Wednesday, January 12, 2022

The Whitman College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the unanimous selection of Dr. Sarah Bolton as the college’s 15th President.

 

Bolton, a physicist, professor and administrator with more than 25 years of experience in higher education and a long-standing commitment to the liberal arts, will succeed President Kathleen Murray upon her retirement at the end of the 2021–2022 academic year. Bolton will assume the presidency in July 2022.

 

The Board introduced Bolton to the campus community yesterday in a Zoom announcement. You can learn more about Bolton and her selection on the Presidential Announcement page of our website along with a bio, statements of support from Presidential Search Committee members and an opportunity for you to write a message welcoming Bolton to Whitman.

Need a Ride?

Whether you're looking for a ride or have a spare seat available, the rides@whitman.edu listserv is your location for sharing all transportation-related requests and offers. Send an email to find someone to pick you up from the airport, offer a seat in your car coming back to campus or get a ride to that last-minute COVID booster appointment.

 

Use the Mailing List Management portal to subscribe to the rides listserv or any of Whitman's standard mailing lists.

Submissions to Whitman's annual literary magazine, blue moon, are now open! Send in your poetry, prose, and art to bluemoon.submittable.com until Jan. 28 for the opportunity to have your work in the 2021-2022 edition. All submissions are reviewed anonymously and any questions can be directed to bluemoon@whitman.edu. The editors can't wait to see your wonderful creations.

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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