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Spring 2024 Courses are Published
Spring 2024 Courses are Published Hi Students! Our Honors Course Lists with descriptions and attributes are now published in the Courses section of our website. Go to the right side bar to access our lists in our Airtable application.
Read MoreTahira Abdul-Qadir ’26 Receives Congressional Gold Medal
Honors student Tahira Abdul-Qadir Congressional Gold Medal The Honors program celebrates and congratulates Tahira Abdul-Qadir for accomplishing her goal to earn a Congressional Gold Medal. Tahira, a first-year student, is majoring in Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and in Management at Whitman. To requirements for earning a Congressional Medal of Honor are…
Read MoreWalter ’20 and Baist ’22 Show Film at ESOTA Conference
Walter ’20 and Baist ’22 Show Film at ESOTA Conference In October, Honors alumni Kylie Walter ’20 and Olivia Baist ’22 (with Dr. Beth Myers and Dr. Christy Ashby, School of Education), presented their film, And They Were Roommates: Navigating Inclusive Mentorship in Higher Education, at the European State of the Art (ESOTA) conference in Austria, held…
Read MoreChancellor Inaugurates Honors Endowed Professors
Chancellor Inaugurates Honors Endowed Professors The first Renee Crown Endowed Professors were inaugurated by the Chancellor on January 13 in a ceremony held at the Goldstein Faculty Center. Heidi Hehnly, associate professor of biology, is the Renée Crown Honors Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics, and Karin Nisenbaum, assistant professor of philosophy, is the Renée…
Read MoreStudents Go the Distance in Annual Thesis Bootcamp
Students Go the Distance in Annual Thesis Bootcamp In mid-January, eight juniors and seniors attended the week-long thesis writing bootcamp, an Honors annual event. Thesis bootcamp is intended to provide a quiet and collaborative space where students make progress on their theses and set goals before the semester begins. Students receive guidance from a librarian…
Read MoreScreening with Filmmaker of “Honor & Duty”
Screening with Filmmaker of “Honor & Duty” Honors is co-hosting a historically significant event on Friday evening, September 16 at the National Veterans Resource Center. This event will tell the forgotten story of the Chinese Exclusion Acts and AAPI veterans. Telling these stories addresses anti-Asian and other racism today, and growing global tensions. A reception will be…
Read MoreWagner Featured in Forbes magazine and podcast
Wagner Featured in Forbes magazine and podcast Dr. Sally Wagner was recently interviewed in the Forbes article, “Women’s Equality Day 2022: What Women’s Fight for Voting Rights Can Teach Us Today.” Forbes author Holly Corbett examines progress in women’s right since the suffragist movement in issues such as the right to vote, equal pay, and…
Read MoreGorovitz Actively Supports Ukraine
Gorovitz Engages in Efforts to Support Ukraine Sam Gorovitz, former dean of Arts and Sciences and longstanding faculty for Honors, is arduously engaging in efforts to support Ukraine. Dr. Gorovitz has contributed to raising funds, purchasing a surveillance drone. Conversing in real time with soldiers and medical professionals, Gorovitz has helped muster many tons of…
Read MoreMalikow Authors Book to be Published Fall ’22
Malikow Authors Book to be Published Fall ’22 Max Malikow, longstanding faculty for the Honors Program, is publishing his latest book, “Ethics and Sports: 20 Trust Stories with Moral Implications” this fall. The book will be available through Theocentric Publishing and Amazon.com. Dr. Malikow, a Syracuse native, attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha on…
Read MoreSchramm Shares View about CDC in “The Hill”
Schramm Shares View about CDC in “The Hill” Carl J. Schramm, internationally recognized leader in entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth, recently contributed an opinion essay, “The CDC is broken and apologies can’t fix it” to The Hill. Schramm opines that CDC personell “undermined respected scientists outside of government. Schramm, author of numerous publications and an…
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