Thursday, August 31, 2023
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New Sheehan Gallery Exhibit Opens
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The Sheehan Gallery opened this week with a new Fall 2023 exhibition titled “PANORAMA: Cantos Unfolding” featuring art by Xiaoze Xie, a visual artist and Stanford professor. The show runs through Dec. 9.
Sheehan Gallery Hours of Operation:
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- Tuesday–Thursday: Noon–5 p.m.
- Friday–Sunday: Noon–4 p.m.
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Xie will be on campus later in the semester to deliver an artist talk on Friday, Oct. 27 at 5:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. A reception will follow in the gallery.
Sheehan Gallery is located in Olin Hall and admission is free and open to the public.
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Gaurav Majumdar Paperback Published
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This summer, Routledge published a revised, paperback edition of “Illegitimate Freedom: Informality in Modernist Literature, 1900–1940” by Gaurav Majumdar, Professor of English. The book is the first scholarly exploration of links between informality—as an aesthetic, behavioral and political model—and a wide range of British and anglophone modernist works. Examining a particular aspect of informality in each chapter, it investigates candor, promiscuity, humor, counters to liberal traditions that champion male freedom, disgust, colloquialism and inversions of dignity before its concluding discussion of informality as a kind of ease with strangeness and its related risks.
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QPR Suicide Prevention Training Tomorrow
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Faculty and staff are invited to participate in a two-hour training session provided by Counseling Center staff, using the QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) model which has been proven to decrease suicide risk in communities like ours. Participants will be certified as a QPR Gatekeeper, valid for one year. The training will take place on Friday, Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. to noon in Maxey 104. Space is limited, so please RSVP in advance and email questions to qpr@whitman.edu. (See attached flyer.)
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Harper Joy Theatre Auditions Announced
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Auditions for the first play of the season—“The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse—will take place on Monday, Sept. 11 from 7–10 p.m. in the Freimann Studio in Harper Joy Theatre. This satirical comedy will be directed by guest artist Tracy Ward. Information about how to prepare for this audition opportunity is available online. Questions? Email Stage Manager Ian Smith.
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If you were unable to attend the Whitman College Convocation ceremony on Monday, a video recording of the event is now available online. The Convocation Address, titled “Living in Interesting Times,” was delivered by Associate Professor of History Jakobina "Bina" Arch (pictured above).
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Information Session: Working for “quarterlife”
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