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August 2011 |
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| In This Issue: Events Whitman in the News Reunions Updates Class Notes 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 Your support for Whitman makes a difference.
 Augusts’s selection The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins  September’s selection The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
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Events Social in the South Loop, Chicago, IL August 11, 2011 • 6:30 p.m. • Weather Mark Tavern Join alumni, parents and friends for a casual evening of fun and ’Whittie’ conversation. A light selection of appetizers will be provided. Beverages and additional food are no-host so bring cash or credit card. Read more and RSVP online by August 4. Seattle Mariners vs. Chicago White Sox Whitman Night and fleece blanket giveaway night August 26, 2011 • 7:10 p.m. • Seattle, WA - Safeco Field Join Whitman alumni, parents and friends for Whitman night with the Seattle Mariners as they take on the Chicago White Sox. This is also a Fleece Blanket giveaway night, available to the first 15,000 fans who are 21 and over. Take advantage of the value-priced tickets and special giveaway for this great night of baseball. Read more and Purchase Tickets online by July 29. DC Alumni at Spider Kelly’s, WADC September 8, 2011 • 6:00 p.m. Gather with Whitties in the DC area for an after work happy hour in Arlington. Read more and RSVP online. Social for Young Alumni, Portland, OR September 12, 2011 • 6:00-7:30 p.m. • Lucky Labrador Brew Pub Young Alumni from the Classes of 2001-2011 Meet other Whitties living in the Portland area and welcome the Class of 2011! The Alumni Association will provide light hors d’oeuvres but drinks are no-host so bring cash or a credit card. It is “Miser Monday” at the Lucky Lab and there are special beer prices during Happy Hour. The group will meet in the private room to the right of the main entrance. Read more and RSVP online by September 9. Social for Young Alumni, Spokane, WA September 13, 2011 • 5:30-7:00 p.m. • The Onion (downtown) Whitman Alumni, Parents and Friends are invited to a Tuesday evening social. Catch up with your Whitman friends and meet new ones. The Alumni Association will provide light hors d’oeuvres; beverages are no-host so bring cash or a credit card. Meet Kirsten Adams Gable ’01, a new member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, at the event. Read more and RSVP online by September 9. Alumni Social, Minneapolis, MN September 13, 2011 • 5:30 p.m. • The Local Join local alumni, parents and friends for a casual evening of fun and ‘Whittie’ conversation. A light selection of appetizers will be provided. Beverages and additional food are no-host so bring cash or credit card. Read more and RSVP online by September 6. Whitman in the News Ryan Crocker ’71 “un-retires” to become ambassador to Afghanistan Though alumnus Ryan Crocker ’71 retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2009, it was a short-lived retirement. He has been called to service again as an ambassador to meet the challenge that is the U.S. relationship with Afghanistan. Read more. Music alumnus Lee Mills ’09 receives prestigious conducting fellowship To the delight of his former music professors, including Lee Thompson and Susan Pickett, Lee Mills ’09 has been awarded the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Peabody Conducting Fellowship. He is the third recipient in the history of the fellowship, which begins in September. Read more. Faculty News Briefs Read about the accomplishments of Whitman’s faculty. Read more. Visit the Newsroom Reunions Updates 
Fall Reunion Weekend • September 30 – October 2, 2011Classes of 1986, 2001, 2005-2006-2007 View the Updated Reunion Schedule and RSVP Online Spring Reunion Weekend • April 26 – 29, 2012 Classes of 1966, 1967 and 1968; Class of 1972 View the Updated Reunion Schedule and RSVP Online Fiftieth Reunion Weekend • May 17 – 20, 2012 Class of 1962 View the Updated Reunion Schedule and RSVP Online Class Notes Send us an update about your family, career, or get together with Whitman friends and we will include it in the next Whitman Magazine. Class notes submitted between now and August 15, 2011 will appear in the October 2011 issue. Submit your class note. Why We Love Whitman Photo by Greg Lehman, Whitman photographer  It’s summer, but learning continues. In one of the chemistry labs on Friday afternoon, Haya Jamali ’12 and Julia Warren ’12, right, work with proteasome inhibitors, which, as everyone knows, are drugs that block the action of proteasomes, cellular complexes that break down proteins, like the p53 protein. Proteasome inhibitors are being studied in the treatment of cancer. View Full Size. |
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