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Anne Thatcher, Assistant Director of Admission, will be visiting your area soon to meet with students interested in learning more about Whitman College. You are invited to attend one of the meetings listed on this schedule. If necessary, please make arrangements in advance with your guidance counselor to attend.

Interviews are strongly recommended for seniors. You may schedule an appointment with Ms. Thatcher on our website.


Wednesday, October 22, 2008:
8:45 a.m. New Trier Township High School Winnetka
10:30 a.m. Northside College Prep HS Chicago
12:45 p.m. Lake Forest Academy Lake Forest
2:30 p.m. Waukegan High School Waukegan

Thursday, October 23, 2008:
9:10 a.m. Lincoln Park High School Chicago
10:20 a.m. Latin School of Chicago Chicago
TBD* Walter Payton Coll Prep School Chicago
3:00 p.m. Francis W Parker School Chicago

Friday, October 24, 2008:
9:06 a.m. North Shore Country Day School Winnetka
10:06 a.m. Evanston Township High School Evanston
12:00 p.m. Highland Park High School Highland Park
2:16 p.m. Oak Park & River Forest H S Oak Park

Quick Facts

  • Recent speakers at Whitman have included author Maya Angelou, Ben Stein, Helen Thomas, U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

  • The Princeton Review places Whitman among the top dozen colleges in the nation for academic programs and the quality of its facilities and campus community. (2007).

  • Whitman was selected for inclusion on the 2006 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.