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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Class of 2014 Future Plans Profiles

Class of 2014 Future Plans Profiles

Andy Monserud May 15, 2014
By the time they move their tassels, many Whitman seniors-turned-graduates will have already determined what they will be doing once they leave Walla Walla. The Pioneer spoke with three students about their future plans and where life after Whitman will take them.
Students Consider Future in Teach for America

Students Consider Future in Teach for America

Lachlan Johnson September 26, 2013
Whitman ranks as the fifth top contributor to Teach for America among small liberal arts schools. The program offers incredible opportunities to students coming out of college, but also presents numerous challenges. Whitman alumni discuss their Teach for America experiences and why Whitman students are so drawn to the program.
Teach for America signs were scattered near Penrose Library last week.  Photo by cade beck.

Whitman cracks list of top contributors to Teach for America

Elise Tinseth September 27, 2012
Whitman's recently graduated class of 2012 is the 16th top contributor in the small schools category to the Teach for America program, sending 12 students. Teach for America, a growing nonprofit program of about 33,000 members, takes employees, teachers and college graduates and places them into schools in low-income communities around the country. Each employee of the program works as a full-time teacher in their school district.

Whitties still possess missionary spirit

Cara Lowry October 27, 2011
We are missionaries, but in a sense different from the Protestant wagon-train variety of the mid-19th century. "Critical thinking" is our new religion; "helping people" is still our mission.
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