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April, 2009
 
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Reunion Registration • Spring and 50th
Lakum Duckum, Whitman College Campus
Whitman College Class of 1959
REGISTRATION


2009 Spring Reunion Weekend

Classes of 1963, 1964, & 1965
Class of 1969



Register Online by April 15th.
 REGISTRATION
Remember to fill out your
50th Reunion Booklet Form Online!
Deadline extended to April 10th.

Fiftieth Reunion Weekend

The Centennial Class of 1959 *
Turning Dreams Into Reality

Register Online by May 8th
Alumni Recognition Awards
Whitman College Alumni Recognition Awards Recipients 2009
Pictured left to right are: Mark Abrahamson ’66, Alumnus of Merit Award • Nancy Bell Evans ’54, Gordon Scribner Award for Distinguished Service • Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg ’01, Pete Reid Young Alumni Award • Charles “Chuck” Anderson ’50, Sally Rodgers Award for Lifelong Achievement • Dr. Samuel Beall ’40, Sally Rodgers Award for Lifelong Achievement • Professor of Rhetoric and Film Studies Bob Withycombe, Faculty Award for Service

Whitman College’s Alumni Association annually honors alumni who exemplify outstanding achievement in their careers, communities, or through service to Whitman College. Each year a Whitman faculty member is also honored. To read about this year’s award recipients go to http://www.whitman.edu/content/alumni/involved/alumniawards.

Nominations for 2010 awards are encouraged.
For a description of each award, a nomination form and profiles on past recipients, go to http://www.whitman.edu/content/alumni/involved/alumniawards.
Bellingham Area Event
Whitman College Assistant Professor of Biology Kate Jackson Snakes, Students and Science
April 16, 2009, 7 p.m.
Presentation by Assistant Professor of Biology Kate Jackson.
At the home of Gale ’76 and Michael Gropp ’76
Read More and RSVP online by April 10.
East Coast Events
Washington DC — Whitman Happy Hour

April 21, 2009 • 6:30PM ET
The Ugly Mug, 723 8th Street SE, Washington, DC, (202) 547-8459

Join alumni, parents, and friends of Whitman College for a casual evening get-together. Drinks and food are no-host so bring cash or credit card.

Read More and RSVP by April 13.
Save the Date in NYC!
April 27, 2009

A film short by Ben Kegan ’09 has been accepted to the Tribeca Film Festival entitled Team Taliban. Full details of the available screening sessions and single ticket sales information will not be available until April 20. The Alumni Office will send an email to area alumni at that time with more specific information.

Ticket packages are available now at
http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/tickets/packages.html.
Clambake at the Cape
June 21, 2009 • 2:00PM - 6:00PM ET • 20 Granite Lane, Barnstable, MA.

Bruce J. Jones ’67 and Maggie Sullivan invite you to a clambake at their home. Bruce is the Assistant Director of Admission, New England Regional Office.

This event continues the tradition begun in 2004 for Whitties in the area. Includes traditional New England Clambake complete with fresh lobster, corn on the cob, and the scenery of the Cape in summertime. Of course, we’ll have plenty of non-seafood options for vegetarians and others.

Read More and RSVP by May 22.
Regarding Lincoln - Spokane Club Event
Lecture by G. Thomas Edwards,
professor of history emeritus:

“Lincoln, Cabinet Members and Generals:
Early Conflicts.”

Spokane, WA
Sunday, April 26 - 3:30 p.m.
Read More About and RSVP Online for the Spokane event.

Abraham Lincoln
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Seattle and Tacoma Events
Celebrate Whitman professor and Choral Arts artistic director Robert Bode
in Seattle on Friday, May 1 at 7 pm and in Tacoma on Saturday, May 2 at 7 pm,
with a concert titled, "Mornings Like This."

Choral Arts Ticket Information http://www.choral-arts.org/mornings_like_this.html

Join us afterwards for a reception with cookies and punch as we celebrate the season’s final concert with Robert Bode, Whitman’s Alma Meisnest Endowed Chair of the Humanities.

Read More and RSVP online for the Seattle event.
Read More and RSVP online for the Tacoma event.
Summer College 2009
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Life is extreme. What have we done to survive through crisis? Biology, history, classics and more tell the story of how and what we do to survive.

