Our Place in Walla Walla: Community Spirit
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Feature by: Noah Leavitt, College Liaison for Community Affairs
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Pictured: (top row from left) Crystal Chi, Groover Snell, Sydney London; (bottom row from left) Aiden Wolf, Agustin Ramirez, Victor Saldana-Meza.
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Our place is filled with Whitman community members making it better for everyone.
Last week, our local newspaper, the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, celebrated the fourth annual cohort of remarkable local residents through their 39 Under 39 initiative. These honorees, all aged 39 or younger, exemplify the spirit of community, embodying more than just the concept of neighbors and friends. They are the quiet heroes and collaborators who contribute to making the Walla Walla Valley an exceptional place to live.
The 39 individuals profiled come from various fields, backgrounds and professions. Some have deep roots in this area while others have been drawn here by work or family ties. Regardless of their origins or their tenure in the Valley, they share a common commitment to bettering their community.
Learning about their diverse contributions enriches our understanding of our cultural, economic and social fabric. These honorees collaborate across sectors, bridging gaps and fostering cooperation. These young achievers serve as inspirational role models for others in the community.
Six of the winners (see Noteworthy below) have close ties to Whitman College by virtue of their status as students, staff and alumni. That means 15% of the winners are Whitties, far exceeding the percentage of Whitties in the City of Walla Walla population.
This week, who better to learn from about our place than these individuals? Let’s meet them and see what some of them have to say ...
Read more.
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Six Whitties Named in Local “39 Under 39”
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For the past several years, the Union-Bulletin newspaper has published a list of “39 Under 39”—profiles of people who are 39 or younger and who support the Walla Walla community in a variety of ways. This year, six of the profiles were of Whitman students, staff or alumni:
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- Crystal Chi ’14, Human Resources Manager, Blue Mountain Heart to Heart (pdf)
- Sydney London ’23, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, Whitman College (pdf)
- Agustin Ramirez ’25, Film & Media Studies and Art Double-Major (pdf)
- Victor Saldana-Meza, Assistant Director of Conference, Events & Scheduling, Whitman College (pdf)
- Groover Snell ’17, Operations Manager, Fort Walla Walla Museum (pdf)
- Aiden Wolf ’25, Theater Major (pdf)
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Dialogue & Dignity Series Events This Week
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The Dialogue & Dignity Series continues this week with two guests on campus. Omer Bartov, the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, will be on campus today and tomorrow. He will present a public talk titled “The Never Again Syndrome: Uses and Misuses of Holocaust Memory in Contemporary Global Politics” on Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. (See attached flyer.)
Ranjeeta Basu, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Contemplative Practices at California State University San Marcos, will lead a workshop on Mindful Communication on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. (See attached flyer.)
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David Deal Lecture Tomorrow
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Maryam Kashani, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will deliver the 2024 David Deal Lecture on Tuesday, March 26 at 6 p.m. in Olin Hall, room 129. The lecture, titled “Theories and Theologies of the Oppressor and the Oppressed from ‘Here’ to Palestine to Everywhere,” is sponsored by The Asian Studies Endowment and the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program. (See attached flyer.)
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US Attorney Visits Campus Tomorrow
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Vanessa Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, will visit the Whitman College campus for an event on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in OIin Hall, room 157. Waldref will be interviewed by a panel of three students on issues affecting the 20 counties in our region, including Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons and fentanyl. (See attached flyer.)
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Information Session on Smoking, Vaping and Cannabis on Wednesday
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All students are invited to an information session on Wednesday, March 27 at 6 p.m. in the Stanton Hall main lounge. Enjoy free pizza, while Krista Timm, a health educator with the Walla Walla County Department of Community Health and recent college graduate, talks about and answers questions on the health effects and laws around smoking, vaping and cannabis use. (Flyer attached.)
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Two juniors have been named 2024 Junior Summer Institute fellows by the Public Policy & International Affairs Program. Kate Moe ’25 (left), majoring in Politics with minors in Rhetoric and Philosophy, was awarded a fellowship at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Meron Semere ’25 (right), a first-generation college student majoring in Economics with minors in Religion and Computer Science, was awarded a fellowship at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more.
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Genocide From Below: Re-Writing the Holocaust as First-Person Local History (Dialogue & Dignity)
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Memorial Building, Room 331
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Reid Campus Center (near Fish Ladder)
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Open Office Hours: Omer Bartov (Dialogue & Dignity)
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Reid Side Lawn or Sherwood 114 (weather dependent)
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 106
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Creating Conditions for Dialogue Around Changing Topics on a College Campus (Dialogue & Dignity)
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Memorial Building, Room 331
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Prentiss Hall, Great Hall
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Reid Campus Center, Room 240 (RSVP)
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Reid Campus Center, Room 207
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Memorial Building, Room 205
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Reid Side Lawn or Sherwood 114 (weather dependent)
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Maxey Hall, Room W42 (via Zoom)
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Information Session: Smoking, Vaping and Cannabis
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Stanton Hall, Main Lounge
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Stanton Hall, Main Lounge
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Welty Student Health Center
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Hall of Science (outside by the Greenhouse)
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Douglas Hall, Main Lounge
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Hunter Conservatory, Kimball Theatre
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College House, Main Lounge
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Cleveland Commons, South Corner
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Hunter Conservatory, Birdbath Fountain
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Reid Campus Center, Room 209
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Hall of Science, Rooms 136, 142, 140
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Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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