Two Whitties Selected as Goldwater Scholars
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Feature by: Patrick Mulikuza ’28
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Chemistry majors Vee Edwards ’26 and Nicola Myers ’26 (pictured) have earned the 2025 Goldwater Scholarship—the nation’s premier undergraduate scholarship in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. The scholarship will go toward their senior year tuition at Whitman College. To help earn the honor, Edwards and Myers both conducted research in the lab of Associate Professor of Chemistry Mark Hendricks.
In the Hendricks Lab, Myers is immersed in the fascinating world of silver nanocrystals—tiny structures that can display nearly any color of the rainbow, depending on their size and shape. Edwards has been investigating how the rate of early-stage chemical reactions influences the size and phase of resulting nanoparticles.
The Goldwater Scholarship, awarded to just 441 students out of 1,350 national nominees this year, supports outstanding students planning to pursue research careers in STEM. Whitman has produced 14 Goldwater Scholars since 1986—nearly half awarded in the past three years, a testament to the college’s growing strength in undergraduate research.
Read the full story.
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Lacrosse Players Receive Academic Honors
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The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association recently recognized Whitman’s lacrosse team for achieving a combined GPA of 3.2 or higher for the 2024–2025 academic year. In addition, eight players received individual honors for achieving a personal GPA of 3.5 or higher: Olivia Banuelos ’25, Eliza Daigle ’25, Taylor Hebert ’25, Teagan Huff ’26, Jessie Levine ’26, Gracie Maulik ’25, Sky Pasena-Littlesky ’26 and Maia Wolverton ’25.
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Psychology Professor Presents Paper on PTSD in Incarcerated Men
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Melissa Clearfield, the Laura and Carl Peterson Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Psychology, recently presented a paper at the Correctional Mental Health Care Conference in San Francisco. The presentation was titled “A New Path to Healing: Group Psychoeducation for PTSD in Incarcerated Men.” Clearfield and Joshua Long, Psychology Associate at the Washington State Penitentiary, designed a novel treatment program for incarcerated men who reside in the residential mental health treatment unit—meaning they suffer from severe mental illness on top of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The treatment program pairs traditional group psychotherapy with rigorous education about childhood trauma and emotion regulation.
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Students are invited to a Cooking Class with Chef Heidi McFarley on Sunday, Aug. 3, at 3 p.m. This session will focus on preparing a meal from food you have on hand, cooking tips for college students and food storage tips. Please RSVP in advance as space is limited. Participants will meet at Reid Campus Center and walk to Chef Heidi’s home, near Pioneer Park.
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Network Downtime This Weekend
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This weekend, the power generators for the Technology Services building are being replaced, resulting in an outage of many campus network services, from Friday, Aug. 1, at 5 p.m. through the end of day Sunday, Aug. 3. If you have any questions, please contact the Help Desk at 509-527-4976.
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This month, two cohorts of students visited campus for Summer Fly-In—a pre-orientation program designed to help students who are either the first in their family to attend college and/or from a working-class background to get to know each other and everything Whitman has to offer. See Instagram for more of their photo booth pics.
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Midsummer Musical Retreat: Faculty Concert
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall [community event]
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Midsummer Musical Retreat:
Strings & Chorus Concert
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall [community event]
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom [community event]
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Cooking Class With Chef Heidi
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Meet at Reid Campus Center (RSVP)
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