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February 2013 |
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| In This Issue: Events Whitman News Reunions Updates Call to Campus Why We Love Whitman Connect Online: Alumni Events Whitman Online Alumni Starter Kit 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.
Colonial America and the Revolutionary War
May 20-31, 2013 
Whitman in Ashland
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Events Celebrate Founder’s Day • Walla Walla, WA February 11, 2013 • 6:00 p.m. • Whitman College Campus Stevens Gallery Opening Reception in the Reid Campus Center. Past and present photos of the campus will be on display. Refreshments will be served. No need to RSVP. Providing a Top-notch Liberal Arts Education: How Whitman Funds the Educational Experience • San Francisco, CA February 13, 2013 • 6:30 p.m. • Le Meridien San Francisco, Consortium Room Join Whitman College Treasurer and CFO Peter Harvey ’84 for a wine and cheese reception as he provides an inside look at how tuition, endowment income and gifts combine to fund the exceptional education Whitman offers its students. Join us as we hear how Whitman compares to other schools and how the college’s budget is allocated to provide the best possible education for our students. Read more and RSVP online. Founder’s Day Lecture: Civil Rights, Domestic Spying and Student Faculty Research at Whitman • Seattle, WA February 17, 2013 • 1:30 p.m. • Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheeff Auditorium Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies Robert “Bob” Withycombe will reflect on his research on civil rights. His research in the South relied heavily on collaborations with students. Join us as we hear the compelling story of interviewing those involved with the Civil Rights Movement and the Sovereignty Commission, which will provide a close up look into student faculty research at Whitman. Read more and RSVP online. More Alumni Events Whitman News Alumna earns commander rank in U.S. Naval Reserve After her graduation from Whitman, Rachel Hazard Wade Brown ’98 was commissioned in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an ensign. She went on to the U.S. Navy Nuclear Training Facility in Charleston, S.C. She completed her active duty service with rank of lieutenant. Rachel returned to Seattle, entered the master’s program for physical oceanography at University of Washington and later entered the doctoral program. An active member of the Navy Reserve she is currently a lieutenant commander and has been tapped for commander. Read more. Student-faculty research teams selected for 2013 Abshire Awards Six pairs of student-faculty research teams will study in wide-ranging subject areas, from brain cells and pollen development to gun use in the U.S. and the impact of geologic changes on the native peoples of the Aleutian Islands. Read More. Fledgling Model United Nations team wins big at Northwest conference Despite being the smallest team in the competition, Whitman won “Outstanding Delegation” and two students received “Distinguished Delegate” awards at this year’s Northwest Model United Nations Conference. Read more. Faculty News Briefs Visit the Newsroom 2013 Reunions 
Spring Reunion Weekend • April 25 – 28, 2013
50th Reunion Weekend • May 16 – 19, 2013
Fifty Plus Reunion Weekend • June 21 – 23, 2013
Fall Reunion Weekend • September 27 – 29, 2013 Call to Campus
Whitman College will host a half-day symposium on Friday, February 15, titled “Entrepreneurship and a Whitman Education.”
This unique event will give students, staff and faculty the chance to learn from Whitman alumni who have found professional outlets around the world for their creativity, innovation and passion. Why We Love Whitman  Brien Sheedy, director of the Outdoor Program, recently co-led a successful skiing expedition in Antarctica. The trip commenced in early January, and skiers reached the last degree of latitude at the South Pole in just over a week. Sheedy then returned to Union Glacier base camp for two nights before flying to Vinson Base Camp to guide a team of seven to the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest point in Antarctica. Read more. |
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