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Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History David Schmitz on Origins of "I Am an American Day"
October 1, 2019 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.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Pavel Blagov Explores Link Between Personality and Music Taste
October 1, 2019 His research team surveyed 379 Americans ages 18-65 on their musical preferences, movie interests, personality traits, and psychopathic tendencies.
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Video: Students Reflect on Orientation Programs
September 30, 2019 First-year students at Whitman College have the opportunity to meet fellow incoming students
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Biology Major Eli Fournier '20 Studies Sockeye Salmon Life Cycle in Alaska
September 27, 2019 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.
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Life After Whitman: Kelly Katon '01 Finds Calling in Event ManagementSeptember 26, 2019 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.
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Recruiter Email Leads Jake Harwood '14 to Career in Project ManagementSeptember 26, 2019 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.
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BBMB Professor Brit Moss and Hannah Klaeser '17 Advance Research in Plant Biology
September 18, 2019 The pair co-authored a new peer-reviewed science publication in the journal Plant Direct.
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Chemists Kato Killops ’06 and Hossein Baghdadi ’00 Create Innovative Materials at NikeChemists Kato Killops ’06 and Hossein Baghdadi ’00 create new high-tech materials on Nike’s Innovation team.
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Politics Professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain Connects Classroom to Community through U.S.-Mexico Border ProgramPolitics professor and author Aaron Bobrow-Strain traverses literal and figurative borders to guide students from classroom to community.
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Pendleton Round-Up Veterinarian Doug Corey ’72 Devotes Career to Animal WelfarePendleton Round-Up veterinarian Doug Corey ’72 devotes career to animal welfare.
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Assistant Professor of English Mary Raschko Examines the Timeless Themes in Medieval TextsAssistant Professor of English Mary Raschko focuses on medieval texts and finds ways to apply them to modern questions.
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Rebecca Johnston ’22 Conquers Cancer with Determination to Study MedicineScholar-athlete Rebecca Johnston ’22 battles back from rare bone cancer with determination to study medicine.
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Mentorship Is Key for Career Connector Jim Dow ’71Jim Dow ’71 serves as a mentor to Whitties looking to make professional connections.
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Developing Strong VoicesWhitman President Kathleen M. Murray discusses Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated” and the importance of finding one’s voice.
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VIDEO: Meet the Class of 2023
September 6, 2019 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.
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Gender, Power, Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth Come Together for 'Cultivating the Queen'September 5, 2019 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.
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Experience as Tour Guide Launched Economics Major into Technology CareerSeptember 3, 2019 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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Meet Our Whitties: Alexa Lim '22September 3, 2019 Meet Our Whitties is an occasional feature produced by the Office of Communications. It features a Q&A with students from across Whitman College.
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Whitman College Welcomes Most Diverse Incoming Class for 2019-2020 YearAugust 29, 2019 Whitman College welcomes its most diverse incoming class for 2019-2020 year.
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Internship with WCTS Built Foundation for Career in Sports Content
August 27, 2019 It’s nothing new that the skills learned by students while at Whitman will be beneficial later in life, but it is the variety of activities, classes, jobs and experiences from which these skills are acquired that may come as a surprise.
