Monday, February 26, 2024
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Our Place in Walla Walla: Getting Noticed
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Feature by: Noah Leavitt, College Liaison for Community Affairs
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Our place attracts attention.
To borrow a phrase that Whitman Board of Trustee member Jonathan Sposato ’89 recently used to describe our lovely small college, our lovely small city punches above its weight. Walla Walla, here in the remote corner of Washington, has much to offer our region and our country.
Historically, Walla Walla has been known for its fields of sweet onions, its ominous maximum security penitentiary—“home” for many decades of the execution chamber for inmates sentenced to death—and perhaps as being the complex (and to some, controversial) site of the Whitman Mission.
More recently, we’re becoming known far and wide for other aspects of life. (I’m not even going to mention our wine industry, which I’ll discuss later this semester). Whether you’re in town for a few days, four years, or many decades, it’s helpful to know how and why the world is watching Walla Walla.
Our inclusive, transparent, deliberate approach to solving complex problems:
Our place has developed an effective method of addressing quality of life issues that has come to be known as “the Walla Walla Way.” Originally identified with organizing access to and respect of our complex watershed, the phrase has expanded to other topics that utilize the same methodical step-by-step broad community involved. (Harmony Paulsen Burright ’06 described this in a 2007 article, “The Walla Walla Way: Reevaluating the Role of State and Local Stakeholders in an Integrated Water Resource Management Approach.”)
Community leaders approvingly use this phrase for other issues, too. Kathryn Witherington, Executive Director of the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation, raised this in an Association of Washington Cities feature and Superintendent of Walla Walla Public Schools Wade Smith used this in his remarks during last spring’s installation ceremony for President Bolton.
Read the full article to learn about six additional things that bring attention to Walla Walla.
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Students Selected for Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowships
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Two Whitman students have been selected for competitive fellowships with the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Program. Next summer, Politics major Kate Moe ’25 will be studying at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Economics major Meron Semere ’25 will be in the data analytics track at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Chats With Grads Events This Week
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The Career and Community Engagement Center will host two events this week with alum Rayana Weller ’20. Weller graduated with a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Public Discourse and now works as a grant writing specialist. Students are invited to a casual lunch with Weller on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at noon in Reid 27. Weller will also give a public talk on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in Olin 233 about her research, “Theaters of the Intimate: The Feminine Culture of Self-Care on TikTok.”
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Legal Services Available to Employees
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Whitman’s employee assistance program, Canopy, offers a variety of legal resources including legal information, legal referrals and a will questionnaire. Experienced attorneys can assist with concerns such as child custody, divorce, landlord/tenant issues, wills and more. An initial legal consultation is free with a discount of 25% off the attorney’s hourly rate thereafter. Request a consultation by contacting Canopy at 800-433-2320 or via the Canopy website.
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The Penny Wars game at the Sorority & Fraternity Life Night at a recent Whitman basketball game raised more than $300. The money will be given to Phi Delta Theta’s philanthropy, the Live Like Lou Foundation, supporting families affected by ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, funding ALS research and honoring Lou Gehrig’s legacy.
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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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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Neurodivergent Library Tour
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Memorial Building, Room 205
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Reid Campus Center, Room G02
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom (register)
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Reid Campus Center, Room 207
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Memorial Building, Room 205
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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Reid Side Lawn or Sherwood 114 (weather dependent)
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Strategic Planning Feedback Session: Connecting Whitman, Walla Walla and the World
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Cleveland Commons, Lizzie Murr Conference Room
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Welty Student Health Center
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Trina Soske ’83: How ML & AI are Reshaping the Science of Learning (for Faculty)
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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Gods at the Movies: Bollywood Film Screening
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Hunter Conservatory, Room 107
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Harper Joy Theatre, Alexander Stage
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Student Drop-In Hours with Trina Soske ’83: Working in the Culture of Amazon
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Baker Center, Osborne Commons
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Cleveland Commons, South Corner
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Strategic Planning Feedback Session: Connecting Whitman, Walla Walla and the World
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Cleveland Commons, Lizzie Murr Conference Room
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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, Room 209
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Harper Joy Theatre, Alexander Stage
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Harper Joy Theatre, Alexander Stage
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Harper Joy Theatre, Alexander Stage
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Harper Joy Theatre, Alexander Stage
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