A Year Like No Other

Last spring, COVID-19 forced Whitman College to take decisive actions to keep students, faculty and staff safe. A year into this new world of masks, quarantines and social distancing, the pandemic still isn't over. But with the rollout of vaccines and the return to (modified) in-person classes for the Spring 2021 semester signaling the beginning of a new phase, we take time to pause and reflect on this historic time.

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Soothing Strings

On March 20, 2020, Rose Heising ’20 lifted the mood on campus by playing her violin outside Hunter Conservatory. Heising decided to play "Amazing Grace" because it's a hymn that most people know and it doesn't carry any negative weight. She said she was feeling a little blue and told herself that "at noon tomorrow I will stand outside and play music for an hour." Enjoy Heising's performance below: