Thursday, November 11, 2021

The Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports community-engaged student leaders who have demonstrated a significant investment in working toward solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the United States. The fellowship experience focuses on building a national network of community-engaged student leaders and providing those students with training, resources, and strategies to develop social change.

 

Whitman College is seeking nominations for students who engage in collaborative actions with others from campus or surrounding communities in order to create long-term social change, take action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarizations, and demonstrate the motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement. Recent Newman Civic Fellows include senior Kaitlynne Jensen, Zidane Galant-LaPorte ’21 and Cameron Conner ’20.

 

Faculty, staff, community partners and students are invited to submit nominations through the online form. Self-nominations are welcome. All nominated students must be willing to accept the fellowship if selected, show a prolonged commitment to creating social change and commit to taking advantage of the fellowship resources throughout the upcoming academic year.

 

Colleges and universities may only select one current student who has at least one academic year remaining. Whitman's nominee will be selected by President Murray from the pool of nominated students. She will then submit a letter to Campus Compact on that student's behalf.

 

The nomination form will close on Dec. 1. If you have any questions about the nomination form or the fellowship, please contact Susan Prudente (prudensk@whitman.edu) or Abby Juhasz (juhasza@whitman.edu).

Noteworthy

Jackson Quoted in Scientific American

Professor of biology Kate Jackson is quoted in a recent Scientific American article, "The Surprising Secret of Snakes' Venomous Bites," which explores the evolution of snake fangs.

Kim and Leavitt Present Research on Jewish Asian Families

Yesterday the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College hosted Associate Dean for Faculty Development Helen Kim and Director of the Career and Community Engagement Center Noah Leavitt for a talk about their research on mixed families. Their talk, Intersecting Identities: Growing Up Asian and Jewish, was part of the Center’s Scholars in Conversation Series. This event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Department at Queens College and the Center for the Study of Genocide & Human Rights at Rutgers University.

Seven Men's Soccer Players Earn All-Conference Honors

Seniors Jacob Barsher and Oscar Harding were named to the first team and five others garnered second team and honorable mention honors to highlight the Whitman College men's soccer team's selections to the 2021 Northwest All-Conference men's soccer team. Senior Derivan Dockter, junior Rowan Calvert and sophomore Edwin Romero were named to the second team with first year Colby Ramsey and junior McCoy Hennes earning honorable mention selections.

Boxberger Garners Northwest All-Conference Honors

Junior Christina Boxberger emerged as one of the Whitman College women's volleyball team's top hitters this season and was rewarded with an honorable mention Northwest All-Conference Team selection.

Filion NWC Swimming Student-Athlete of the Week

At last weekend's season opening, junior Tanner Filion won five races and led the Blues to wins over Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran, which landed him this week's Northwest Conference Men's Swimming Student-Athlete of the Week.

Announcements

Staff and Faculty Forum Today and Tomorrow

President Murray invites all staff and faculty to in-person forums in which she will report on the November meeting of the Board of Trustees. Meetings with identical information will be held at 4 p.m. today and 8 a.m. tomorrow in Reid Ballroom. 

Final Chance to Purchase Fall Textbooks

The Whitman College Bookstore has begun the process of returning remaining fall course textbooks to the publishers. Anyone still needing to buy a textbook for a fall semester class should do so immediately, as most books will be gone by tomorrow, Nov. 12.

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that in the past 24 hours, a person with Whitman access was confirmed positive for COVID-19. This person is now in isolation for 10 days in accordance with our campus and CDC guidelines. Though the likelihood of transmission is low due to our campus COVID-19 protocols, it is possible that others may have been exposed to COVID-19. There is nothing you need to do at this time aside from following our campus COVID-19 protocols. Anyone identified through the contact tracing process as a close contact (within 6 ft. for at least 15 minutes over 24 hours) will be personally notified. 

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