Leah Wilson-Velasco ’03 is more than ready for a trip back to her adopted home. Although she has been anchored in Boston for awhile, the New Mexico native has long loved the Northwest. And Walla Walla in particular, where she played in the Walla Walla and Mid Columbia symphonies, as well as the Whitman College String Quartet — the viola her instrument of choice. Read more.

Teresa Hughes ’11, an art major and mathematics minor from Lacey, WA, was selected to design the 2011 Class Banner. She looked to a particularly popular — and often decorated — piece of campus art as inspiration for the design: “Styx,” the driftwood horse created by renowned sculptor Deborah Butterfield. “It is so much a part of the Whitman experience for many of us,” she says. “A simple representation of it seemed fitting as we commence [from] here. The colors were an easy choice; what better way to represent a graduating class of Whitman College than with blue and gold?”

50-Plus and Greek 50-Plus • June 9 – June 12, 2011

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