Whitman Joins Culture of Respect Cohort
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Whitman College has joined a group of 15 colleges and universities from across North America in the eighth cohort of NASPA’s Culture of Respect Collective program. The Collective is an ambitious two-year program that brings together institutions of higher education who are dedicated to ending campus sexual violence and guides them through a rigorous process of self-assessment and targeted organizational change.
Whitman’s Collective participation will be led by Kersten Bergstrom, Assistant Director of Community Health and Sexual Violence Prevention Specialist (pictured, left), and Cassandre Beccai, Director of Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator (pictured, right). They will guide a committee composed of students, staff, and faculty spread across several departments in creating sustainable change aimed at preventing and addressing sexual violence. President Sarah Bolton’s personal commitment to this work led Whitman College to join the Collective. Since taking office, Bolton has created and cultivated a Culture of Respect here at Whitman and is currently an Emeritus Advisor to the Collective.
The Collective program is an adaptable model that helps institutions work across departmental silos and stay connected with peers as they engage in the critical work of comprehensively addressing campus sexual violence, within a shifting social and political landscape.
Through a multi-tiered, educational, inclusive lens, this two-year program will result in sustainable change aimed at preventing and addressing sexual violence on our campus.
We are enthusiastic about engaging in this transformative and important work and look forward to building relationships with NASPA and peer institutions in the program, as we work to create a campus community in which all students, faculty and staff can thrive in a Culture of Respect.
For more information and find out how you can be part of this program, please contact Kersten Bergstrom at bergstrk@whitman.edu.
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Two BBMB Students Awarded Murdock Poster Prize
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Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology (BBMB) majors Shawn Vinogradsky ’24 and Andrew Harter ’24 recently received the prestigious 2023 Murdock Poster Prize in Organic Chemistry for their groundbreaking research on a treatment for multiple myeloma (a cancer of the plasma cells). Teaming up with their faculty mentor, Marion Gotz, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Paul Garrett Fellow, this research seeks to better understand the drug Carfilzomib in an effort to enhance its potency, increase life expectancy and reduce side effects for patients.
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Music Department Concerts This Weekend
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The Music Department invites the Whitman community to two concerts and an open rehearsal this weekend, featuring Gabriel Merrill-Steskal ’18 (fortepiano), Anna Okada ’17 (violin), Reynaldo Patiño (violin) and Kevin Flynn (cello).
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- Friday, Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. (concert, flyer attached)
- Saturday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. (open rehearsal)
- Sunday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. (concert, flyer attached)
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All events are free and open to the public and will take place in Chism Recital Hall in the Hall of Music.
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Strategic Planning Feedback Session Monday
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All members of the Whitman community are invited to attend one of three upcoming strategic planning feedback sessions for the “Connecting Whitman, Walla Walla, and the World” strategic priority. The next session will take place on Monday, Feb. 5 at noon in the Lizzie Murr Conference Room at Cleveland Commons. Lunch will be provided for the first 15 participants.
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New Online Printing Service Now Available
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The Print Shop now offers an online web-to-print service designed to make it easier to submit, manage and track design and printing requests. Benefits of Print Shop Pro include real-time tracking of your orders and accurate cost estimates. To begin, register at printing.whitman.edu (login guide). Once you are approved, email your 10-digit GL budget numbers and 4-digit object codes to Print Production Specialist Rich Anderson and you will be ready to place your first order.
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On Tuesday, Jai Deshpande ’24 scored his 1,000th career point in the early moments of a home game at Sherwood Athletic Center. The Blues return to the home court tonight with the women’s game starting at 6 p.m. and the men’s game starting at 8 p.m. Sherwood Athletic Center will close at 3 p.m. in preparation.
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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, Basement
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Reid Campus Center, Room 209
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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