Our Place in Walla Walla: Olympia Connections
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Feature by: Noah Leavitt, College Liaison for Community Affairs
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Photo (Apaschen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons): Washington State capitol building at night.
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Our place is connected to our state capitol.
The 300 miles between here and Olympia may seem a long way, however, for a short time every year that distance collapses. Walla Walla City Manager Elizabeth Chamberlin and City Council Member Rick Eskil are currently in Olympia sharing some of our city’s priorities with the Washington Legislature, including the status of the Highway 12 Phase 8 expansion plan, a bill to allow cities to share certain sales and use taxes through interlocal agreements (in partnership with City of College Place), and affordable housing and homelessness.
Today, we are about halfway through this year’s state legislative session, which runs through March 30. During this 60-day sprint of policy making, elected officials gather in Olympia to debate, advocate for, critique and cheerlead the more than 500 bills that were proposed this year—only a handful of which will eventually be signed into law by Governor Inslee this spring.
Also today, we are remembering longtime Washington State First Lady and Whitman trustee emerita Nancy Bell Evans ’54, who passed away last Friday. Evans had been a generous and long-serving link between Walla Walla / Whitman College and Olympia.
The Walla Walla region and Whitman College have myriad ties to the state government that make us who we are.
Read more.
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Delta Gamma Announces Scholarship Recipients
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The Whitman Chapter (Alpha Eta) of the Delta Gamma sorority recently awarded several scholarships. Alexa Grechishkin ’25 and Krista Conrad ’25 were awarded the Delta Gamma Fraternity Management Corporation Scholarship and Madeleine Sherry ’24 was awarded the Deanna Bogle Palmer Honorary Scholarship.
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President Bolton To Hold Open Office Hours for Students Tomorrow
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President Bolton will hold open office hours on Tuesday, Jan. 30 from noon–1 p.m. in Reid Campus Center (look for signage by the Fish Ladder). Throughout the semester, students can drop by these sessions to share their thoughts or just to chat.
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CCEC Hosts Discussion With Comics Editor Tomorrow
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The Career and Community Engagement Center (CCEC) will host a “Careers in Publishing” conversation with Maggie Le, Editor at Kodansha Comics, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 4:30 p.m. in Maxey Hall, Room 119. This event will be of particular interest to students who are navigating the world of foreign languages, thinking about a career in publishing or are passionate about anime and manga. Please RSVP on Handshake in advance.
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Assistant Professor of Art Emily Somoskey currently has a solo art exhibition on display in The Blue Galleries at Boise State University. In “All Encompassing,” Somoskey uses paint and collaged photographic imagery as a means to think through larger questions, curiosities and areas of subjectivity that make up our world. The exhibition runs through March 22.
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 106
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Cleveland Commons, Espresso Café
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Memorial Building, Room 205
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Reid Campus Center, Room 207
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Das Deutsche Haus (Interest House)
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Reid Campus Center, Room G02
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Cleveland Commons, South Corner
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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