Thursday, September 12, 2024
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Sheehan Gallery Exhibit: “Picturing Family”
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A new exhibit in Sheehan Gallery, titled “Picturing Family: Métis Life in the Walla Walla Valley,” combines family photos of the Métis (mixed Indigenous and French Canadian) population of the Umatilla Indian Reservation at the turn of the 20th century with contemporary art made and collected by descendants of these same families at the turn of the 21st century.
The exhibit is the latest chapter in an ongoing collaboration between family historians and faculty, students, and staff from Whitman College. Historically, preservation was indistinguishable from the colonial act of collecting and controlling material objects. New policies allow donors to collaborate with institutional archives to preserve and share significant materials without giving up ownership or copyright.
Métis Families of the Columbia River Plateau is the first collection in the Whitman College and Northwest Archives to be created in this model. Through monumental projection, family stories, historical documents and works of art, Picturing Family offers an immersive and emotional introduction to this important collection.
A panel discussion followed by a reception and gallery viewing will take place on Friday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. starting in Olin Auditorium. The event will feature family archivists and artists who contributed to the exhibition.
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Whitman Fraternity Receives Silver Star Award
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Whitman’s Washington Beta chapter of Phi Delta Theta recently received several awards from Phi Delta Theta General Headquarters, including the Silver Star Award and awards for #1 Chapter Size and Excellence in Enrollment. Washington Beta last received the Silver Star in 2009. The award recognizes overall chapter performance and signifies that the Whitman fraternity ranks in the top third of all Phi Delta Theta international chapters. Washington Beta will celebrate its 110th anniversary at Whitman College in April.
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Professor Interviewed About Black-Palestinian Solidarity
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Overdose Prevention Education Tonight
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Residence Life and the Welty Student Health Center will host a series of “Health in the Halls” educational opportunities this semester. In the first session, students can learn how to save a life by administering naloxone to reverse an overdose. Blue Mountain Heart to Heart will lead this session on Thursday, September 12 at 7 p.m. in Jewett Hall. Naloxone will be available to attendees. (Flyer attached.)
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This summer, Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Brain, Behavior and Cognition Ben Vernasco (right), Maille Moynahan ’26 (middle right) and Piper Rylander ’25 (middle left) joined Lindsay Chiono (left), Habitat Ecologist with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, to band nestling burrowing owls. The effort was part of a long-term monitoring project on the Umatilla Army Depot.
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Movement That Matters: Step Aerobics
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Reid Campus Center, Room 240
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Reid Campus Center, Room 207
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Hall of Science, Room 142
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