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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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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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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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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.
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"Let's get things done": Advice from the 2016 Women in Leadership SymposiumNovember 2, 2016 In their own words, here is some advice from this year’s guest speakers to the younger generation of women who gathered to ask questions and hear them speak.
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Whitman sorority raises $50,594 to fund full-time counselor at local high schoolNovember 1, 2016 The 15th annual Mr. Whitman pageant has raised a record-breaking sum to support the creation of a new mental health professional position for The Health Center at Lincoln High School.
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Climate policy expert outlines three greatest challenges going forwardOctober 28, 2016 Professor Andrew Light is the director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University.
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Guest lecturer addresses role of empathy in resolving refugee crisisOctober 28, 2016 Luke Glanville of the Australian National University addresses the plight of refugees in today's uncertain political climate.
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Fourth Día de los Muertos festival brings Whitman and Walla Walla togetherOctober 24, 2016 The annual Día de los Muertos Community Festival brought the Whitman and Walla Walla communities together this past weekend for the fourth year in a row.
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Make a Difference Day continues to build community tiesOctober 18, 2016 Last Saturday morning, almost 100 Whitman community members took part in 13 service projects with local schools and nonprofits, inspired by the national Make a Difference Day.
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Brennan Johnson ’16 lays out seven steps to culinary successOctober 17, 2016 According to "Planting Roots," an unusual senior thesis by Brennan Johnson '16, there are seven rules for culinary success.
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Student composers debut original musicOctober 11, 2016 In a fall Composition class, students of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music John David Earnest composed works for public performance. Listen to recordings of his students’ performances while reading what they have to say about their newest compositions.
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Whitman internship grant recipient wins national video competition
October 6, 2016 Missy Gerlach '19 submitted the video as part of her Whitman-funded summer internship with Portland’s Toole Design Group.
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Classes on 2016 election go beyond the headlinesOctober 4, 2016 This presidential election cycle, Whitman is offering two fall semester courses encouraging students to engage with today’s heated political discourse.
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