Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Photo (Greg Lecki): A group of International students hiking at Harris Park. 

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin recently published a series of articles in collaboration with Whitman's Office of International Student & Scholar Services highlighting some of our current international students. Read these stories to learn more about the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of students at Whitman!

Nadiia Balbek '24, biology major (Ukraine)
Mehrimo Bakhtalieva '25, geology-physics major (Tajikistan)
Bidita Nawar '25, economics-mathematics major (Bangladesh)
Emmanuel Sakala '25, undecided (Zambia)
Jeffrey Wu '25, music and anthropology double major (China)

Note: The PDF links above are only accessible with a Whitman account. Union-Bulletin subscribers may also access the stories online. 

Whitman College has partnered with Duo Security to increase security on college-issued accounts through multi-factor authentication (MFA).

All Whitman account holders are strongly encouraged to add this protection to your account as soon as possible (sign up here). Our goal is to have all employee accounts protected before spring break, and all student accounts will be upgraded during fall semester.

This added protection makes it much more difficult to compromise your account, even if bad actors get your password. For more information, read this FAQ or contact the Information Security Office. Safe computing!

Welcome back Fall 2022 Off-Campus Studies (OCS) students! Join your fellow OCS students at 4 p.m. today in the Reid Campus Center Young Ballroom for food, socializing and free T-shirts.

Our campus will celebrate the installation of Sarah Bolton as the 15th president of Whitman College on Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29!

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since yesterday, three 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 in the front entryway at the Welty Student Health Center during normal operating hours. 

4 p.m.

Off-Campus Studies Welcome Back Party

Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom

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