is on Saturday, April 15, and we are expecting close to 500 guests on campus!
As a reminder, here are a few ways to help:
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- Smile! Be ready to turn a friendly face to people you pass on campus.
- Wear your Whitman gear, especially on the days that admitted students programs are taking place.
- Be conscientious about parking. Please do not park in the spaces labeled for visitors or anywhere that blocks campus sidewalks or pathways.
- Answer questions.
- Extend invitations to classes and events.
- Share what you love about Whitman!
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Thank you to everyone who engages with these admitted students from the initial point of contact through their upcoming visits and decisions.
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Biology Students Win Presentation Awards
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Heidi Dobson, the Spencer F. Baird Professor of Biology, recently took a group of biology students to the annual meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America in Seattle. Three Whitman students won awards for their undergraduate presentations, which were based on research conducted with professor Dobson.
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- 1st Place (Oral Presentations): Quinn Miller ’24
- 2nd Place (Oral Presentations): Fraser Moore ’23
- 1st Place (Posters): Briley Shults ’23
- 2nd Place (Posters): Fraser Moore ’23
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Students Guy Burg ’23, Natalie Ritter ’23 and Lauren O'Rourke ’24 also presented their research.
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Faculty Salon Event Tomorrow
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The third event in a series of four interdisciplinary panels of Whitman College professors responding to the “Mapping India: Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Partition of South Asia" exhibit will take place at Noon on Friday, April 14 in Maxey Museum. Shampa Biswas (Politics), Brian Dott (History), Rachel George (Anthropology), and Lauren Osborne (Religion) will share remarks on a range of objects in the exhibition, followed by conversation and questions.
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Next Week is Volunteer Appreciation Week
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The Office of Alumni Relations is looking forward to celebrating alumni volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 16–22). Please let us know about the good work alumni are doing to support your departments by filling out this quick form and Alumni Relations will send them a small token of gratitude next week. (Alumni volunteers are Whitman graduates who contribute time and talent in support of the college, while being compensated $599 or less annually.)
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Hosokawa Journalism Lecture Next Week
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The Office of Communications invites you to attend the 2023 Hosokawa Journalism Lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18 in the Reid Campus Center Young Ballroom. This year’s lecture, titled "Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age," will be delivered by journalist Alexander Heffner, host of “The Open Mind” on PBS and co-author of the bestselling book “A Documentary History of the United States.” (See attached flyer.)
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Summer Basketball Camps for Local Youth
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Whitman College men’s basketball is back with summer basketball camps! There will be multiple sessions for boys in grades K–8 (Youth Camp) and boys in grades 9–12 (Prospect Camp). Registration can be found at whitmanbasketballcamps.com. (See also attached flyer.) Questions? Email Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Ethan Engeman.
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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.
Please continue to follow all our campus COVID-19 protocols and if you have any symptoms that may be COVID-19 or know that you may have been exposed to coronavirus, please be tested.
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Fusion Energy Talk: Harry Kelso ‘20
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Whitman Incubator, Technology Services
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Faculty/Staff Information Session: Advising the Global Studies Concentration
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Post-fire fates of wild bees and their floral hosts of the Intermountain West
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Cordiner Hall Foyer (RSVP)
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