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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
Whitman news since 1896

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Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Stream table helps geology labs rock

Alexa Grechishkin, Campus Life Reporter April 6, 2023

Whitman’s Geology Department celebrated a major victory last year after learning that their $97,000 grant request had been accepted, allowing them to purchase tools for use in the lab and the field....

Photo by Carson Jones.

Studying Eastern Washington’s landscape 15 million years ago: Geology professors receive research grant

Tejashree Jadhav, Staff Reporter February 25, 2021

Over 15 million years ago, enormous volcanic eruptions covered the Pacific Northwest in basalt. In the summer 2021, two of Whitman's geology professors and four students will begin a research project to...

Photo by Mika Nobles

Whitties spur kids’ creativity with stART

February 11, 2016

As arts programs get cut all around the country, a few Whitties have taken a stand against the tide. StART began two years ago and since then, its volunteers have been bringing the visual and performance...

Students Apply for Fulbright, Watson Opportunities

October 15, 2015
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program and Watson Fellowship, which provide yearlong educational experiences in a foreign country, are highly sought-after grants and fellowships for many Whitman students.

Whitman applies for grant to promote adjuncts to tenure-track

Karah Kemmerly October 21, 2010
The Office of Development and College Relations and Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty have been working together for slightly over a year to write a grant proposal for funds to offer eight new tenure-track positions to adjunct faculty members. If the Mellon Foundation, an organization based in New York, funds Whitman's proposal, adding tenure-track positions could preserve Whitman's course offerings.
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