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Prof. Nicole Simek honored with Graves Award

Monday, February 8, 2010

Nicole Simek, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures (French) and general studies, has been selected to receive a Graves Award in the Humanities in recognition and support of her research project titled “A Comparative Study of Humor in French Caribbean Literature.”  More...

Alumni Association presents 2010 awards

Friday, January 29, 2010

Success, many Whitman College alumni will tell you, can be measured in a number of ways, from professional and personal accomplishments to public and private volunteer service... More...

Coaches going barefoot for good cause

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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Glover Alston Center facilitates dialogue, community

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Glover Alston Center, named for key donors Kari Glover ’72 and her husband, Thaddas Alston, opened Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at 26 Boyer Ave. at the west end of the Whitman College campus. More...

Whitman announces new lecture series on climate change

Thursday, January 21, 2010

“Conversations on Climate Change” is the title of a new Whitman College lecture series, announced today by Phil Brick, professor of politics. It is sponsored by the college’s politics department, Global Studies Initiative and environmental studies program. More...

Direct line to - and in - Haiti

Friday, January 15, 2010

A month after he accepted the U.S. Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence on behalf of the company he chairs, wireless provider Trilogy International Partners, John Stanton ’77 and the company faced the unimaginable – massive devastation following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. More...

Whitman College professor's film on wiffle ball to air locally on PBS

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Robert Sickels, associate professor of rhetoric and film studies, has produced a film titled Walla Walla Wiffle – Where Men are Boys, a documentary about the annual Walla Walla Wiffle Tournament. Already the film has been broadcast on Seattle and Walla Walla PBS stations. It will air again locally on KCTS Jan. 24 at 4:45 p.m. and Jan. 29 at 11:50 p.m. More...

Whitman College hosts MLK Day events

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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50 Years of HJT and SO much more!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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Weekly Flu Update

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Whitman’s Pandemic Web site provides information and resources specific to the campus and in general. More...

Students to take part in world climate change conference

Friday, December 4, 2009

There will be world leaders, top scientists and others at next week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and among them, two Whitman College students, who will be there in an official capacity. Emily Rodriguez ’10 and Lisa Curtis ’10 were chosen by national organizations to represent those organizations, as well as the college, at the conference. More...

Bob Young ’55 and Libby Welty to co-chair Penrose Society

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Whitman College has named Robert “Bob” W. Young ’55 as a co-chair of its prestigious Stephen B.L. Penrose Society, established in 2008 to recognize donors who have given to the college cumulative gifts of $1 million or more over their lifetimes. More...

"Cold Case" leads to hot job for alumnus Jerome Schwartz

Monday, November 30, 2009

Jerome Schwartz '03 wanted a writing career in Hollywood so much that in 2007 he moved to Los Angeles, Calif., where he knew almost nobody, then made hundreds of phone calls, wrote thousands of pages of scripts between tasks as a writer’s assistant, and worked countless hours. Now the reward: He recently got his big break. One of TV’s hottest shows, CBS’ police drama, “Cold Case,” is using his script for a show that airs Dec. 6. More...

Annual TKE Thanksgiving Dinner Serves 150

Monday, November 23, 2009

Whitman College’s Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity members cooked a staggering 250 pounds of turkey last week in preparation for a long-standing tradition: the TKE Thanksgiving Dinner. On Nov. 18, just as students were preparing to leave for their own Thanksgiving holiday, fraternity members served up a free and festive traditional Thanksgiving meal to about 150 people from the Walla Walla community. More...

Professor Robert Sickels named Senior Fulbright Scholar

Monday, November 23, 2009

Robert Sickels, associate professor of rhetoric and film studies at Whitman College, will have a temporary change of quarters from January to May 2010 as he takes on the role of Fulbright Scholar and lives and breathes the world of Hong Kong cinema while joining one of Asia’s largest film studies programs. More...

Ryan Crocker '71 visits campus

Friday, November 20, 2009

In a recent workshop with Whitman College students, former ambassador to Iraq and Whitman alumnus Ryan Crocker ’71 spoke on a subject often at the forefront of his 38 years in the United States Foreign Service: “Public service vs. personal conviction: what to do when they collide?” More...

Students find food, community at local co-op

Friday, November 20, 2009

Bunches of cold red beets lie beside fresh carrots and kale in the fridge, while colorful bins of apples take a position of rosy prominence on the front table. One shelf is laden with the delicious weight of pumpkins and squashes; another offers a rich row of fresh honey. Elsewhere are all manner of groceries: pasta and rice, milk and meat, yogurt and granola, canned food, couscous and corn chips, coffee and chocolate, spices and soups. More...

Bob Withycombe named Washington state Professor of the Year

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Bob Withycombe, a 29-year veteran Whitman College teacher and former debate coach, is the 2009 Washington Professor of the Year, award organizers announced today. More...

Whitman professors and students present research at Quito conference

Monday, November 9, 2009

Spanish professors Nohemy Solórzano-Thompson and Janis Breckenridge recently traveled to Quito, Ecuador, for the XIX annual meeting of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH, a professional organization dedicated to the study of literary and cultural production by Hispanic women) to present original research on contemporary women’s film and literature. Solórzano-Thompson talked about Chicana subjectivity in two US/Mexico border films and Breckenridge presented a paper on Spanish lesbian writers. The conference was held at the FLACSO-Ecuador campus and attended by literary and cultural production scholars from the Americas and Europe. More...


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