Monday, November 14, 2022

From Noah Leavitt, director of the Career and Community Engagement Center:

 

During the last few chilly weeks, the lounge in the Career and Community Engagement Center (CCEC) has been filled with students discussing options for advancing their academic work and intellectual focus. What classes should (or shouldn’t) I pre-register for? What should I major in? Which professors do I want to take classes from before I graduate? My colleagues and I delight in overhearing these energetic and thoughtful exploration of their options.

 

Sometimes we also hear students thinking about potential relationships between classes or majors and possible post-Whitman options.

 

In honor of those conversations, today I want to share two pieces of new research that can add to how students think about these questions. Both findings are highly relevant to the question of how much choices about academic work might relate to their post-graduate plans.

 

Read more.

Noteworthy

Led by first team selection Derivan Dockter '22, seven members of the Whitman College Men's Soccer Team were named to the Northwest All-Conference Men's Soccer Team. Second team honors went to Rowan Calvert '23, Noa Taylor '25 and Edwin Romero '24. Honorable mention honors went to Bernie Jones '24, McCoy Hennes '23 and Christian Gomez '23.

 

Three students on the Whitman College Women's Soccer Team also received honorable mention honors: Molly Beaulieu '25, Elizabeth Williams '23 and Carolina Gonzalez '23.

The department of Mathematics and Statistics presents Assistant Professor of Physics Ashmeet Singh with a talk titled "Quantum Entanglement: Spooky, Quirky, & Nobel Prize Worthy" at 4 p.m. today in Olin Hall 201. Singh is a theoretical physicist whose work involves thinking about fundamental problems in quantum physics, and its broader impact in cosmology, gravity and possible signatures in experiments.

Transgender Awareness Week, observed Nov. 13-19, is a one-week celebration leading up to the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which memorializes victims of transphobic violence. The LGBTQIA+ Student Services Team will host a table from 12-2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Cleveland Commons as well as a Transgender Inclusivity Workshop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 in Reid Campus Center, Room 240.

Whitman College will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Cordiner Hall. Standard doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and the new bivalent booster (required for Whitman students, faculty and staff by Dec. 31) will be available. Pre-registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. Please bring your vaccine card/record or visit waverify.doh.wa.gov to get a copy of your record sent to your phone.

The Power & Privilege (P&P) executive team is looking for session leaders for the 2023 Power & Privilege Symposium which will take place during Spring semester. The theme this year is "No More Allies." Session leader applications are due Thursday, Dec. 1.

When you receive healthcare, your provider sends the bill (claim) to Premera. When Premera pays the claim, they send you an explanation of benefits, or EOB, explaining how your benefits were applied, including the amount paid by our plan, the amount you owe and the amount credited toward your deductible. Review the EOB closely, compare it to your provider's receipt or bill, and keep the EOB for at least two years. Get your EOBs quicker and more sustainably by going paperless. Premera will send you an email letting you know how to securely view it online. To sign up for electronic EOBs, go to premera.com; under "My Account," select "Account Settings" to turn on Paperless EOBs.

COVID-19 Updates

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that over the weekend, no one 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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