Whitman appoints Gordon

Continued from Page 2A each November. She will work closely with students and faculty as well as departments across campus, including the Offices of Admission and Financial Aid to support recruitment and scholarship efforts for the Šináata Scholarship.

Adam Miller, Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid, says he looks forward to continuing and boosting Whitman’s outreach with Native American students.

“The creation of the Šináata scholarship last year was an important step, and adding additional intentional outreach and support for prospective applicants will be important in moving this work forward,” he says.

Bolton says that research from students in the Indigenous People’s Education and Culture Club (IPECC) helped develop the priorities of this role. They presented to Whitman leadership in 2022 and led a panel during the 2023 Whitman

Undergraduate Conference: “Towards a Native Outreach Program for Whitman College.”

“In developing the priorities for this role, we were greatly assisted by the research that students from IPECC undertook and presented to us last fall,” says Bolton.

Traditional Life

Gordon, who grew up on the Umatilla Indian Reservation near Pendleton, Oregon, feels that her traditional Native American background will lend itself well to this position and her ongoing work at Whitman.

“My childhood and experience in our traditional cultural practices provide me with a strong, positive, hope-filled insight that fits the historical, present and future of Whitman College and the CTUIR perfectly. My ancestors are the history of this place. I am the history of this place ... so are our people of today.”