Friday, February 16, 2024
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Provide Feedback on the Campus Sustainability Plan
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Feature by: Sarah Williams, Sustainability Manager
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Previous sustainability efforts at Whitman have included installing solar panel arrays on several campus buildings, including on the Bratton Tennis Center in 2009 (pictured).
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Whitman College is currently developing its first ever Campus Sustainability Plan, a follow up to the college’s 2016 Climate Action Plan. The process will help set goals and strategies in line with one of our strategic priorities: “Environmental Justice, Sustainability and Climate Action.”
Starting last semester, working groups on campus have been meeting with our collaborators from GreenerU and Cascadia Consulting. In an effort to make sure everyone on campus has the opportunity to provide input, we are offering several feedback options. (Flyer attached.)
If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to respond to this public survey about the currently-proposed goals and strategies (responses are due by the end of day on Sunday, Feb. 18).
Next week, we will offer listening sessions for specific campus populations.
For All Students (in Reid Campus Center Café):
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- Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 6:30–7:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 10:30–11:30 a.m.
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For BIPOC Students (in Memorial Building, Room 331):
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- Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 5–6 p.m.
- Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 10:30–11:30 a.m.
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For Staff and Faculty (in Maxey Auditorium):
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- Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 9–10 a.m. and noon–1 p.m.
- Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 9–10 a.m.
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Playwriting Students Selected as Theatre Festival Semi-Finalists
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The Department of Theater and Dance is proud to congratulate Ellie Cain ’25 and Clay Johnson ’24, who were selected as Playwriting semi-finalists for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, which takes place Feb 19–23. Both were students in the department’s Playwriting class this fall, are the first Whitman students to be selected in any category at the festival since 2020, and are the second and third playwrights selected in Whitman’s history, with the first being Ryn Goldsmith-Zucker ’22.
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Monday is Presidents’ Day
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As a reminder, Monday, Feb. 19 is a staff holiday and classes will not be in session. Whitman Today will not be published on Monday, but will resume daily publication on Tuesday.
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Stationery Portal Opens Tuesday
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The twice-yearly opportunity to get bulk pricing on Whitman-branded stationery is nearly here! Place your orders while the online portal is open between Tuesday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, March 5. Estimated delivery is April 18. As a reminder, your portal login information is not the same as your Whitman login. Questions? Contact Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Communications Andrea Volz at 509-527-5160 or volza@whitman.edu.
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Cultural Genocide Lecture in Two Weeks
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Kathleen Mahoney, Chief Negotiator for Canada’s Indigenous peoples claim against Indian Residential School policy and abuse inflicted on students, will visit campus later this month in conjunction with two First-Year Seminar courses. Mahoney will deliver a lecture titled “The Cultural Genocide of Indigenous Peoples and Reconciliation: The Canadian Experience” on Thursday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. (Flyer attached.)
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Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day) is a U.S. federal holiday celebrated in honor of the first president of the United States. Visit the 3rd floor of Penrose Library to view a wall of presidential images and signatures, from George Washington through Barack Obama.
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Adopt-a-Grandparent Bingo
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Cleveland Commons, South Corner
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Reid Campus Center (near Fish Ladder)
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Strategic Planning Feedback Session: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Antiracism and Accessibility
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Cleveland Commons, Lizzie Murr Conference Room
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Food Justice Project Box Build at BMAC
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Blue Mountain Action Council Warehouse (921 W. Cherry St.) (RSVP)
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Memorial Building, Room 208
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Multipurpose Gym
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Reid Campus Center, Room 209
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Auditions: One Act Play Festival
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Harper Joy Theatre, Freimann Studio Theatre
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Multipurpose Gym
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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