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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Profile: Lauren Hauck

Serena Runyan December 4, 2014

Senior Lauren Hauck is a History and Art History double major. She's been involved with debate at Whitman since her first year when she learned parliamentary debate, and she became a policy debater her...

Whitman debate and the community

Serena Runyan December 4, 2014

Meet a couple Whitman debaters and learn about their collaboration with the State Penitentiary.

Photo of the Buddy Program contributed by Jeremy Nolan.

Students form relationships with community members

Serena Runyan November 6, 2014

Through multiple service learning organizations on campus, students are creating long-term relationships with community members through the generations.                  

Food Sustainability at Whitman

Serena Runyan October 23, 2014

How does Whitman make efforts to keep fight food insecurity and reduce waste?

Being a religious minority on campus

Serena Runyan October 16, 2014

How do students with a small or non-existent religious community on campus keep in touch with their religion and culture?

Inside the Transfer Process

Serena Runyan September 25, 2014

What prompts students to come to Whitman? To leave Whitman? What is it like to leave one campus and integrate into another?

Escort team makes campus security visible

Escort team makes campus security visible

Serena Runyan September 18, 2014
Student escorts alert security officers of things happening on campus and increase the visible presence of Campus Security.

Campus security stays strong

Serena Runyan September 18, 2014

Meet the Director of Security and student escorts that make campus safe for the Whitman community.

Photo by Halley McCormick

Director of Security builds connections with students

Serena Runyan September 18, 2014
According to Stroe, all members of the family are excited to meet Whitman students.
Photo courtesy of Silas Morgan.

Gap Years Offer Students More Stability Entering College

Serena Runyan September 11, 2014
As the three of these gap-year students now settle into life at Whitman, they are all shaped by their experiences in the last 12 months. “It’s pretty easy for me to settle in a new place,” said Popenoe. “I’m not really dealing with the homesickness part that a lot of people are.”

New Faces at Whitman

Serena Runyan September 11, 2014

Learn what brought two new history professors to Whitman, and about how three first-years spent their gap years before coming to Whitman.

New History Professors Come From Different Places for the Same Reason

Serena Runyan September 11, 2014
This enthusiasm to work with the Whitman community is one thing Nouwen and Arch have in common.
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