Wednesday, October 16, 2024
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CIC Belong: An Inclusive Learning Community
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Feature by: Dr. John Johnson, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
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Whitman College recently joined the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Belong Community. The Belong Community is a national network of CIC member colleges and universities dedicated to making their campuses more welcoming and inclusive. Designed in partnership with the Association of College and University Educators, Belong offers a suite of professional development resources for faculty and staff to support student belonging in class and campus-wide.
As part of our involvement with CIC’s Belong: An Inclusive Learning Community, all faculty, staff, and administrators are invited to register and attend “Feeling Welcome: Connecting Through Conversations,” on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 11 a.m. to noon. This session will focus on how educators can facilitate classroom conversations that incorporate diverse perspectives, guide students in respectful disagreement, and help students summarize discussions to identify key points and achieve closure. Presented by Teresa Nance, Ph.D., Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Villanova University, this webinar will provide actionable strategies to enhance classroom dialogue and ensure all students feel heard and valued.
Webinar Description:
In the classroom, conversations can make the abstract concrete, the theoretical practical and the esoteric personal. Good conversations never just happen. As educators we know the importance of preparing both our materials and our students for what we want to happen with our time together. Creating constructive frameworks for classroom conversations is imperative.
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- Facilitate classroom conversations that incorporate multiple perspectives and diverse student experiences to achieve success.
- Teach students how to respectfully disagree with ideas rather than individuals.
- Guide students in providing internal summaries during discussions and a final summary at the end to help identify key points and achieve closure.
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Politics Professors Delivers Keynote at Conference
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Last week, Shampa Biswas, the Judge & Mrs. Timothy A. Paul Chair of Political Science and Professor of Politics, gave the keynote address at the “Historicities of Security and Peace” conference at the University of Marburg in Germany where she is currently a resident fellow. The talk was titled “Memorializing Peace, Wasting Security: Race and Colonialism in Nuclear Storytelling.”
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COVID-19 & Flu Shot Clinic Today
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The Health Center arranged for Safeway to provide COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations for Whitman students, faculty and staff on Wednesday, Oct. 16 from noon–3 p.m. at Cordiner Hall. Please bring a copy of the front and back of your personal health insurance card as well as a completed Informed Consent form (English, Spanish). Note: Safeway does not accept Kaiser Permanente insurance.
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Press in Times of Peril Event Tomorrow
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The Center for Global Studies will host the second event in the Press in Times of Peril series with a screening of “Lyd” (2023) on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Kimball Theatre in Hunter Conservatory. The film is a feature-length, sci-fi documentary that explores multiple pasts, presents and futures of a 5,000-year-old city in Palestine/Israel. A discussion following the screening will be led by Tarik Elseewi, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, and Lauren Osborne, Associate Professor of Religion. (Flyer attached.)
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New Event Newsletter for Walla Walla Community
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The Office of Communications will soon begin publication of “What’s Up at Whitman,” a new monthly newsletter sharing college-sponsored events that are open to the general public. Please share the subscription form link with anyone who might be interested in receiving this newsletter. Included events are pulled from the Whitman website calendar of events (calendar.whitman.edu).
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The Upward Together Campaign for Whitman College was publicly launched just over a year ago. With the support of more than 14,000 donors, we have raised $184 million of the $200 million goal! Visit the Upward Together website to watch a new video celebrating the one-year milestone of this campaign.
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COVID-19 and Flu Shot Clinic (Safeway Pharmacy)
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Movement That Matters: Strength & Stretch
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Reid Campus Center Lawn or Sherwood 114
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Hispanic Studies CineClub: “Guten Tag, Ramon”
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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