Sheehan Gallery Visiting Artist: Sheeba Maya
|
|
|
This week, Sheeba Maya, one of the featured artists in the current exhibition at Sheehan Gallery, will visit campus for a public artist talk on Friday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. The talk will be followed by a Closing Celebration event at the Sheehan Gallery—the final opportunity to see “HYPERSPATIAL: Comics & Character in the Fourth Dimension.”
Maya is a New York-based artist and educator, best known for fantasy portrait work in the Neo-Afrofuturism movement. The artwork presented in this exhibition focuses on both real and invented portraits of black women.
|
|
|
|
Maya will also teach a collage portraiture workshop in the Art Department on Thursday, April 4 from 4–6 p.m.
|
|
|
Welcome New Staff Members
|
Please join us in welcoming the following new Whitman employees who started in March:
|
- Sandybel Saucedo, Assistant Academic/Administration Custodial Supervisor
|
|
|
Dialogue & Dignity Talk Tonight
|
The Dialogue & Dignity Series continues with Ethan Katz, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Katz will present a talk titled “Is Anti-Zionism Antisemitism: New Perspectives?” on Monday, April 1 at 7 p.m. in Olin Auditorium.(Flyer attached.) See the calendar below for related events also happening today.
|
Los Ojos de Whitman Submissions Due Thursday
|
Los Ojos de Whitman magazine is calling all authors and artists who speak Spanish (or “Spanglish”) to submit their creative pieces for the next issue, themed “Monsters and Mystical Beings.” Submissions are due Thursday, April 4, emailed to ojosdewhitman@gmail.com. (Flyer attached.)
|
Strategic Planning Feedback Sessions This Week
|
All faculty and staff are invited to attend one of three upcoming strategic planning feedback sessions for the “Vibrant Campus Community for Staff and Faculty” strategic priority. This week, sessions will take place on Monday, April 1 at 4 p.m. and Thursday, April 4 at noon in Baker Center. Next week, there will be a session on Thursday, April 11 at noon in Reid Campus Center, room G02. Lunch or snacks will be provided for the first 25 participants at each session. A draft working document showing a preliminary list of recommendations is available for review in advance.
|
|
|
Is that a squirrel in disguise? Does Mother Nature observe April Fools’ Day?
|
|
|
|
|
Luncheon: “What’s Happening on College Campuses?” (Dialogue & Dignity Series)
|
Memorial Building, Room 331
|
|
|
|
|
Open Office Hours with Ethan Katz (Dialogue & Dignity Series)
|
Memorial Building, Room 326
|
|
|
|
|
Strategic Planning Feedback Session for Faculty & Staff: Vibrant Campus Community
|
|
|
|
|
Reid Side Lawn or Sherwood 114 (weather dependent)
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Science, Brattain Auditorium
|
|
|
|
|
Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 106
|
|
|
|
|
Stanton Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room
|
|
|
|
|
Reid Campus Center, Room 207
|
|
|
|
|
Reid Side Lawn or Sherwood 114 (weather dependent)
|
|
|
|
|
Sarah Eltantawi Session With Student Life (Dialogue & Dignity Series)
|
Memorial Building, Room 331
|
|
|
|
|
Luncheon: “Islamophobia and Liberalism/Liberal Arts Education” (Dialogue & Dignity Series)
|
Memorial Building, Room 331
|
|
|
|
|
Strategic Planning Feedback Session for Faculty & Staff: Vibrant Campus Community
|
|
|
|
|
Open Office Hours with Sarah Eltantawi (Dialogue & Dignity Series)
|
Memorial Building, Room 326
|
|
|
|
|
Welty Student Health Center
|
|
|
|
|
Hunter Conservatory, Kimball Theatre
|
|
|
|
|
Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
|
|
|
|
|
Cleveland Commons, South Corner
|
|
|
|
|
Reid Campus Center, Basement
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
|
|
|
|
|
Reid Campus Center, Room 209
|
|
|
|
|
Native Plant Restoration Site
|
|
|
|
|
Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
|
|
|
Would you like to share an event with campus? Submit the information to the Events Calendar.
|
|
|
“Whitman Today” is produced by the Office of Communications and is emailed Monday through Friday to Whitman College staff, faculty and students.
All submissions are welcome! If you have accomplishments to celebrate, an event to publicize or other content to share with the Whitman community, email whitmantoday@whitman.edu. Submissions of 125 words or less are due by noon for the following day’s newsletter. Submissions may be edited and/or held for a later date according to space and editorial needs. Your submission also authorizes use on Whitman's social media unless otherwise specified.
Previous issues of Whitman Today are archived on our website.
|
|
|
Find us on social media: @whitmancollege
|
|
|
|
