New Course Offered for Study Abroad Students
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Whitman College offers many opportunities for students to expand their global learning, on campus and abroad.
In 2023, Whitman’s Center for Global Studies (CGS) partnered with the college’s Off-Campus Studies Office to launch Global Returns: Critical Engagement after Study Abroad. This course will create a space for the students who participate in any of the more than 80 off-campus study programs to consider and examine their time abroad—what it means to them and our changing world.
This class has been a long time in the making, says Nicole Simek, the Director for Global Studies. Under the directorship of Leena Knight in 2019, faculty and staff from across campus came together to find a way to enrich the impact of students' transformative experiences around the world. Director of Off-Campus Studies Susan Holme worked with faculty members Aaron Bobrow-Strain, Rachel George, Erin Pahlke, Jason Pribilsky and Zahi Zalloua to initiate the idea for the course to better serve students.
“We are providing a forum for returning study abroad students to reflect together on the incredible intellectual and personal growth they’ve had while also preparing them to take the knowledge they've gained out into the world after graduation,” says Simek, who is also the Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature, Professor of Indigeneity, Race, and Ethnicity Studies and Gender Studies.
“Students discover and develop an intimate connection between their academic learning and the meaningful changes they want to bring about in the world.”
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Rachel Nickens Publishes Article About Parents and Girl Scouts
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Sustainability Forum on Tuesday
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The President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee is developing a Campus Sustainability Plan that will serve as an update to the college’s 2016 Climate Action Plan. Join them on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at noon in Maxey Auditorium for a kickoff event with GreenerU—a company that will assist Whitman College in this work.
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Post-Board Forums on Wednesday
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President Sarah Bolton will hold an open forum for faculty and staff to share some key outcomes from the recent Board of Trustees meeting and answer questions. There will be two opportunities to attend on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium.
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Get Your Flu Shots This Week
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Influenza vaccines are currently available on a walk-in basis at the Welty Student Health Center. In addition, a flu shot clinic will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26 from Noon–1:30 p.m. at Cordiner Hall. For a faster visit, print and sign the consent form in advance (alternate consent form for ages 65+) and bring it with you. Blank forms will also be available.
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Take the Bon Appétit Fall Survey
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Bon Appétit is conducting a Fall Survey to learn about your dining preferences. As an added incentive, participants will have the opportunity to win prizes, including a PlayStation 5, pizza party, gift cards and more. (See attached flyer.)
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Photo (@whitmansociology): At the first Sociology Lunch Lecture of the year, Assistant Professor of Sociology Chris Wakefield talked about “Management through Degradation: State Actors and the Docile Sex Offender.” The next talk is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 10. Details to come. All are welcome to attend.
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Reid Campus Center, Room G02
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Cleveland Commons, Lizzie Murr Conference Room
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Penrose Library, Café 41 Lounge
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Penrose Library (meet outside)
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Hall of Science, Brattain Auditorium
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Hall of Science, Room 159
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Cleveland Commons, Lizzie Murr Conference Room
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Memorial Building, Room 205
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Cleveland Commons, Lizzie Murr Conference Room
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Whitman Wire Newsroom (Reid 239)
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Reid Campus Center, Room G02
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Glover Alston Center (RSVP)
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Reid Campus Center, Room 207
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Tekisuijuku (Japanese Interest House)
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Reid Campus Center Basement
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Tau Kappa Epsilon Chapter House
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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South Fork Walla Walla Trailhead
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Ankeny Field, Styx Sculpture
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Hall of Science, Room 142
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