Inaugural Summer Chinese Language Trip to Taiwan
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Feature by: Susan Holme, Senior Director of OCS and ISSS
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Eleven Whitties dedicated to the study of Mandarin Chinese boarded a plane in May to study for six weeks in Taiwan led by Whitman College faculty members Xiaobo Yuan (Anthropology) and Wencui Zhao (South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies). This inaugural Whitman program in Taiwan is the first Whitman faculty-led academic trip offered by Off-Campus Studies (OCS) since the end of the pandemic.
Participants honed their conversational Mandarin immersed in a Chinese-language-only teaching environment with instructors at Tunghai University, our partner university in Taichung, Taiwan. Textbooks for the program were custom written by Zhao of Whitman and professor He Yijia of Tunghai, focusing on practical conversations and vocabulary specific to Taiwan.
Religion and Sacred Space in China, a course taught by Yuan, featured excursions around the island. In addition, students on the program also researched and created presentations based on their own interests, with topics ranging from the history of night markets to contemporary workout culture to the changing landscape of LGBTQIA+-related terminologies in Taiwan.
Read more.
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Zahi Zalloua Interviewed About New Book
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Zahi Zalloua, the Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature and Director of Indigeneity, Race, and Ethnicity Studies, was recently interviewed on a New Books Network podcast about his new book, “Solidarity and the Palestinian Cause.” In the book, Zalloua examines the Palestinian identity from the perspective of Indigeneity and Critical Black Studies.
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Student Activities Fair Today
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The Student Activities Fair is happening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in front of Hunter Conservatory. This is a once-a-semester opportunity to see all of the student clubs together in one place and learn more about what each one has planned.
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Convocation Ceremony Today
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Please join us for Convocation at 4 p.m. today in Cordiner Hall. The annual Convocation ceremony is a calling together of everyone on campus—students, faculty and staff—to mark the beginning of the next academic cycle, and to welcome the incoming class of first-year students into our community.
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Donuts with the Dean Tomorrow
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Stop by the front of Reid Campus Center tomorrow morning—Tuesday, Aug. 29 from 8–10 a.m.—to enjoy a donut and take a picture with Dean of Students Kazi Joshua.
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Stationery Portal Closes Tomorrow
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Don't forget to place your orders for Whitman-branded stationery. The online portal is open through Tuesday, Aug. 29. Estimated delivery is October 16. Your portal login information is not the same as your Whitman login. Questions? Contact Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Communications Andrea Volz at 509-527-5160 or volza@whitman.edu.
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Reminder: The parking lot behind Harper Joy Theatre and the Hall of Science has several parking spots (pictured, center) that are reserved as a loading area, which is used for many field trips. As indicated by signage, please do not park in those spaces Monday through Friday before 1 p.m.
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Hunter Conservatory, Side Lawn and Driveway
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Hunter Conservatory Side Lawn
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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Hunter Conservatory, Front Lawn
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Tuesday (first day of classes)
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