Friday, September 13, 2024
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Junior-Senior Village Construction Update
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Feature by: Tony Ichsan, Assistant Vice President for Facilities Services
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The new junior-senior residential village, currently under construction thanks to the Upward Together campaign, will ultimately provide apartment-style housing for 212 students.
The project is on track for LEED Gold certification, with features such as a 160-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic system, which will offset approximately 16.5% of the total anticipated electrical needs for the village. During construction, the general contractor is diverting 75% of construction waste from landfills through recycling and reuse.
The project management team has had a very busy summer, starting with collaborations with the City of Walla Walla to repair the water main on Boyer Avenue. Additionally, the college received two key approvals this summer: from the city, for the project site plan; and from the State of Washington Department of Ecology due to proximity to Mill Creek. On Boyer Avenue, aging sewer lines were replaced in support of the project.
Progress on the site accelerated after existing houses were removed, utilities were installed or rerouted, and College Creek was temporarily diverted around the site. Ongoing work on the site includes installation of utilities and grading of the site.
The basements for Harvey Hall and Stegner Hall are currently excavated and have received waterproofing, with concrete walls completed for Harvey Hall and Stegner Hall to follow. Robart Hall’s basement is currently seeing underground utility work in progress and will soon see the same concrete foundation as the other buildings.
The target completion date for the project is August 2025.
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Professor Publishes Book on Family Vacation Homes
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Michelle Janning, the Raymond and Elsie DeBurgh Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology, recently published the book “Investing in Enchantment: Memory, Market, and the Family Vacation Home” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024). The book tells a new story about the cultural meanings and structural outcomes surrounding family vacation homes today, focusing on how a desire for authenticity and magical family connectedness has made family vacation homes a compelling site to examine social roles, relationships, and class and race inequalities. Janning spent five years gathering and analyzing 60+ homeowner and expert interviews and surveys, field observations from multiple hospitality industry ethnographic site studies, and content from news and lifestyle media and real estate publications.
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As per our Infectious Disease Protocols, and in alignment with guidelines outlined by the CDC and State of Washington Department of Health, Whitman College strongly encourages all Whitman students, faculty and staff to remain up to date on their COVID-19, RSV and seasonal influenza vaccinations when they become available.
The Welty Student Health Center will provide free flu vaccines for students on September 24 and 25 and October 1 and 2. Flu vaccines will be available for staff and faculty as well starting October 8.
Local pharmacies now stock the newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, the Health Center will host a COVID-19 and flu clinic on October 16 at Cordiner Hall.
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Sunday Snacks & Support for First-Year Students
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A new series for first-year students begins this weekend. Sunday Snacks & Support introduces first-year students to resources on campus to help them build pathways to success and navigate their first year on campus. The first session, on navigating support at Whitman and managing communication, will take place on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in Anderson Main Lounge (for Prentiss/Anderson first-years) and at 8 p.m. in Jewett Main Lounge (for Jewett/Lyman first-years).
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Antisemitism & Islamophobia Awareness Workshops Next Week
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The Dialogue & Dignity series resumes this semester with Antisemitism and Islamophobia Workshops facilitated by Marium F. Mohiuddin and Zack Ritter, Ph.D., from Isma’/Shema Consulting. Part I will include a virtual session for staff and faculty on Monday, Sept. 16 at noon and another virtual session for students on Monday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. Part II will include in-person sessions for students and staff/faculty on Thursday, Sept. 26. Please sign up in advance. (Flyer attached.)
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Sign Up for a Whitman Instagram Takeover
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The Office of Communications manages several official Whitman social media accounts, including the OurWhitman Instagram account, which highlights the Whitman student experience. Would you like to share your unique Whittie perspective with current and prospective students? Sign up online! This is your chance to connect with the Whitman community and highlight campus events, student clubs, athletics or other aspects of campus life that are meaningful to you. Space is limited; not every applicant will be selected for a takeover.
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We are two weeks into the semester already and its still exciting to see all of the new faces on campus. Have you watched our Move-In Day video yet?
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Movement That Matters: Yoga
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Reid Campus Center, Room 207
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Olin Auditorium & Sheehan Gallery
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Would you like to share an event with campus? Submit the information to the Events Calendar.
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Produced by the Office of Communications, Whitman Today is emailed to Whitman College staff, faculty and students each weekday during the academic year and twice a week during breaks. An archive of previous issues is available online.
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