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MEET SARAH BOLTON<br />
Get to know <strong>Whitman</strong>’s 15th president: a scientist, teacher and leader who is a<br />
champion for students and the liberal arts.<br />
A GRAND FINALE<br />
We take a close and personal look at the why behind perhaps the most challenging<br />
assignment of a Whittie’s college career: the senior thesis.<br />
THE LONG JOURNEY HOME<br />
After a canceled flight stranded 15 international students in Seattle, they set out on a<br />
great American tradition: the road trip.<br />
LEAVING AFGHANISTAN<br />
For first-year Angela Eliacy, the journey to <strong>Whitman</strong> started with saying goodbye to<br />
a home she fears she may never see again.<br />
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ................. 2<br />
ON BOYER AVENUE ............................ 3<br />
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: EUNICE BLAVASCUNAS .......12<br />
SPACES .....................................14<br />
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: WAKO SOMA. ...............16<br />
CLASS NOTES ............................... 39<br />
SYLLABUS. ................................. 48<br />
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A RETURN ON INVESTMENT<br />
Connecting at a Whitties Helping Whitties event paid off for Michelle Mathieu ’92<br />
and Sam Geschickter ’20.<br />
<strong>Whitman</strong> <strong>College</strong> is located on the traditional Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla homelands. We pay our respect to tribal elders<br />
both past and present and extend our respect to all Indigenous people today. We honor their stewardship of the land and<br />
ecosystem and commit to continuing that important work.<br />
ON THE COVER Starry skies above the Semester in<br />
the West program’s campsite at White Clouds Preserve<br />
in central Idaho. Photo by Morgan Sharp, sophomore,<br />
from Seattle.
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