Summer College is a week of intellectually challenging classes, lively discussions and entertaining experiences on the Whitman College campus. Best of all – no tests!

Join us June 7 to 12, 2009 to connect with the Whitman experience of today. Experience stimulating talks by professors, a field trip and social events – all in the beautiful campus setting.

Read the Agenda and View the Presenter's Biographies.
Register Online by May 1 .
Download the PDF version of the Registration Form.
Whitman in Ashland
Associate Professor of English, Theresa DiPasquale will lead the discussions.
Price ranges from $550-$765 per person double occupancy, depending on package.
Read more about and sign up for this trip.
Friday:
Much Ado about Nothing
(Shakespeare) evening		 Saturday:
Equivocation (Cain) matinee
Macbeth (Shakespeare) evening 		Sunday:
Paradise Lost (Odets) matinee
Don Quixote (Cervantes) evening
Reunions
 
Fifty-Plus Reunion Weekend

a view to Lakum Duckum, Whitman College CampusJune 5-7, 2009
Fifty-Plus Reunion for alumni from the Classes of 1959 and earlier. Special gatherings for the Classes of 1944 & 1945, 1949 & 1950 and 1954 & 1955.

Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae banquet,
Thursday, June 4, 2009.

Register online by May 29th.

Read More and REGISTER Online:
https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/WIM/events/WIM2161608.html

Whitman College Fall Reunions 2009
2009 Fall Reunion • RSVP NOW!!!
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Harper Joy Theatre, Whitman College

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Whitman College Reunion
A Half Century of Harper Joy Theatre coming April 23 - 25, 2010

The spotlight is shining on Harper Joy Theatre! Reconnect with old friends and celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the gem of Whitman College’s Theatre Department. Remember the good times and the great productions. Visit with favorite faculty from the theater department and meander through the beautiful Whitman campus in spring. More information to come.

RSVP now and see who else is coming!
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Livewire, a magazine for Whitman College's young alumni


Read the Livewire Online.

Whitman Magazine Online includes Bonus Features

Whitman Magazine, March 2009 featuring Pete Reid '49
If you received your Whitman Magazine and are hungry for more stories about what’s happening on campus, scenes from the exciting men’s and women’s basketball seasons and stunning images of Whitman in the winter, visit the magazine’s new online site at www.whitman.edu/magazine. You will find stories that didn’t appear in the printed magazine, including ones on a new book by former long-time English Professor John Desmond; a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Mona Hashish, who is on campus this year to teach Arabic, and world literature and drama classes; and the life-changing journeys of Aaron Bobrow-Strain, assistant professor of politics, and his students. Check out this site periodically for new photo galleries by our talented in-house and student photographers!

In the printed and online issue, you’ll read about Pete Reid ’49, who at age 85 and after six decades of service to the college is once again attempting retirement.

Read more online at www.whitman.edu/magazine/.

Pioneer - Whitman College Student News
Visit the award winning web site and read the PIONEER online!
Whitman College explores the Erie Canal in June, 2009.
June 2-11, 2009
Read More....
Whitman College goes rafting down the Salmon River in Idaho
July 28 - August 1, 2009
Read More...
Egypt


Egypt and Jordan with Associate Professor of Anthropology Gary Rollefson
Dec 29, 2009 – Jan 12, 2010

$3695 per person, double occupancy; single supplement $925. Includes round-trip air from New York-Cairo, internal flights, lodging, excursions, 4-night Nile cruise, traditional New Years gala dinner in Cairo, most meals.

Deposit of $900 per person due by June 1; final payment October 29.
Minimum of 15 guests by June 1, 2009.

Read more about this fascinating adventure.
Call Margaret in the Alumni Office, (509) 527-5167 or (800) 835-9448 ext.1 for more information and to register.

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    Project Revere and Whitman College in 1952
    Can you help us?

    Were you a student at Whitman College in March 1952? In that year researchers from the University of Washington came to the College and asked over 600 students if they could trade information via a series of 12 cards. The idea of the experiment was to see how quickly information was diffused across the campus within 356 hours. The project was called Revere. We are keen to talk with anyone who remembers this experiment. We are doing research on communications research in the early Cold War. We are based at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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