Feature by: Office of Admission
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Whitman College will be hosting prospective students and their guests on Saturday, Oct. 19 for Fall for Whitman Day. This is a great time for prospective students and their guests to visit campus in person to learn more about our community. Whatever your role at Whitman, you have a vital role to play in welcoming potential students.
Here are a few ways to help:
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- Smile! Be ready to turn a friendly face to people you pass on campus.
- Wear your Whitman College gear on these event days.
- Please do not park in the spaces labeled for events or anywhere that blocks campus sidewalks or pathways.
- Sign up to greet guests, help them get to their next destination or join them for lunch!
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Thank you to everyone who engages with these students from the initial point of contact through their upcoming visits and decisions, answering questions, and sharing what you love about Whitman.
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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. Did your office, department or student club accomplish a long-term goal or finish a time-intensive project? Did you win an award or secure a competitive research grant? Were you recently published? We would love to celebrate your good news with you!
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Los Ojos de Whitman Extends Submission Deadline
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Los Ojos de Whitman Magazine will be accepting submissions through the extended deadline of Tuesday, Nov. 5. Submit your Spanish or Spanglish poems, stories and visual art related to the theme of MEMORIES to ojosdewhitman@gmail.com. (Flyer attached.)
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Free STI Testing Next Week
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The Planned Parenthood Generation Action student group and the Welty Student Health Center are partnering to provide free testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI) next week. (Flyer attached.)
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- Monday, Oct. 21–Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct. 24–Friday, Oct. 25 from 8 a.m. to noon.
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Students Focus Groups Next Week
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A team from Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS) will be on campus Oct. 21–23 to conduct a series of focus groups with students to collect information about how Whitties envision current and future success. There is still time to sign up to participate. Sessions will be 50 minutes long with no Whitman staff or faculty present. Participants will receive $10, added to their flex account. The findings will be shared on Friday, Oct. 25 at noon in at Hunter Conservatory in Kimball Theatre.
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Carniv-All-In for Whitman Tuesday
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The Office of Annual Giving will host a Carniv-All-In for Whitman event on Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 4–6:30 p.m. at Reid Campus Center. Enjoy an afternoon of fun and festivities, including popcorn, candy, face-painting, games and more. Learn about the Whitman Fund and how your participation could snag you a chance to win the grand prize in our drawing!
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Employee Resource Group Hosts Gathering
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The Foreign Born Association employee resource group invites all Whitman faculty and staff to join them for a get together on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 5–6 p.m. at Big House Brew Pub. This event will provide an opportunity to socialize and get to know international and born-abroad employees. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
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Eleven students in the SSRA 342 Wilderness Expedition Sea Kayaking Class traveled to the San Juan Islands during the recent break where they worked on paddling techniques, navigation, camping, backcountry cooking, natural history interpretation, group dynamics and more. They were also treated to spectacular views of the northern lights along with seals, otters, dolphins, porpoises, crabs, sea jellies, great blue herons, bats, bald eagles and numerous other seabirds and marine life in the intertidal zone. Additional photos are available on Instagram. To learn more about Spring Semester outdoor skills, wilderness medicine and/or leadership training courses, contact the Outdoor Program.
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Movement That Matters: Yoga
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Leaving from Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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McNary National Wildlife Refuge
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Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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Hall of Science, Brattain Auditorium
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Stanton-Anderson-Cleveland Field
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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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.
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 for the following day’s newsletter. 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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