Friday, September 20, 2024
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Whitman Needs More Friendship Families
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Feature by: International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS)
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With robust international students enrollment numbers in recent years, the need for participants in the Friendship Family Program continues to grow. The Friendship Family Program matches international students with local families who support their Whitman experience through friendship, social events and providing a “home away from home” experience. (Friendship families are not expected to provide room and board.)
Families and students mutually decide on the types of interactions and activities that work best for everyone involved and the Intercultural Center also sponsors periodic events for participants.
If this sounds interesting to you, please review the information provided on the website and this flyer and fill out an application. Questions? Email Laura L. Cummings, Assistant Director of ISSS and Faculty-Led Off-Campus Studies at cumminll@whitman.edu.
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Upcoming Friendship Family Events:
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- The Schulke Pumpkin Harvest at 216 Riley Road, Walla Walla on Sunday Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. is for Friendship Families and international students (whether or not they are part of the program). Help a local farm family pick pumpkins and help raise money for a charity that helps rural families who need a place to stay when their child is in the hospital.
- A Friendship Family Meet & Greet will take place on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 4–5:30 p.m. on the Reid Campus Center lawn.
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Professor Publishes Book Reframing “Ressentiment”
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Zahi Zalloua, the Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature and Director of Indigeneity, Race, and Ethnicity Studies, recently published a book titled “The Politics of the Wretched: Race, Reason, and Ressentiment.” The book argues for the generative negativity of “ressentiment,” prompting a shift from use as a personal expression of frustration to use as a collective “No.” Inspired by Kant and Nietzsche, Zalloua identifies two modes of deploying ressentiment—private and public use—by substituting ressentiment for reason. This reinterpretation argues for a public use of ressentiment, for the wretched to universalize their grievances, to see their antagonism as cutting across societies, and to turn personal trauma into a common cause. A public use of ressentiment rails against the ideology of identity and victimhood and promises to energize the anti-racist Left in its ongoing struggles for universal justice and emancipation. Research for the book was made possible by two Louis B. Perry Research Awards and the assistance of Bex Heimbrock ’25.
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Beware of Internship Phishing Emails
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Since the middle of summer, Whitman and other higher education institutions have been targeted with phishing emails claiming to offer paid internship opportunities. All internship opportunities at Whitman can be found through Handshake or by talking to the Career and Community Engagement Center. Any email you receive about internship opportunities should be assumed suspicious and fraudulent.
If you receive an email about an internship opportunity at Whitman for a specific department, you should assume that it is phishing. Do not reply. Do not take any action that the email asks you to do. If you have concerns or questions, contact the information security officer (iso@whitman.edu) or the department chair/head of which the message claims to come from (at their whitman.edu email address, not the email address in the email you received).
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President Bolton’s Open Office Hours for Students Postponed
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President Bolton’s open office hours for students, previously scheduled for today, has been postponed. There will be several more opportunities scheduled throughout the semester.
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Sherwood Athletic Center Closing Early This Weekend
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Sherwood Athletic Center will close three hours prior to the start of each home volleyball game this weekend. Games are scheduled on Friday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. Admission is free for all Whitman students, faculty and staff with your Whitman ID.
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Mid-Autumn Festival on Sunday
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Whitman Events Board and the China@Whitman student club will host a Mid-Autumn Festival on Sunday, Sept. 22 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. in the Reid Campus Center Young Ballroom. Inspired by a traditional holiday in East Asia that celebrates the full moon and the harvest season, the event will include games and snacks, including mooncakes symbolizing reunion and completeness. (Flyer attached.)
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A display in Penrose Library currently celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting Spanish-language books from North and South America. All books on display are available for check out at the circulation desk.
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Movement That Matters: Yoga
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Walla Walla Community College
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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Would you like to share an event with campus? Submit the information to the Events Calendar.
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