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Scientific Illustration Course Pushes Students to Examine the World in New WaysOctober 30, 2019 On a clear October day, students sit scattered across Ankeny Field, cross-legged with sketching notebooks balanced in their laps, using pencils, pens and colored pencils to capture the countless trees surrounding the grassy center of campus. It's a scene typical of any college campus art class. Except these students aren't just artists - they're budding scientists.
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Philosopher James Garrison ’04 Shares Hard-Won Wisdom with Soon-to-Be GraduatesOctober 30, 2019 During a visit to Whitman, James Garrison ’04 gave two talks. “Black Bodies that Matter,” his public lecture, focused on his current philosophical work and writing on race. The other was a lunchtime session for students considering pursuing graduate school and careers in academia. Garrison walked students through his own journey, and offered tips and insights on how to navigate processes can be intimidating and daunting.
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Special Topics Psychology Class Examines Development of School ShootersOctober 29, 2019 This fall, Whitman College psychology Professor Melissa Clearfield is teaching PSYCH 347A, a special topics class examining how teen school shooters develop, looking at cases from Columbine to Parkland. Clearfield spent her sabbatical during the 2018-2019 school year developing the syllabus for the course, including searching for scholarly resources on a topic that has drawn lots of interest, but little research.
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History Professor Elyse Semerdjian Discusses Turkish Incursion into Syria
October 23, 2019 Semerdjian, who teaches Islamic world and Middle Eastern history at Whitman, shed light on Turkey's actions against Kurdish fighters in the region following the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces from Northern Syria, as well as how Russia is now seizing the opportunity to fill the power vacuum.
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Maria Lux's Research-Driven Art Explores Emerging Field of Animal StudiesOctober 22, 2019 Maria Lux teaches courses in beginning, intermediate and advanced drawing in the Art Department at Whitman College. This spring, Lux will be teaching “Animals and Art,” a course that explores relevant issues regarding animals from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes historical and contemporary depictions of animals in art.
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New Consulting Corps Benefits Nonprofits, Students EquallyOctober 21, 2019 Funded by a $231,000 Core Grant from the Sherwood Trust, the Consulting Corps is a three-year pilot program that brings benefits to both area nonprofits and Whitman students, said Shelly Rasmussen, the community consulting specialist in the Student Engagement Center (SEC) who oversees the corps.
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Director of Financial Aid Services Marilyn Ponti on FAFSA Tips for Families
October 20, 2019 Ponti recommends that families facing issues such as divorce that might impact their child's college funding reach out to the financial aid office to discuss the situation. Financial aid officers have some discretion when it comes to considering the use of only one parent’s income on the FAFSA and can use professional judgment in some of these special circumstances.
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New Mayo Clinic Partnership Guarantees Research Spots for Whitman Students
October 16, 2019 This summer, Whitman College students have new access to biomedical research opportunities with the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Under a new Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) partnership, Mayo will hold two spots for current Whitman students to participate in research at one of three research centers in Arizona, Florida or Minnesota.
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Donation Expands College's Collection of Handcrafted Artists' BooksOctober 15, 2019 Peter Newland ’67 and Robyn Johnson have shared their love of artists’ books for nearly 25 years. Now, they are sharing that love — as well as their collection of dozens of the handcrafted works of art — with the Whitman College community.
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Andrea Chin '15 Hones Research Skills at OHSU LaboratoryOctober 14, 2019 Andrea Chin ‘15 hasn’t been one to stray from her goals and the path that leads her to them. While at Whitman, Chin was a biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology (BBMB) major. She had her sight set on Whitman from the moment she was accepted to the college’s Visit Scholarship Program, which provides a free trip to campus for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
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Cameron Conner '20 Helps Launch Neighborhood Engagement Program
October 13, 2019 Conner says, "I agreed to take on this project because I believe the relationships we share around us make or break our well being."
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Whitman Signs Statement in Support of DACA as Supreme Court Considers Case
October 11, 2019 Whitman College has joined 164 other colleges and universities across the nation in signing an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) as the case heads to the Supreme Court.
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Whitman Names New Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
October 7, 2019 Whitman College President Kathleen Murray announced the appointment of Steve Setchell as the college's new vice president for development and alumni relations.
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Whitman Herpetologist Kate Jackson Debunks Snake-Filled Border Moat Idea
October 3, 2019 After an article appeared earlier this week in The New York Times suggesting the president demanded a snake-filled moat to protect the southern border, Jackson, an associate professor of biology, explained that people who think they fear snakes "are actually afraid of the unknown."
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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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