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Mary Deming Barber '78 talks about relationship building
December 20, 2016 A public relations expert, Barber provides insight on building relationships as the first step to creating inspiring content
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Whitman students partner with state prisoners to discuss mass incarcerationDecember 16, 2016 Twenty Whitman students and 18 inmates from the Washington State Penitentiary education program gathered for the final town hall presentation of their work in “Rhetoric, Civic Engagement, and Incarceration,” a class that had met weekly at the penitentiary since early September.
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Whitman College makes Kiplinger’s 2017 “Best Value College” list
December 16, 2016 Whitman College is ranked 36 on the list of liberal arts colleges and is ranked 64 in the combined list of all private and public colleges. Those rankings are the highest of any college in the northwest.
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Books for winter break reading
December 15, 2016 Penrose Library Staff recommend some of their favorites
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Cameron Conner ’20 and Grant Gallaher ’20 reflect on disaster relief efforts during gap yearDecember 13, 2016 Spokane natives Cameron Conner '20 and Grant Gallaher ’20 dedicated their gap year to doing relief work in Nepal in the wake of last year’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
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Students explore the best of the west
December 8, 2016 This year's Semester in the West went a little beyond most previous trips, going farther north, east, and south than ever before.
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Cecilia Kang '94 talks about the potential dangers of fake news
December 8, 2016 Kang is a technology reporter for The New York Times
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Alumni awarded Northwest Association of Independent Schools grantDecember 7, 2016 Jay Heath ’07 and Matt Stenovec ’08 found that even mission-driven organizations can be insular and lack obvious pathways for growth and change for their students. Their response: to submit a grant proposal to the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS) to research how best to develop leadership within these schools.
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The Whitman NeighborhoodAs a resident adviser in the Interest House Community, Devon Yee ’18 welcomes students to MECCA, the Multi-Ethnic Center for Cultural Awareness.
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Whitman College named top college in West
November 29, 2016 Whitman ranks #7 for academic resources on Wall Street Journal's list
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WISE Up!Whitman faculty, staff and students take time out to show local middle- and high-schoolers what college life is all about.
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Finding New LifeMitchell Cutter ’17 makes for the University of Montana, investigating some of the oldest lifeforms on Earth at Yellowstone National Park.
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People, Nature, TechnologyHow have humans shaped their environment, and how has the environment shaped us? Tackling these issues with Associate Professor of History Nina Lerman.
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The Untold Stories of Walla Walla's FrenchtownStudents working with French professor Sarah Hurlburt research the stories of the women of Frenchtown, a 19th century settlement on the Walla Walla River.
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Whitman professor speaks on the historical context of 2016 electionNovember 18, 2016 Professor David F. Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History, gave his take on the results of the 2016 presidential election earlier this week.
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Sneak peek: Five new Whitman classes available in Spring 2017November 16, 2016 As registration approaches, new courses have been introduced that span the four major academic divisions and offer something different for students.
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Two questions for education professor Yuliya Ardasheva on the value of being bilingualNovember 8, 2016 Yuliya Ardasheva is an assistant professor in English as a second language and bilingual education at the Tri-Cities campus of Washington State University. We asked her about the importance of bilingual education and the barriers to its implementation in U.S. schools.
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Whitman College announces new mascotNovember 3, 2016 The “Whitman Blues” receives the most votes from campus community to become new Whitman College mascot.
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Video: Instant Play Festival brings plays to life in 48 hoursNovember 3, 2016 Seven student playwrights receive three prompts and have until the following morning to incorporate them into 10-minute plays. Follow Tara McCulloch '17 as she navigates this year's Instant Play Festival.
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Three students on performing in show by faculty playwrightNovember 2, 2016 After closing night, three student performers reflect on acting in an original play by their professor, and how it differed from their other theatre experiences at Whitman.
