Friday, October 7, 2022

The following article by Bertine Lakjohn '23 is reprinted from the Fall issue of Whitman Magazine:

 

Broadcasting from its own floor in the Reid Campus Center, you can hear the college’s student-led radio station—KWCW 90.5 FM—locally in Walla Walla or streamed online. The nonprofit studio allows students of any major a means of creative exploration while actively engaging the larger community.

 

When the radio station was first created, back in 1971, it was housed in Whitman’s Student Union Building. In 2002, it moved to its current location, shown here.

 

Radio hosts plan their own content and are encouraged to make their shows unique, entertaining listeners with their diverse music taste, thoughts, opinions and humor.

 

“Since I wanted a talk show vibe, I tried to give each ‘episode’ a theme and stuck with it for the entire hour,” says Angel Baikakedi ’24, an economics major from Putney, Vermont. I really enjoyed it!”

 

see more KWCW photos

COVID Vaccination & Boosters

As a reminder, all members of the Whitman community are required to be up-to-date on their COVID vaccination and boosters (as defined by the CDC). The new bivalent booster is now widely available in Walla Walla (vaccine locator) and will be required for campus members by Dec. 31.

The "time | creature | portal | self" exhibition at the Sheehan Gallery and Maxey Museum is closed for the October break. Normal operating hours resume on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

The next Staff Coffee Break will take place on Tuesday, October 18 at 2 p.m. in the Hall of Science. Staff are encouraged to bring their own cup or mug to support campus sustainability efforts.

Student workers are now using a new payroll time entry system, Time Entry Self-Service. Supervisors can access the new system through myWhitman or through the Self-Service login page. A virtual training is available for supervisors on Monday, Oct. 10, from 7-9 a.m. As a reminder, Tuesday, Oct. 11 is the last day to approve timesheets for the current pay period (Sept. 9-Oct. 8). 

Daily COVID-19 Update

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, two people with Whitman access were 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 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Welty Student Health Center. 

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