NoW IS The TIme In their own words… Scholarships Provide opportunities Access is a major more than 40 new scholarship endowments have been created so far through the campaign and many other donors have made multi-year commit- component of theNow ments to bolster existing need- and merit-based awards. These investments in Is the Time Campaign. ship roles in our communities.students will pay dividends for years to come as our graduates take on leader- here, we profile two grateful scholarship recipients, who are among the hundreds who receive support from Whitman donors each year: nathan Ord ’12, the 2011-12 recipient of the michael and Susan Gillespie and Kit Sheehan muller scholarships, graduated with honors in his biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology major. In the summer of 2011, with support from a Whitman College grant from the howard hughes medical Institute, Nathan did research at the Fred hutchinson Cancer research Center on antibody response. he is pictured here (center) with lab mentors at the research center. Omar ihmoda ’12 graduated from Whitmansumma cum laude.he also “Whitman has been one of the best earned honors in his history major by presenting his thesis work on middle experiences of my life. I love this place, the people, and the classes. eastern immigrants in Argentina at the annual history honors Conference. And coming from an Alaskan crab While at Whitman, omar was supported by the William and Jeanie Anderson fishing family I could not have and robert Whitner scholarships and was selected by faculty for the ronald V. afforded this opportunity without Sires-robert L. Whitner history Award – all funds that were made possible by help. I find myself reflecting more gifts to the College. and more upon how valuable my time here has been, and how more than anything Whitman has given me a lifelong desire to learn.” “Finding out that I would be the first member of my family to attend a four-year college meant a tremendous – Nathan Ord ’12 amount to me and my family. The education I have received at Whitman has not only helped me find stable and meaningful work, but has also made me a more capable, thoughtful, and engaged world citizen. I can only hope that I will be able to use my education in a manner that honors the generosity of scholarship donors.” – Omar Ihmoda ’12 6
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