2018
August 23, 2018
SCORE Adds Community Health Theme for 2018 Excursions
Each August Whitman College's Summer Community OutReach Excursion (SCORE) welcomes more than 30 incoming first-year students to Walla Walla to participate in student-led community service trips based around the themes of food and hunger, environmental and social justice, and housing and homelessness.
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August 23, 2018
SEC Names New 2018-19 Fellows
Civic Engagement Fellow Kendra Winchester and Technology and Marketing Fellow Molly Unsworth answer questions regarding their roles and responsibilities, as well as how their Whitman experience will help them in their new roles.
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August 21, 2018
Whitman Alumni Ranked Among Happiest, Most Successful
Whitman was featured in a roundup of Grateful Grads 2018 - 200 Colleges With The Happiest, Most Successful Alumni.
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August 10, 2018
Whitman Biology Professor Co-Authors Groundbreaking Study on African Cobra
Associate Professor of Biology Kate Jackson was part of a team of scientists who published a research paper recognizing the African forest cobra, once thought to be a single species, as five separate species, two of which are described as new species.
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August 9, 2018
Whitman Sociology Professor Wrote the Book on Love Letters
Professor of Sociology Michelle Janning has released a new book titled Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age, which explores how and why people retain correspondence from past romances and what cultural values these curatorial habits express.
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August 8, 2018
Whitman Highlighted in Princeton Review Rankings
Whitman College professors are some of the most accessible out there, according to the latest Princeton Review rankings. The company also recognized Whitman as being among "Best Western Colleges," "Colleges That Pay You Back" and "Green Colleges."
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August 3, 2018
Whitman Climbing Team Scales NC3 Ranks
Whitman's climbing team made school history spring semester by winning the Northwest Collegiate Climbing Circuit (NC3) for the first time.
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July 30, 2018
Whitman Launches New Center for Global Studies
This year, Whitman students have the opportunity to benefit from a new Center for Global Studies. The Center for Global studies will serve as a focal point for students and faculty to help them access and reflect on the global learning opportunities already available on campus.
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July 26, 2018
Summer of Salmon: Whitman Students Intern at South Fork of Walla Walla River
While some spend their summers under air conditioners trying to beat the heat, Whitman College geology majors Hailey Kirlin ‘19 and Shelby Cutter ‘19 spent theirs braving triple digit temperatures trekking through the south fork of the Walla Walla River in fishing waders .
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July 24, 2018
Biology Professor Cited on Scientific Whistleblowing
Associate Professor of Biology Tim Parker, who recently published a paper on avoiding questionable research practices in ecology and evolution, discussed the best way to address faulty or misleading information in scientific literature and when a researcher should call for a retraction.
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July 24, 2018
Whitties Top Earning Graduates in Washington State
New rankings released by the career search site Zippia, which analyzed mean earnings of graduates a decade after they started college to determine which school in each state graduates the highest earners on average, showed Whitman in the lead for Washington.
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July 12, 2018
Whitman Ranked Among Top LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges
Whitman was recognized as a Top LGBTQ-Friendly College for 2018-19 by AffordableCollegesOnline.org. The higher education information, resources, affordability and rankings site lists Whitman as one of the most inclusive campuses in the country for LGBTQ students, faculty and staff.
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