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As 2022 gets into full swing, make sure you're prepared for your return to campus by fulfilling our COVID-19 testing and vaccine requirements. There are a number of items that all members of our campus community must complete: -
Pre-return testing: all students must take a COVID-19 test 24 to 72 hours before beginning travel to Walla Walla and complete the Spring 2022 pre-arrival COVID-19 test form by Jan. 15.
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Provide proof of COVID-19 booster or have an approved booster exemption by Jan. 15. If you are not yet eligible for the booster, let us know when you will be able to get your booster.
- Take two baseline COVID-19 tests at Cordiner, five to ten days apart. The first test must be taken by Jan. 21 and the second test by Jan. 28.
Read all the details and access the necessary reporting forms on the Spring 2022 COVID-19 Requirements and Forms page of our COVID-19 Dashboard.
Baseline Testing Schedule Update: despite today's delayed campus opening, baseline testing will operate as regularly scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
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| Health Insurance Terminology: What Does That Mean? |
Whether you have Premera, Whitman’s employee health insurance, or another provider, health plans make a lot more sense when you understand a few basic terms.
Deductible
A deductible is the amount you pay each year for covered healthcare services before your health plan starts to pay. For example, if your plan has a $500 deductible, you pay the first $500 of covered services. After you meet the deductible, you and the plan each pay part of the cost of healthcare services; your part of the cost is called either coinsurance or copayment.
Coinsurance A coinsurance is the percentage of covered expenses you pay after you have paid your deductible. For example, if your health plan has a 20% coinsurance and the cost for an office visit is $100, you pay $20 and your health plan covers the rest.
Copayment/Copay
A copayment is a fixed amount you pay for each healthcare service. Copays can vary for different services, and they do not count toward meeting your deductible.
Out-of-pocket maximum
The out-of-pocket maximum is the most you would have to pay for covered services in a plan year. Your out-of-pocket maximum includes the amounts you spend on deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. When you reach your out-of-pocket maximum, the plan pays 100% for the rest of the plan year. |
Celebrating Faculty Promotions |
Congratulations to the following faculty members, who received promotions in 2021: Promotion to Professor
Timothy Parker, Biology Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor Eunice Blavascunus, Anthropology and Environmental Studies Rachel George, Anthropology
Krista Gulbransen, Art History and Visual Culture Studies Britney Moss, Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Lyman Persico, Geology and Environmental Studies Alvaro Santana-Acuña, Sociology Promotion to Senior Lecturer Wencui Zhao, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Chinese |
DiPasquale Published on Poetry |
An article by Theresa M. DiPasquale, Gregory M. Cowan Professor in English Language and Literature, has just been published in the open-access peer reviewed journal Connotations: A Journal of Critical Debate. The journal is published by the Connotations Society for Critical Debate, a Germany-based tax-exempt organization that encourages scholarly communication in the field of literature in English (from the Middle English period to the present). DiPasquale's article, which emerges from her scholarship and teaching on links between 17th-century poetry and contemporary poetry, is entitled "'New Alchimie': Reading John Donne's 'Nocturnall' Through Poems by Kimberly Johnson and Alice Fulton."
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In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that since campus re-opened on Tuesday, eight people with Whitman access were confirmed positive for COVID-19. These people are now in isolation for 10 days in accordance with our campus and CDC guidelines. Though the likelihood of transmission is low due to our campus COVID-19 protocols, it is possible that others may have been exposed to COVID-19. There is nothing you need to do at this time aside from following our campus COVID-19 protocols. Anyone identified through the contact tracing process as a close contact (within 6 ft. for at least 15 minutes over 24 hours) will be personally notified.
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4 p.m. |
Meet Whitman's Next President Join the Board of Trustees as they introduce Whitman's 15th president. The celebration will be held on Zoom so our whole community can participate together to meet and welcome our next president on this exciting and historic day. |
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