Tuesday, August 23, 2022

A luncheon was held in appreciation for the “COVID Captains.” These key staff volunteered to serve as the designated point persons for each building on campus, fielding questions and giving guidance regarding changing COVID-19 protocols. 

 

“This team did an absolutely amazing job at being a voice of certainty throughout a changing and uncertain situation,” says Telara McCullough, director of human resources. “We are so grateful for their willingness to help!”

 

Thank you for working to keep our campus safe!

Noteworthy

Kali Natarajan '23, economics-environmental studies major, won first prize with  in the college category of the William O. Douglas essay competition held by The Yakima Valley Museum. The essay is titled "The Rationality, Risk, and Reward of Public Land."

Whitman professor Zahi Zalloua’s “Objects of Desire: Chosisme after OOO” was recently published in "Understanding Barthes, Understanding Modernism," a book about the modern literary and philosophical contributions of Roland Barthes, which Zalloua also co-edited. Zalloua is a Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature, Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (French) and Interdisciplinary Studies.

All employees and returning students are asked to take a COVID-19 test prior to the first day of classes. You can pick up a rapid test kit and KN95 or equivalent masks at Cordiner Hall.

• Tuesday 8/23: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday 8/24 - Sunday 8/28: 12-1 p.m.
• Monday 8/29: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Employees who test positive should contact Human Resources at 509-527-5173 or hr@whitman.edu. Faculty should also alert the Provost and Dean Alzada Tipton. Staff should also alert their direct supervisor.

 

Students who test positive should contact the Welty Student Health Center at 509-527-5295.

The Community Fellow Program is opening up their applications for work-eligible second, third, and fourth year students who want to spend the 2022-2023 academic year working part-time at a prominent Walla Walla organization to address some of the area’s social, economic and cultural challenges. Community Fellows meet successful, high-level local leaders and receive professional mentoring, targeted career development guidance, and broad exposure to local organizations. Positions are posted on Handshake and range from assistant study coordinator to public policy and health equity fellow. Final deadline for applications is Sept. 12. Meet representatives from partner organizations at the Community Fellows Fair at 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8 in the Reid Coffeehouse. If you have any questions please contact Abby Juhasz.

Are you looking for collaborators for your community-engaged program or project idea? Join the new NW5C Directory where you can search for colleagues with similar interests across the NW5C which includes Lewis and Clark College, Reed College, University of Puget Sound, Whitman College, and Willamette University.

Daily COVID-19 Update

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, no one with Whitman access was confirmed positive for COVID-19. That's awesome!

 

Please continue to follow all our campus COVID-19 protocols to help prevent transmission. Mask use will be required starting tomorrow and through the first couple of weeks of classes. 

 

If you have any symptoms that may be COVID-19 or know that you may have been exposed to coronavirus, please be tested. Rapid test kits are available 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Welty Student Health Center. 

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