Click the links below to learn more about Whitman's recent Commencement ceremonies.
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Commencement 2021
Information and video from the 2021 Commencement ceremony at Whitman College.
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Commencement 2020
Overview of information about Commencement 2020.
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Commencement 2019
Archive footage of the 2019 Commencement and Baccalaureate ceremonies.
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Commencement 2018
An archive of coverage from the 2018 Commencement and Baccalaureate Ceremony
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Commencement 2017
A recap of Commencement 2017
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Commencement 2016
A recap of Commencement 2016, complete with videos and transcripts.
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Commencement 2015
Rob Manning '80, the engineering manager for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, delivered the Commencement address.
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Commencement 2014
Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, delivered the 2014 Commencement Address.
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Commencement 2013
Eric Idle-best known for "Monty Python's Flying Circus"-was the featured speaker at Whitman College's 2013 Commencement Ceremony.
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Commencement 2012
Eric Schlosser, journalist and author of "Fast Food Nation" was Whitman College's 2012 Commencement speaker.
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Commencement 2011
Meda Chesney-Lind '69, Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, delivered Whitman College's 2011 Commencement address.
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Commencement 2010
Whitman's 2010 Commencement speaker was journalist and political analyist Juan Williams.
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Commencement 2009
About Whitman's 2009 Commencement ceremony.
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Commencement 2008
Bill Gates, Sr., retired attorney, author and philanthropist, delivered Whitman's 2009 Commencement address.
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Commencement 2007
Whitman College's 2007 Commencement Ceremony featured speaker Jeffrey D. Sachs, economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
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Commencement 2006
Ron Takaki, author, historian, and ethnographer, spoke at Whitman College's 2006 Commencement ceremony.
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Honorary Degrees
Honorary Degrees