Community Fellow Blog
The Community Fellow Program at Whitman College is an academic year-long community-engaged immersive learning experience that offers students the opportunity to work alongside a community partner on a project that addresses critical social, educational, environmental, or health-related challenges facing our local community. Additionally, Fellows participate in a supportive cohort for professional development, planning, and reflection. The program gives junior and senior students opportunities to solve real-world problems and helps them think critically about their studies, their future, and the community around them.
Whitman’s Community Fellow program is primarily funded by the Donald and Virginia Sherwood Internship Endowment, which was established in 2012 thanks to a grant from the Sherwood Trust.
Putting Sociology Classwork Into Practice to Better Understand Attitudes Toward the Outdoors.
Jeimy Lainez worked as a community fellow with the Blue Mountain Land Trust.
September 01, 2024
Fellow works to help locals afford homeownership with community land trust.
Grace Canny worked as a community fellow at Common Roots Housing Trust.
June 20, 2024
A Year of Teaching Kids About Fish Ecology Culminates in Salmon Release
Rachel Haughton worked with the Tri-State Steelheaders as a Whitman Community Fellow.
June 05, 2024
Growing Vegetables–And Knowledge–With Incarcerated Youth
Keathley Pinney Brown worked as the Community Fellow for the Sustainable Living Center’s (SLC) Farm to School program
May 02, 2024
Data tells stories, helps ensure funds for small towns.
Thomas Irwin Worked with the City of College Place as Community Fellow doing data analysis
January 22, 2024
Fellowship with Chamber of Commerce ignites excitement for community engagement
Kylie Casper worked as a communited fellow in the Chamber of Commerce.
January 04, 2024
Opportunity Blooms at the Juvenile Justice Center Thanks to Farm to School Garden Program
Elissa Corless worked at the School’s garden program at the Walla Walla Juvenile Justice Center (JJC)
December 15, 2023
Salmon in School Program Forges Art, Connections
Rachel Haughton worked with Tri-State Steelheaders as a Whitman Community Fellow
November 13, 2023
Fellow helps facilitate community reentry through stories, gifts
Alanna Sherman worked with the STAR Project as a Whitman Community Fellow
November 08, 2023