Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Apply To Lead a Power & Privilege Symposium Session
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By the Power & Privilege Symposium Team
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The 2026 Power and Privilege Symposium, with the theme of “Belonging in the Face of Power,” will take place on Thursday, Feb. 19.
Are you interested in exploring how belonging is built or denied in spaces shaped by power and what it takes to practice community intentionally? Applications to lead Power and Privilege Symposium sessions are due on Sunday, Dec. 21.
This year’s symposium theme invites our community to examine how belonging is built through daily choices to show up for one another. If you want to explore how intentional action, accountability and care can transform communities, we hope you submit an application!
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the session application process, please email Operations Director Aaliyah Howard ’27, at howarda@whitman.edu. If you have any other questions regarding the symposium, please email Executive Director Marco Nou ’29, at symposium_chair@whitman.edu.
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We Want To Hear About You!
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In the spirit of collectively celebrating successes in our Whitman community, we invite you to brag a little about the personal and collective accomplishments in your professional and personal lives. Were you recently published? Did you win an award or secure a competitive research grant? Did your office, department or student organization accomplish a long-term goal or finish a time-intensive project? We would love to share your good news!
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Finals Study Night Tonight
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The Psychology and Mental Health Society student organization will host an open study session on Wednesday, Dec. 17, from 7–9 p.m. in Penrose Library, Room 313 (“The Fishbowl”). This event offers a calm, supportive space for students to study alongside their peers. (Flyer attached.)
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Climbing Center Hours During Finals Week
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The Climbing Center hours are adjusted this week, open daily from 5–8 p.m. During the upcoming break, the Climbing Center will be open on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, from 4–6 p.m.
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Library Hours During Finals Week
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Penrose Library hours are adjusted this week, open daily from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. The library will close early on Friday, Dec. 19, at 6 p.m. and will be closed through the weekend.
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You Can Help With Student Recruitment
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Attracting students to Whitman is a team effort. Faculty and staff are invited to partner with the Office of Admission in student recruitment efforts. The attached “How To Be an Effective Partner in Student Recruitment” flyer provides some helpful suggestions on how to engage with prospective students and visitors to campus.
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Earlier in the semester, Geology students injected corn syrup into gelatin “volcanoes” to study where eruptions are most likely to occur. See more photos on Instagram.
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Sherwood 114 or Reid Side Lawn (weather dependent)
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Penrose Library, Room 313 (“The Fishbowl”)
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Would you like to share an event with campus? Submit the information to the Events Calendar.
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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.
All submissions are welcome! If you have accomplishments to celebrate, an event to publicize or other Whitman content to share, email whitmantoday@whitman.edu. Submissions of 125 words or less are due by noon on the business day prior to publication. Submissions may be edited and/or held for a later date according to space and editorial needs. Your submission also authorizes use on Whitman's social media unless otherwise specified.
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