GSI Year-in Review
Nick Maahs, Staff Reporter
May 4, 2017
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On October 21, 2015, then Provost and Dean of Faculty Pat Spencer announced that faculty would not be receiving course releases for their participation in the Global Studies Initiative. The decision effectively suspended the program while placing it under external review. Over the past year a panel c...
Community Calls on Whitman to Become “Sanctuary Campus”
Christy Carley, News Editor
November 21, 2016
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Whitman students, staff and faculty gathered at the steps of Penrose Library last Wednesday in support of a petition to designate Whitman College as a “sanctuary campus.” The gathering was part of a national day of action in which students across the country called on their schools to offer protection for undocumented students in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. Organized by th...
Visiting journalist Dawn Paley co-teaches course on media writing
November 17, 2015
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Journalist Dawn Paley visited campus from Nov. 10-15 for a talk and a five day workshop on media writing.
Read more »Life, Death at U.S.-Mexico Border
August 29, 2013
We met Manuel at the Juan Bosque Migrant Shelter, the only shelter open at night on either side of the border. Earlier that day, he had been dropped off by old school buses that had been converted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to transport deportees from federal detention center...
Whitman to cover application fee for undocumented students
October 18, 2012
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Last fall, Whitman became the first liberal arts school in the nation to issue a statement in support of undocumented students. This fall, the college is putting action behind its words by providing funding for undocumented Whitman students applying for deferral of deportation under the Department of...
White Bread: Aaron Bobrow-Strain talks food politics
April 12, 2012
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After five years of work, Associate Professor of Politics Aaron Bobrow-Strain has published a book entitled "White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf." Published on March 6, 2012, the book has been selected as one of Amazon.com's "Best Books" for March 2012, and was featured on NPR. It's...
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