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Whitman College President Kathy Murray Announces Plans to Retire in 2022March 3, 2021 In a statement to the Whitman College community on Feb. 22, 2021, Kathleen M. Murray, the college’s 14th president, announced her plans to retire at the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
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Environmental Historian Daniel Grant '10 Reflects on Lingering Symbolism of Border Wall
February 28, 2021 He writes, "Borders cannot be truly fixed. Our preoccupation with the need to 'control' the border neglects the fact that the landscape makes a mockery of such attempts. Instead, seeing the border as provisional and fluid might help us soften the binary distinctions between 'us' and 'them' that a wall tempts us to make."
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Whitman Students Celebrate Return to Walla Walla for Spring Semester
February 28, 2021 After two semesters of remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Whitman welcomed students back to campus late last month, with a raft of safety procedures in place to keep the community healthy.
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‘Forever Yuck,’ a Collaboration Rooted in DisgustFebruary 19, 2021 A recently published study by psychology professor Thomas Armstrong, a Cambridge researcher and several Whitties examines disgust’s resistance to exposure therapy.
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2021 Power & Privilege Symposium Opens with Teju Cole’s Reckoning with RacismFebruary 18, 2021 Whitman’s annual student-run Power & Privilege Symposium, which provides opportunities for the Whitman community to discuss forms of structural oppression, opened with a keynote address and discussion led by Nigerian-American writer and photographer Teju Cole.
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More Praise for Whitman's Early Financial Aid Guarantees
February 17, 2021 New York Times columnist Ron Lieber references Whitman's financial aid policy in favorable terms in an interview with NPR about his new book, The Price You Pay for College.
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Virtual Story Times With Whitman Students Become YouTube Channel for Walla Walla Public Schools Students
February 12, 2021 The YouTube channel, Story Time With Whitman College, features Whitman students reading aloud a variety of children's books in English and Spanish. Story Time program leader, Claire Weissman '23, explains that the project aims to continue the essential practice of reading with the youngest members of the community, especially during the pandemic. The more than 40 story time videos promote diversity, accceptance and the celebration of culture through stories.
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Whitman College Early Financial Aid Guarantees Praised in New Book
February 10, 2021 New York Times columnist Ron Lieber discusses his new book, The Price You Pay for College, in an interview with the podcost Motley Fool Answers. He praises Whitman's policy of providing financial aid guarantees to prospective students before they even apply.
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Meet Whitman’s New Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocate, Malia LewisFebruary 9, 2021 Through a partnership with the Walla Walla YWCA, Malia Lewis has been hired as the new Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocate (SAVA) for Whitman College, Walla Walla Community College and Walla Walla University.
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Associate Professor of Politics Jack Jackson Signs Open Letter on First Amendment and Impeachment
February 5, 2021 Jackson joined other leading constitutional scholars and lawyers in arguing that former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is shielded by the First Amendment is “legally frivolous” and should not stop the Senate from convicting him.
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Exploring ‘Race, Violence, and Health’ With the Artwork of Favianna RodriguezFebruary 2, 2021 Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Studies and Garrett Fellow Lisa Uddin reflects on the artwork by Favianna Rodriguez that was chosen to represent Whitman College’s 2020-2021 Academic Theme. Rodriguez is a social justice worker, a cultural organizer and a visual artist.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke Shares Insights on How Kids Interpret Sexism in Politics
January 25, 2021 With Kamala Harris being sworn in as the country's first female vice president, Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke explains how kids see sexism and racism in politics, and how to teach them to understand discrimination.
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Whitman Welcomes Students to Campus in a Unique Way [VIDEO]January 20, 2021 In January 2021, Whitman students returned to campus with excitement and strict safety protocols.
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Alum Brings Power to the Polls: 'Hello, American! Come and Vote!'January 20, 2021 Prior to the 2020 election, the U.S. faced not only a pandemic, but a shortage of poll workers. Power the Polls worked with nonprofits and businesses to encourage people to be poll workers. Over 700,000 people stepped up to meet that challenge. One of those thousands was Whitman alum and actor Kaliswa Brewster ’05. Her experience as a poll worker would prove just how essential and powerful poll workers are on election day.
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Whitman College Commits to Being ‘All In’ on Climate ActionJanuary 20, 2021 Whitman College President Kathleen Murray has signed the America Is All In statement, assuring Whitman’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change and pledging to partner with the Biden-Harris administration to tackle the climate crisis.
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Coming Together: Tri-College MLK Day, Unity Week Focus on Social JusticeJanuary 15, 2021 On Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, Whitman College, Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) and Walla Walla University (WWU) are coming together to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with two events open to the entire Walla Walla community.
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Whitman Ultra-Cold Freezer Loaned to Local Hospital for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Storage
January 13, 2021 Before the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines could begin arriving in Walla Walla to immunize local health care workers, some logistics had to be figured out. When Providence St. Mary Medical Center was unable to get a freezer delivered in time, Whitman professors Brit Moss and Jim Russo stepped up and took action.
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Whitman Geology Professor Discovers Evidence of Giant Underwater VolcanoDecember 23, 2020 A giant volcano may be hidden beneath the waters off the southwestern coast of Alaska. The discovery is the result of years of research by scientists from across the country including Whitman Geology Professor Kirsten Nicolaysen and her team of student researchers.
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Whitman Mathematics Professor Hopes to Connect Others with Local Advocacy Program for Children
December 15, 2020 Walla Walla Child Advocates is a volunteer-based advocacy program for children in foster care. The program's mission is to provide culturally sensitive, best interest advocacy to children within the court system who have experienced abuse or neglect. Albert Schueller, a mathematics professor at Whitman College, has been a Walla Walla Child Advocate for seven years.
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New Video! Aliens, Bigfoot & the Podcaster: Exploring the Wild Side of History and ScienceDecember 10, 2020 Laura Krantz’s career has taken a few turns, but the wildest of them all is the one that got her researching Bigfoot and aliens. As she releases the second season of her hit podcast “Wild Thing” it is worth looking back to the origins of Krantz’s stories. How exactly does a history major and daily news journalist become involved in producing a podcast that tells the stories of questionable beings such as sasquatch and aliens? Krantz ’00 says it all started with a shared last name.
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