Whitman Stories
October 11, 2019
Whitman Signs Statement in Support of DACA as Supreme Court Considers Case
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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October 7, 2019
Whitman Names New Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
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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October 3, 2019
Whitman Herpetologist Kate Jackson Debunks Snake-Filled Border Moat Idea
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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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.
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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.
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September 30, 2019
Video: Students Reflect on Orientation Programs
First-year students at Whitman College have the opportunity to meet fellow incoming students
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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.
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September 26, 2019
Life After Whitman: Kelly Katon '01 Finds Calling in Event Management
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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September 26, 2019
Recruiter Email Leads Jake Harwood '14 to Career in Project Management
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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September 18, 2019
BBMB Professor Brit Moss and Hannah Klaeser '17 Advance Research in Plant Biology
The pair co-authored a new peer-reviewed science publication in the journal Plant Direct.
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September 15, 2019
Rebecca Johnston ’22 Conquers Cancer with Determination to Study Medicine
Scholar-athlete Rebecca Johnston ’22 battles back from rare bone cancer with determination to study medicine.
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