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Inside the baseball clubhouse.
February 20, 2024
Whitman Blues Baseball Clubhouse Taking Shape at Borleske Stadium
When their 2024 seasons open, the Whitman Blues and Walla Walla Sweets will have a new home. The 3,300-square-foot clubhouse will feature a team locker room, a training room, team spaces and more! See how the clubhouse is coming together.
Wanjiru Kamau Rutenberg
February 20, 2024
Changing the World & Building Community Among Black Women Leaders
Whitman College alum and global leader Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg ’01 establishes Black Women in Executive Leadership, or B-WEL, an initiative to create a connected global community of Black women leaders.
Pavel Blogav
February 20, 2024
Professor Pavel Blagov Nurtures Student Research in Whitman’s Personality Lab
Pavel Blagov, Professor of Psychology and Director of Whitman’s Personality Lab, mentors students as they make connections between memory and personality while making meaningful connections in the Whitman and Walla Walla communities.
Madeline Senter
February 20, 2024
Student Researcher Finds The Joy of Discovery
Madeline Senter ’25 discovers how to channel their passions into their studies at Whitman College. As a double major in Gender Studies and French and Francophone Studies, Senter is involved in the Métis Family Photo Archive research project.
Dalia Biswas
February 20, 2024
Harnessing the Power of Data in the Sciences
Whitman College has a force in chemistry computing. Associate Professor of Chemistry Dalia Biswas is changing how science is taught and explored at Whitman—through her research and as part of an elite national faculty network. See how Biswas and Whitman are helping students and faculty harness the power of computational tools across disciplines to keep up with rapid changes in the sciences.
Alumni Panel Upward Together
February 20, 2024
Featured Video: Whittie Wisdom on Display
As part of the Upward Together launch weekend, President Sarah R. Bolton moderated a panel of inspiring alumni who spoke about “Finding Success and Purpose in a Changing World” in front of a large crowd, including many students, at Chism Recital Hall in Whitman’s Hall of Music.
Erica Goad, wearing a helmet inside a helicopter.
February 20, 2024
Truman Scholarship Opens Door to a Life of Service
Meet three Whitman College alums who received the prestigious Truman Scholarship, which supports graduate studies in public service. More than a decade later, the skills and values they learned as Truman Scholars and at Whitman still shape their unique careers.
Collage of vintage photographs.
February 20, 2024
Research Project Leads to Groundbreaking Photo Archives
Professor of French and Francophone Studies Sarah Hurlburt ’91 and student researcher Madeline Senter ’25 digitize and catalog nearly 2,000 photographers of Métis (“mixed race” in French) people of French and Indigenous descent taken in the mid-1800s through the mid-1900s.
Whittie Helping Whitties logo
February 20, 2024
3 Things To Know About Whitman Connect
Whitman Connect is an exclusive virtual platform for the Whitman community to mentor students and recent graduates, sharing experiences and professional guidance.
Baker Weilert-Pekar
February 14, 2024
Fast 5 With Whitman’s Director of Debate and Forensics
Baker Weilert-Pekar shares insights on his role as Whitman’s Director of Debate and Forensics—including what makes Whitman students special to coach and mentor.
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