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October 1, 2019
Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History David Schmitz on Origins of "I Am an American Day"
Not everyone knows that Constitution Day shares the bill with Citizenship Day, an observance dating back to 1938. Whitman Professor David Schmitz, who specializes in 20th century American history and foreign policy, explains that a Polish refugee organized the first "I Am An American Day" celebration in New York, featuring patriotic speeches, songs, prayers and a parade from Walt Whitman's birthplace on Long Island.
October 1, 2019
Associate Professor of Psychology Pavel Blagov Explores Link Between Personality and Music Taste
His research team surveyed 379 Americans ages 18-65 on their musical preferences, movie interests, personality traits, and psychopathic tendencies.
September 30, 2019
Orientation Programs
First-year students at Whitman College have the opportunity to meet fellow incoming students
September 27, 2019
Biology Major Eli Fournier '20 Studies Sockeye Salmon Life Cycle in Alaska
He conducted field work with Daniel Schindler, an aquatic ecologist at the University of Washington researching how the millions of fish that hatch in the freshwater lakes and streams along Alaska's Bristol Bay head out to sea and then return to their birthplace to spawn and die. A section of their anatomy called the otolith, a bit of calcium carbonate that sits within the salmon's inner ear and acts like an internal GPS, provides clues about their movements.
A portrait of Kelly Katon.
September 26, 2019
Kelly Katon
Sociology and geology major Kelly Katon '01 is the manager of events at Pokemon Company International in Bellevue. Katon found her passion for event planning the first day she stepped foot on Holland America Line cruise ship as crew staff and there was a sail-away party happening on deck.
A portrait of alumnus Jake Harwood
September 26, 2019
Jacob Harwood
The art of the 30-minute conversation is a skill Jake Harwood '14 mastered while working as an Admission intern during his senior year at Whitman. As part of his internship, Harwood interviewed prospective students trying to get to the core of the student's persona during a brief 30-minute window.
September 18, 2019
Brit Moss
The pair co-authored a new peer-reviewed science publication in the journal Plant Direct.
September 6, 2019
Meet the Class
The incoming class of 2023 is the most diverse in Whitman College history. Check out some of what makes this class special in this video.
A student works on a play on stage.
September 5, 2019
Cultivating the Queen
On Saturday, Sept. 7, the Walla Walla community gets a chance to see the theatrical results of a Whitman College faculty-student summer research project.
Portrait of Brian Choe
September 3, 2019
Brian Choe
Applying to colleges wasn’t Brian Choe’s ’14 last experience with college admission processes. Today, it’s his full-time career. Choe is a program manager for Technolutions, a company that helps colleges manage student recruitment and enrollment.
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