Whitman alumni speak on racism in the workplace
Grace Jackson, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2020
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Student Engagement Center (SEC), The Intercultural Center (IC) and the Race, Violence and Health committee welcomed three Whitman alumni over Zoom to discuss their experiences with racism and the workplace. The panel featured Sarah Claxton Deming ‘10, a San Francisco B...
College Addresses Student Food Insecurity
Rhone Grajcar, News Reporter
April 4, 2018
The Food Pantry, a collaborative project of the Intercultural Center (IC) and the Office of the Dean of Students, recently opened in time for Spring Break. The resource was designed to address student food insecurity. “[It was] frequented many times over break,” IC Program Advisor Jennifer Lopez...
Kazi Joshua Associate Dean for Intercultural Affairs / Chief Diversity Officer
Sam Jacobson
October 16, 2014
Whitman has appointed Kazi Joshua to the newly created position of associate dean for intercultural affairs and chief diversity officer. Joshua's position will greatly expand upon the existing position of director of the Intercultural Center when he enters it in January. The position was created in late...
College Provides More Support For FGWC Students
Drew Edmonds
May 1, 2014
Shelly Le contributed additional reporting. While most Whitman College students come from upper and middle class families where at least one parent has graduated from college, a growing population of first-generation college students attends Whitman. The current first-year class has the largest number o...
Anti-Racism Coalition Prepares for Spring
Lachlan Johnson
December 12, 2013
Efforts by students, staff and faculty to confront racism on campus have continued in the three-week period between Thanksgiving and Winter Break. Student organizers have come together to form the Coalition Against Racism Everywhere, faculty have passed a motion to cancel classes for a day next spring...
Students Press for Action Against Racism
Lachlan Johnson
November 21, 2013
Outrage at specific incidents of racism has evolved into demands for decisive action on campus, putting pressure on Whitman's administration to instigate change. Since students rallied at Memorial Hall to present a letter to the Board of Trustees' Diversity Committee on Nov. 7, two separate events have been held to discuss ra...
Esteemed Federal Judges Demonstrate Possibility of Success in Legal Field
Lorah Steichen
October 9, 2013
Last Friday, Oct. 4, students interested in law traded their casual attire for their finest formal dress in order to attend a lunch with three of the most distinguished federal judges on the West Coast. The lunch was an interactive question and answer session held in Memorial 331, where Whitman stu...
Storyteller Relives Civil Rights Movement
Lachlan Johnson
February 27, 2013
Members of the Whitman and Walla Walla community filled the Glover Alston Center on Monday, Feb. 25 to hear storyteller Kathya Alexander speak about the civil rights movement. Drawing on both her personal experience growing up during the civil rights era as well as her work as a writer, actor, poet and playwright, Alexander prese...
General Campus Resources
Shelly Le
February 14, 2013
Whitman Health Center Whitman's health center runs 24 hours a day and offers a range of services that include in-house lab testing, vaccines and travel health assistance, physical and massage therapy, and HIV and STD testing, among others. Limited general physcian hours for spring 2013 semeste...
Senior Starts Club for Multi-Ethnic Students
Jacqueline Rees-Mikula
January 31, 2013
There are a variety of places to celebrate cultural diversity on Whitman campus. The Intercultural Center and certain clubs provide opportunities for students to take pride in their racial identities, yet Whitman lacks a space where students can examine what it means to belong to multiple cultures at...
Lecture by veteran marks anniversary of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal
Lachlan Johnson
September 20, 2012
This evening, Thursday, Sept. 20, army veteran Rob Smith will speak in Maxey Auditorium at 7 to mark the one-year anniversary of the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Because of Don't Ask Don't Tell, Smith concealed his sexuality for five years while serving in the U.S. military in Iraq and Kuwait....
Olga Loya’s stories bring multicultural spice to campus
Emma Dahl
September 20, 2012
Olga Loya, a nationally known storyteller, will be coming to campus, performing Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Olin Hall 130 at 7:00 p.m. Loya, who grew up in East Los Angeles with her Mexican grandmother and father, is well known for her unique style that combines the English and Spanish languages. This blend...
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