Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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Power & Privilege Keynote Tonight: Loretta J. Ross
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Welcome to Power & Privilege Week!
Loretta J. Ross will deliver the Power & Privilege Keynote at 6 p.m. tonight in the Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom (RSVP). Ross is Associate Professor of the Study of Women & Gender at Smith College in Massachusetts. Her work has included monitoring hate groups, co-creating the theory of reproductive justice and a variety of writing and speaking engagements. (Learn more.)
Power & Privilege Week continues tomorrow with a live performance by the hip-hop collective Sounds of the People, and concludes with a day of panel discussions for the entire campus community throughout the day on Thursday. (View the schedule.)
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Shampa Biswas Interview Published
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The Ploughshares Fund website recently published an interview with Shampa Biswas, the Judge & Mrs. Timothy A. Paul Chair of Political Science and Professor of Politics. Biswas is using a Ploughshares grant to "transform the nuclear studies curriculum by making antiracism, postcolonialism, and feminism central to the teaching of nuclear weapons policy and practice."
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Faculty and Staff Open Forums This Week
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As a follow-up to last week’s Whitman Board of Trustees meetings, President Sarah Bolton will host an open forum to share updates with faculty and staff. There will be two sessions in Maxey Auditorium: 4 p.m. today and 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Questions may be submitted anonymously in advance. Virtual attendance will also be available (see links in calendar below).
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Get Your Digital ID for Quicker Event Access
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The Power & Privilege team (and many other campus groups) use Whitman’s student engagement platform Whitlife/Presence to track community engagement at events. If you have not done so already, please download the Digital ID app to your smart device (Apple iOS, Android) and login with your Whitman ID. This will help speed up check-in at campus events and is greatly appreciated by event organizers.
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Community Change Team Event Announced
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Walla Walla Community Change Team: Trauma-Informed Addiction Recovery and Prevention will host its first large community event, Together23, from 7–8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 in the Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom. This event will be centered around the lived experience of folks who have been impacted by substance use disorders. The event will include a panel, live performances (spoken word, musical, dance), visual art and dessert. Any member of the Whitman community may submit artwork for this event. Questions? Email Devon Player ’23.
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WA Cares Fund Premiums Begin in July
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Faculty, staff and student workers will begin paying premiums to the WA Cares Fund, Washington State’s new long-term care insurance program, on July 1, 2023 as a payroll deduction. Due to changes in the rules since the law was first enacted, you may be eligible for an exemption from both the premiums and the program, but you will need to act soon in order to be exempted from the first premiums in July. Visit the WA Cares Fund website to learn more.
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In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since Friday, one person with Whitman access was confirmed positive for COVID-19.
Please continue to follow all our campus COVID-19 protocols to help prevent transmission. If you have any symptoms that may be COVID-19 or know that you may have been exposed to coronavirus, please be tested. Additional masks and rapid test kits are available in the front entryway at the Welty Student Health Center during normal operating hours.
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Post-Board Meeting Open Forum for Faculty and Staff
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Post-Board Meeting Open Forum for Faculty and Staff
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Glover Alston Center (The GAC)
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921 W. Cherry Street, Walla Walla
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Elkhorn Mountains (returning Saturday)
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Society of Physics Students: Trebuchet Design
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Film Screening: “Dead Poets Society”
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