Thursday, December 11, 2025
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Endowment To Fund Neuroscience Summer Research
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By Amy Lenahan, Director of Donor Relations
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Dan Hoch ’75 and his wife, Jane Erb, were raised on different coasts and went to college across the country from each other, but one common factor shaped their upbringing and careers: inquisitive fathers.
Hoch’s father, Paul, was a chemist, and Erb’s father, Christian, a lawyer—and both inspired curiosity and lifelong learning in their children.
“I knew Jane’s father 30 years before he passed away, and I heard these stories about him going on a roller coaster because he needed to learn how they work and how they could crash for his defense work,” Hoch says. “My dad was constantly learning,” he adds. “He was trying to tackle Japanese when he was in his late 70s, and he inspired me constantly to learn new things. Jane and I are both really influenced by this inquisitiveness.”
Now, the couple wants to encourage that spirit of inquisitiveness in the next generation through the Whitman Endowment for Brain, Behavior and Cognition, which will provide funding for student-faculty neuroscience research.
Read more.
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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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Early Deadline for December Payroll
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The timing of the upcoming employee break (Dec. 24–Jan. 2), will result in an early deadline for payroll processing. Employees need to submit timesheets by the end of day on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and supervisors need to approve them by Wednesday, Dec. 17. Supervisors must approve any time off prior to approving timesheets. Because of the early deadline, no corrections can be made after payroll processing begins on Thursday, Dec. 18. If you discover errors to timesheets after you sign them, please contact hr@whitman.edu and the error will be corrected with the January payroll. For this pay period, a full-time employee will report 160 hours.
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Opening Reception for Stevens Gallery Exhibition Today
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An opening reception for the next exhibition at Stevens Gallery in Reid Campus Center will take place on Thursday, Dec. 11, from 5–7 p.m. The exhibition will feature art in clay, seeds and beads by Zoila Castillo, Indigenous Kichwa leader and well-known maestra de artesanías (handicrafts master) in Ecuador. The exhibition honors Castillo’s lifelong defense of Indigenous land against the expansion of oil and mining industries in the Amazon rainforest.
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Basketball Home Game Saturday
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Sherwood Athletic Center will close early on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 4 p.m. to accommodate the men’s basketball home game against Walla Walla University, which starts at 7 p.m.
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Book Rental Returns & Buyback Next Week
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If you rented textbooks from the Whitman College Bookstore, they must be returned by Friday, Dec. 19. Book buybacks are also available Monday, Dec. 15, through Wednesday, Dec. 17. The Bookstore is open Monday–Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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“Feeling Forward: A Dance Concert” opens tonight at Harper Joy Theatre with multiple performances from Thursday, Dec. 11, through Sunday, Dec. 14. Tickets—free for Whitman students—are available through the box office. (Flyer attached.)
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 106
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Welty Health and Counseling Center
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Reid Campus Center, Room 240
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Reid Campus Center, Room 207
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Reid Campus Center, Stevens Gallery
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Hall of Science, Room 151
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Harper Joy Theatre, Freimann Studio Theatre
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