Whitman Stories
![Keith Farrington smiles in the commencement line.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/April/Farrington-Thumbnail.jpg)
April 16, 2019
All In: From “New Dorm” to a New Dorm — 40 Years Gives Employee Couple Unique Perspective on Giving
Nancy Tavelli and Keith Farrington came to Whitman College in 1977. Farrington took a faculty position in the Department of Sociology. Tavelli was a resident director in “new dorm” — now William O. Douglas Hall.
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![Brian and Kirsten Kitamura hold their baby while standing in a baseball field.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/April/Kitamuras-Thumbnail.jpg)
April 16, 2019
All In: Donor Support Provides Experiences, Equipment for Whitman’s Scholar-Athletes
Opportunities that strengthen the experience for Whitman’s scholar-athletes come because of the generosity of donors. Experiences like when the team got to play at what was then Safeco Field in Seattle. Or when Kitamura saved up to purchase a new pitching machine. Or this year, when the team was able to travel to Tucson, Arizona, and play in the Kino Sports Complex, a former MBL spring training facility.
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![Salma Anguiano ’22 and Ameliz Price-Dominguez ’22 tied for first place in the national Letters to an Elected Official Competition, presented by Project Pericles.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/April/ameliz-salma.jpg)
April 15, 2019
Workers' Rights Advocates Win Project Pericles Competition
First-year Whitties Salma Anguiano ’22 and Ameliz Price-Dominguez ’22 tied for first place in the national Letters to an Elected Official Competition, presented by Project Pericles.
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April 15, 2019
Whitman Marine Biologist on Groundbreaking Snailfish Genome Sequencing
Carl E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Sciences and Emeritus Professor of Biology Paul Yancey described the "exciting" new genetic mapping of the hadal snailfish, the first animal from the extreme depths of the ocean to have its genome sequenced. It may reveal clues as to how such organisms survive in hostile environments like the Mariana Trench, the deepest place in the ocean.
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April 15, 2019
Whitman Professor Calls Notre Dame Fire a "Call to Conscience" for World Heritage
Assistant Professor of Sociology Álvaro Santana-Acuña, an expert on world heritage sites, reflects on the symbolic and material damage of the fire at France's Notre Dame cathedral (link in Spanish).
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April 14, 2019
Politics Professor Writes Nonfiction Border Story
In Professor of Politics Aaron Bobrow-Strain's new book, The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019), he explores the boundaries of empathy and justice and reveals the human cost of militarizing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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![A portrait of Shannon Zander.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/April/Shannon-Zander-Thumbnail.jpg)
April 10, 2019
Classics Majors Pursue Service in the Peace Corps
Whitman College graduates have been joining the Peace Corps since it was founded in 1961. More than 330 Whitties have joined the agency that works across the globe to create sustainable solutions to a multitude of issues. There are nine Whitman alumni serving in countries around the world — and this summer, new graduates will join their ranks.
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![A photo of stone stripes in the Blue Mountains.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/March/Blues-Thumbnail.jpg)
April 10, 2019
Bob Carson's New Book a Collaborative Celebration of the Blues
To the south and east of Walla Walla are the Blue Mountains, a long anticlinal ridge composed of basalt flows. Unlike the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon, the Blue Mountains are not tall enough to have been glaciated. They consist of upland plateaus cut by deep V-shaped canyons.
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![Owen Crabtree (‘19 Psych, Right) and Kari Hampson (‘19 Psych, Middle/Back) engage with other students during the 2019 Undergraduate Conference.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/April/UGC_UndergradConference-22.jpg)
April 8, 2019
Undergraduate Conference Sees Record Number of Presenters
Whitman College’s annual Undergraduate Conference is bringing a variety of student-led and produced research to the Whitman community on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. In its 21st year, the conference has grown to a record 69 students presenting 57 posters in Cordiner Hall, three unique sessions of panels and music performances by the Chamber Ensemble, and Jazz Ensembles I and II.
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March 28, 2019
College Archives Offers New Digital Database of Student Newspapers
People interested in exploring the history of Whitman College from a student’s perspective have a new avenue for research: This spring, the archivist at the Penrose Library finished a yearlong effort to digitize archives of the Whitman Pioneer and Whitman Wire newspapers.
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March 28, 2019
Sociology Professor Publishes Essay on García Márquez Screen Adaptation
Assistant Professor of Sociology Álvaro Santana-Acuña writes that just as the announcement that Netflix will turn One Hundred Years of Solitude into a series has reverberated throughout the world, the global distribution of the streaming giant may give new life to the stories of Macondo and the Buendía family.
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![Cello Lockwood kisses a horse on the nose.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/March/Watson.jpg)
March 27, 2019
Senior Receives Watson Fellowship to Study Horse Cultures Abroad
Whitman College senior Caroline Evan “Cello” Lockwood ’19 will spend the year after graduation studying the ways that different cultures interact with horses, thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation.
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