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| In This Issue: Whitman News Support the Parents Fund Events Spring Semester Schedule New Transcript Delivery Services Keep in touch via Facebook! Parting Shot Connect Online: Events for Parents/Alumni Student Engagement Center Change My Address Whitman Magazine Online Athletics Campus Events Your support for Whitman makes a difference.
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Whitman News
Whitman to host TEDx event An evening of prepared talks, demonstrations and performances on a wide range of subjects – on Saturday, April 27. TEDx is a series of independently organized, community-based events dedicated to furthering TED’s mission of “ideas worth spreading.” Read more. Students showcase off-campus studies experience with annual image contest The annual off-campus studies image contest is a creative way for students to reflect on their off-campus experience. For the tenth year running, students this year submitted photos to three categories: Whitties in Action, People and Culture, and Landscape. Read more. Fledgling Model United Nations team wins big at Northwest conference Whitman won “Outstanding Delegation” and two students received “Distinguished Delegate” awards at this year’s Northwest Model United Nations Conference, despite being the smallest team present. The conference was held in mid-November at the University of Washington in Seattle. Read More. Digging in the Dirt Suzanne Jaszczult ’13 and alumna Lucy Gregoire ’92 team up to develop a community garden at Walla Walla’s Green Park Elementary School. Read more. Visit the Newsroom. Support the Parents Fund 
Make a gift to the Student Engagement Center to help students develop skills that both connect with their liberal arts education and prepare them for life after graduation.
To learn more about the Student Engagement Center, click here. Events One Act Play Contest • Walla Walla, WA February 7-10, 2013 • times vary • Whitman College Campus, Harper Joy Theatre, Alexander Stage Read more. Visiting Writers Series • Walla Walla, WA February 21, 2013 • 7:00 p.m. • Whitman College Campus, Kimball Theatre A reading by Heather McHugh, a MacArthur Fellow, essayist and former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Read more. Hosokawa Journalism Lecture - Terry Tang of The New York Times • Walla Walla, WA March 28, 2013 • 7:00 p.m. • Whitman College Campus, TBA Terry Tang is the deputy editorial page editor at The New York Times. She joined the Times in 1997, and has since served as editor of the Op-Ed page, an editorial writer covering law, health care and national issues, deputy technology editor, major beats editor for Metro news and an editor at Room for Debate. Read more. TRIP: Whitman in Ashland — Whitman’s 34th annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival weekend with Professor of English Theresa DiPasquale • Ashland, Oregon August 2-4, 2013 Groups of Whitman friends have been enjoying this theater-packed weekend for over three decades, seeing a wide variety of plays, taking part in lively discussions, and hearing thoughtful presentations from highly regarded Whitman faculty. The 2013 season will make you laugh, sing and think, as it provides intriguing topics for discussion throughout the weekend. Read more. Spring Semester 2013 Schedule
New Transcript Delivery Services In partnership with SCRIP-SAFE International, Whitman College has added Transcripts on Demand, an online request service (paper or electronic), and eSCRIP-SAFE, an official electronic transcript delivery service, as resources for alumni and students. See the Registrar’s Office web page for complete information, including how to order. Read more at http://www.whitman.edu/offices-and-services/registrar/transcript-info Keep in touch via Facebook! Joining Whitman’s Main Facebook page is a great way to keep in touch with what’s happening on campus. You’ll find posts about news, events, programs, dates and deadlines, research activity, great media coverage, student and alumni successes and more. There are several Facebook pages associated with Whitman; use this hyperlink to get to the page or search for Whitman College and look for the photo thumbnail of the clock tower. Parting Shot Parting Shot by Greg Lehman, Whitman photographer  A powdered sugar dusting of snow on Whitman’s campus. View full size. |
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