News
Events
- Feb. 1: Wyoming Triumph
Director Chris Kitchen '02 shows his film on campus. - Feb. 2: German Orientalism and the Concerns of Comparative Philosophy
A talk by Sai Bhatawadekar, assistant professor of Hindi/Urdu at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa - Feb. 7: The 2012 Presidential Election
Presented by David Domke - Feb. 8-12: HJT - One Act Play Contest
Harper Joy Theatre presents the One Act Play Contest, an annual competition that invites students to submit original scripts and the audience to judges the performances.
Sports News
January 27Pioneers Rain Down Threes, Men's BB Rally Falls Short WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- After knocking down 14 three-pointers over the first 30 minutes of play, Lewis & Clark turned back a determined Whitman College... Read More |
January 27Lead Slips Away in Final Seconds, Women Fall in Overtime WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- After scoring five points over the final 11 seconds of regulation to force overtime, Lewis & Clark finished off a 71-69... Read More |
January 27Women's Tennis Team Ready to Challenge for NWC Supremacy There is no reason this spring for the Whitman women's tennis team to take a preseason backseat to any of its NWC competitors. Read More |
Admission Updates
- Dec. 19: Admission and Financial Aid notification for Early Decision I
- Jan. 1: Application deadline for Early Decision II
- Jan. 5: Early Decision FAFSA deadline
- Jan. 15: Application deadline for regular decision
- Jan. 15: First-year fall applicants interview deadline.
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In the thick of it Semester in the west
Western Epiphanies
Sixty speakers and professors, 21 students, 100 sunrises, and a 16’ horse trailer that’s been converted into a mobile classroom: Whitman’s Semester in the West is a learning journey like no other. See what Westies learn about public lands conservation in the interior American West. »
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Encounters
Everywhere on campus there’s animated talk about the books, films and ideas that are part of our first-year program: a multi-disciplinary introduction to the liberal arts and the academic construction of knowledge.
What Encounters students say:
Tina Welsh ’15, Eugene, Ore. – Encounters “levels the playing field” and gets every first-year student up to speed on college level learning and literary analysis. It enables us to transition smoothly to college learning style. Gone are the days of torturing meaning out of literary works and accepting prescribed beliefs about texts.
WHITTIE ACHIEVEMENTS 
Funded internships help students explore, soar
Thanks in part to a funded internship program, 30 Whitman students had the chance this past summer to test the waters in the careers of their choice – literally, for Shannon Buckham ’12 who studied killer whales as an intern at the Soundwatch Boater Education Program in Friday Harbor, Wash. »