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Tribal Tradition
May 23, 2022 A Plateau Long Tent temporarily erected on campus provides a place for a unique learning experience.
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Sylvia Adome ’22 Awarded Prestigious Watson Fellowship
May 17, 2022 The Whitman College theater and economics major will spend a year traveling to seven countries to learn about African artists in the diaspora as a recipient of the Thomas J. Watson fellowship.
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Whitties Around the World
May 16, 2022 After a pandemic-provoked hiatus, the Off-Campus Studies program resumed in Fall 2021. Read about some students’ far-flung adventures.
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2022 Senior Thesis Art Show is “A Piece of Cake”
May 12, 2022 The 11 graduating Whitman College Class of 2022 studio art majors concluded their studies with a final thesis exhibition at the Sheehan Gallery.
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Grace Newman ’23 Named Goldwater Scholar
April 19, 2022 Whitman College Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology major Grace Newman is one of only 417 students from across the U.S. selected for this year’s prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
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Ansari ’23 and Means ’22 Receive 2022 Ben Rabinowitz Awards
April 13, 2022 Whitman College junior Kainat Ansari and senior Annie Means are the recipients of the 2022 Ben Rabinowitz Award, which supports student-proposed projects or learning opportunities that promote compassion in medicine or politics and enrich the campus community.
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Devon Player ’23 Named Newman Civic Fellow
March 21, 2022 Whitman College junior sociology major Devon Player from Snoqualmie, Washington, has received a Newman Civic Fellowship from Campus Compact.
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Maxey Museum Explores Confluence of Art and Archives
February 21, 2022 A virtual version of the exhibit, which featured archival materials related to the planning of the sites that make up artist Maya Lin’s Confluence Project, is available online.
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Living in Wellness
February 21, 2022 Whitman College has a new Interest House, thanks to a grant awarded to support students in recovery.
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Cecilia Kang ’94 Shares ‘Ugly Truth’
February 21, 2022 The New York Times reporter discussed her best-selling book during a campus event.
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Three-Point Play
Makana Stone ’20 plays pro basketball in England—and the sport’s ambassador off the court.
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Going ‘Beyond the Bare Minimum’
February 17, 2022 When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, there’s always more work to be done, say 2022 Power & Privilege Symposium organizers.
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Band of Whitties
February 1, 2022 Whitman College student band Wind-Up Birds is something to crow about.
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Salma Anguiano ’22 and Daniel Charlton ’18 Named Schwarzman Scholars
December 6, 2021 Out of thousands of applicants from around the world, two Whitties have been awarded the prestigious scholarship.
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Sheehan Gallery’s “You Are Here” Investigates Place and Identity
November 28, 2021 The Whitman College exhibition showcases works by almost a dozen Indigenous artists.
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Playwright Lisa Battle ’07 Stages a Walla Walla Premier
November 17, 2021 A chance reconnection between Whitman College alum and playwright Lisa Battle ’07 and her former theater professor and director Nancy Simon ’63 leads to the live premier of “The Comfort to Come.”
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Politics Professor Shampa Biswas Highlights the Benefits of Academic Themes
September 28, 2021 The chair of Whitman’s politics department talks about Race, Violence and Health in Inside Higher Education.
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Whitman College Event Celebrates Class of 1920 Alum William O. Douglas
September 22, 2021 The Sept. 24, 2021 William O. Douglas Centennial Conference reflects on the Supreme Court Justice’s environmental and civil rights legacies.
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