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October 2012 |
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| In This Issue: Events Whitman News Reunions Updates 2012 Alumni Starter Kit Read Livewire Anchor Drive Save the Dates (Trips) Why We Love Whitman Connect Online: Alumni Events Whitman Online Alumni Trips Update Your Address Send a Class Note Submit to Livewire Submit to 50-Plus Whitman Magazine Online Athletics Campus Events Give to Whitman  Class Notes submissions are noted in the Alumni News section of the Whitman Magazine. Your support for Whitman makes a difference.
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Colonial America and the Revolutionary War
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Events Reception with the President • Portland, OR October 2, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. • The Governor Hotel, Renaissance Ballroom Read more. If you have not RSVPd but plan to attend please email gwinnrl@whitman.edu. Reception with the President • Palo Alto, CA October 4, 2012 • 6:30 p.m. • Sheraton Palo Alto Read more and RSVP online by October 2. How to Mend a Massacre: Race, Class, Tragedy and Healing in Greensboro, NC, 1979 • San Diego, CA Lecture with retired Professor Bob Withycombe October 11, 2012 • 7-9:00 p.m. • Home of Charlie ’62 and Minda McLaughlin Merrow ’62 Read more and RSVP online by October 5. The Great Debates • Denver, CO Lecture and luncheon with retired Professor Bob Withycombe October 13, 2012 • 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. • Rock Bottom Brewery and Restaurant Read more and RSVP online by October 8. How to Mend a Massacre: Race, Class, Tragedy and Healing in Greensboro, NC, 1979 • Eugene, OR Lecture with retired Professor Bob Withycombe October 18, 2012 • 7-9:00 p.m. • Home of Anne and Terry Carter ’62 Read more and RSVP online by October 16. More Alumni Events Whitman News The Value of the Liberal Arts In a Seattle Times guest opinion, former Whitman President Bob Skotheim focuses on the value of the liberal arts in the context of changing public higher education. Read More. Basketball standout becomes first Whitman woman to play professionally Despite having just started her first post-college job, Jenele Peterson ’12 is already heading back into the classroom - to learn German. Read more. Student entrepreneur recruits peers for tutoring business When Whitman junior Fernando Medina saw a need for tutors in the Walla Walla area, he knew he wanted to do something about it. Read more. The New York Times features alumnus Patrick Page ’85 Excerpt: “The 50-year-old Mr. Page is one of the most critically admired Shakespeareans in regional theater, as well as an actor who relentlessly examines his characters...” Read more. Faculty News Briefs Visit the Newsroom 2013 Reunions 
Spring Reunion Weekend • April 25 – 28, 2013
50th Reunion Weekend • May 16 – 19, 2013 Class of 2012 Alumni Starter Kit  Please take a few moments to review the Class of 2012 Alumni Starter Kit and register for Whitman Online. Information you provide in the directory will help us serve you better. Class of 2012 Alumni Starter Kit... Register for Whitman Online... Livewire, a newsletter for young alumni
Anchor Drive Will you be visiting Walla Walla to do wine tasting? Anchor Drive is a unique designated driving service offered by Delta Gamma, Alpha Eta chapter at Whitman College. Our members volunteer to safely drive wine tasters to and from the area’s finest wineries. 100% of the proceeds go to Delta Gamma’s national philanthropy organization, Service for Sight, and the chapter’s ongoing fundraising efforts to install audible crosswalks for the visually impaired community in Walla Walla. There is a suggested donation of $20/hour, however the chapter will gladly accept whatever the customer deems appropriate. To make arrangements please email anchordrive@gmail.com at least 72 hours in advance. SAVE THE DATES: Two Alumni Trips Announced Colonial America and the Revolutionary War with David F. Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim Chair in History May 20-31, 2013 Professor Schmitz on this in-depth study of Colonial America, the events leading to the revolution, and the beginnings of the concept of American nationalism. Read more. Oregon Shakespeare Festival with Professor of English Theresa DiPasquale August 2-4, 2013; Ashland, Oregon. Save the date. Details to come. Why We Love Whitman Photo by Greg Lehman, Whitman photographer  Natasha Higbee ’15 plays her harp beside the Hunter Pond on a pleasant Friday afternoon, marking the last day of Summer. View the larger size photo. |
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