Marian Anderson String Quartet
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Tonight, the Whitman Music Department extends an invitation to the inaugural event in the recently-endowed Pickett Performing Scholar Series.
Funded by Michael and Eva Murr in honor of Susan Pickett, the Catharine Chism Professor of Music, Emerita, the series aims to combine performance and scholarship to highlight the work of historically underrepresented musicians. Pickett, who is known worldwide for her research on musical compositions by women, has uncovered the music of hundreds of women composers from the 17th–20th centuries, collected more than 50,000 pages of music by those composers and published more than 40 critical editions of their music.
This first event in the new series features the renowned Marian Anderson String Quartet at 7 p.m. tonight in Chism Recital Hall. The program is titled “On Being Enslaved” and will include pieces by Rhiannon Giddens, Jonathan McNair, Samuel Adler, David (Doc) Wallace and Antonin Dvořák (see attached flyer). Admission is free and a light reception will follow.
Additional funding generously provided by the J. Walter and Katherine H. Weingart Chamber Music endowment.
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President Appoints New Special Assistant for Native American Outreach
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President Bolton recently appointed Jeanine Gordon to the inaugural role of Special Assistant to the President for Native American Outreach. This new position, which reports directly to the president, was created to support the ongoing relationship with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and the Memorandum of Agreement between Whitman College and the CTUIR. Gordon will help further the college’s commitments to Native American outreach, admission, recruitment and retention, financial aid, academic advising, scholarships and internships.
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Faculty Member to Appear on Jeopardy!
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Johanna Stoberock, Senior Adjunct Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Writing, and Public Discourse and General Studies, will be competing on the Jeopardy! game show this week. The episode will air in Walla Walla on NBC/KNDU on Tuesday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. For other times and stations, visit jeopardy.com/watch.
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The Annual (Rubber) Duck Hunt Starts Now!
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The Student Activities Office and Whitman Events Board are pleased to announce the return of the annual duck hunt. Bring any rubber ducklings you find to the Student Activities Office in the Reid Campus Center to claim a prize. Ducks will be restocked every morning (through Friday, April 28). (See attached flyer.)
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Adam Award Project Presentations Tomorrow
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Two students will present their Adam Dublin Award Projects on Tuesday, April 25 from 5–6:30 p.m. in Kimball Theatre. Ahmed Elsayed ’23 will talk about "Queer Bel Arabi: Stories of Belonging, Queerness, and Islam" (see attached flyer). Angela Eliacy ’25 will talk about "Persecution of Hazara People in Afghanistan" (see attached flyer). The Adam Award is given annually to support scholarly or creative work relating to multiculturalism in the United States or abroad.
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Treaty Rock Ground Blessing Friday
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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and Whitman College will hold a Treaty Rock Ground Blessing event on Friday, April 28 at 3 p.m. at PE-WA-OO-YIT ("Treaty Rock") near the outdoor amphitheatre. The event coincides with a student-led campaign to remove ivy planted on campus and replacing it with native plants. CTUIR General Council Chairman Lindsey X. Watchman and CTUIR General Council Interpreter Thomas Morning Owl will provide a ceremonial blessing for this event.
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RSVP to the Campus Picnic on Saturday
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The Installation ceremony for President Sarah Bolton takes place this Friday, followed by a full day of community events on Saturday. Please join us for a celebratory campus picnic on Saturday, April 29 at noon on Stanton Field. For planning purposes, if you are faculty, staff or a student not on a meal plan, please RSVP in advance.
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In accordance with Washington State Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since Friday, six people with Whitman access were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
Please continue to follow all our campus COVID-19 protocols and if you have any symptoms that may be COVID-19 or know that you may have been exposed to coronavirus, please be tested.
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Sex Week: YWCA Presentation
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Adam Dublin Award Presentations
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Sex Week: Take Back the Night
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Climate Justice and Activism Lunch Series: Bertine Lackjon
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Cleveland Commons Meeting Room
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Sex Week: Climb for Consent
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Sex Week: Masturbation Workshop
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Information Session: Theater Tech Opportunities
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Alexander Stage, Harper Joy Theatre
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Movie Screening: Forgiveness
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PE-WA-OO-YIT Treaty Rock Ground Blessing
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Treaty Rock, near Outdoor Amphitheatre
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Tekisuijuku (Japanese interest house)
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Reid Campus Center Basement
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Student Research Poster Sessions
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Interest House Community: Spring Fling
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