Thursday, August 10, 2023
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Alumna Gift Will Support Housing for Faculty & Staff
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Whitman College is grateful to announce a significant gift from a late alumna of the college. More than three decades ago, Helen McAuslan Logan-Schneider ’55 set up a charitable trust that with her passing gives the college ownership of three rental properties near campus which will provide housing support for faculty and staff.
“Walla Walla is not immune to the housing market challenges being felt by cities across the country,” said President Sarah Bolton.
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“This generous gift will allow the college to provide additional options for affordable housing close to campus which will help us recruit and retain talented faculty and staff. For that, we are so grateful.”
Logan-Schneider was a Biology major and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the Class of 1955 and maintained a close connection to Whitman College throughout her life. In 1988, she set up the charitable trust that would transfer the ownership of three Walla Walla properties, 28 rental units in total, to Whitman upon her passing.
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Lacrosse Team Recognized for Academic Excellence
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The Whitman women’s lacrosse team was recently recognized by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) and named to the 2022–2023 IWLCA Academic Honor Squad list. To qualify for this honor, the team must post a 3.2 or higher GPA for the academic year.
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Politics Professor Publishes “Oppenheimer” Op-Ed
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This week, on the anniversary of the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on two Japanese cities in 1945, Shampa Biswas, the Judge & Mrs. Timothy A. Paul Chair of Political Science and Professor of Politics, wrote an essay titled “What can we learn from ‘Oppenheimer’ about the blind spots in nuclear storytelling?” The op-ed was published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a media organization that focuses on nuclear risks, climate change, and disruptive technologies. J. Robert Oppenheimer was the founding chair of its Board of Sponsors. In the essay, Biswas reflects on the stories that are told at nuclear landmarks around the world and considers the stories left out of those narratives.
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Campus Closes Early Tomorrow
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Campus offices will close at noon tomorrow, Friday, August 11, a discretionary half day for staff members. The Boyer House Print Shop (Printing Services) will be closed all day. Friday is also Discover Whitman Day so be sure to give a warm Whitman welcome to any visitors you see on campus.
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Reminder: Virtual Human-Centered Design Event
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Next week, you can learn more about the new Human-Centered Design (HCD) concentration at a virtual event, “The Humans at the Center of Human-Centered Design at Whitman,” on Wednesday, August 16 at 4 p.m. Program Co-Directors Janet Davis (Computer Science) and Justin Lincoln (Art) will define HCD and describe the program and the innovative introductory course (HCD 101) being developed for its inaugural offering in Spring 2024. Professors William Bares (Computer Science), Sharon Alker (English) and Michelle Janning (Sociology) will share insights across their courses and projects that have included substantial HCD elements. RSVP in advance.
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With support from a Whitman Internship Grant, Nana Kumagai ’24, recently spent a semester as an intern at Tokyo Journal, an international magazine company based in California. Kumagai’s duties included transcribing interviews and translating articles so they could be published in both English and Japanese.
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