Campus News

President Kathleen M. Murray's Summer 2017 letter to the Whitman community.

Letters to the Editor - Summer 2017

Commencement 2017 overview

Twenty-three faculty members spanning 19 of the college’s departments and programs received promotion to full professor, tenure and contract renewal, effective the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year, announced Whitman’s Provost and Dean of the Faculty Alzada Tipton.

Whitman’s Commitment to Environmentalism Grows

What creative decisions went into the new Whitman Blues symbol? Whitman worked with the noted branding and design firm Joe Bosack & Co., whose clients include the NCAA, national sports teams, and colleges and universities, on a full visual identity package for the new mascot.

Of the record 21 Whitties who played summer collegiate baseball this season, three honed their skills at home with the Walla Walla Sweets.

From Watsons to Fulbrights, from Critical Language Scholarships to National Science Foundation grants, Whitties earned 32 of thenation’s most prestigious awards during the 2016-17 academic year.

Abstract for "Strategic Priorities Approved"

As of the 2017-18 academic year, Whitman students who aspire to be novelists, poets and essayists will be able to earn a new creative writing minor—the college’s 34th (along with 46 majors).