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Whitman College President Kathy Murray Announces Plans to Retire in 2022March 3, 2021 In a statement to the Whitman College community on Feb. 22, 2021, Kathleen M. Murray, the college’s 14th president, announced her plans to retire at the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
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Touched Beyond WordsProfessor Álvaro Santana-Acuña explores the creation and power of a literary classic
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At the Art of the MatterFrom Gallery Walls to Hallways to Classrooms, Whitman’s Art Collection Expands Its Diversity in Beautiful and Meaningful Ways
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‘Forever Yuck,’ a Collaboration Rooted in DisgustFebruary 19, 2021 A recently published study by psychology professor Thomas Armstrong, a Cambridge researcher and several Whitties examines disgust’s resistance to exposure therapy.
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2021 Power & Privilege Symposium Opens with Teju Cole’s Reckoning with RacismFebruary 18, 2021 Whitman’s annual student-run Power & Privilege Symposium, which provides opportunities for the Whitman community to discuss forms of structural oppression, opened with a keynote address and discussion led by Nigerian-American writer and photographer Teju Cole.
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Meet Whitman’s New Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocate, Malia LewisFebruary 9, 2021 Through a partnership with the Walla Walla YWCA, Malia Lewis has been hired as the new Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocate (SAVA) for Whitman College, Walla Walla Community College and Walla Walla University.
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Exploring ‘Race, Violence, and Health’ With the Artwork of Favianna RodriguezFebruary 2, 2021 Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Studies and Garrett Fellow Lisa Uddin reflects on the artwork by Favianna Rodriguez that was chosen to represent Whitman College’s 2020-2021 Academic Theme. Rodriguez is a social justice worker, a cultural organizer and a visual artist.
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Whitman Welcomes Students to Campus in a Unique Way [VIDEO]January 20, 2021 In January 2021, Whitman students returned to campus with excitement and strict safety protocols.
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Alum Brings Power to the Polls: 'Hello, American! Come and Vote!'January 20, 2021 Prior to the 2020 election, the U.S. faced not only a pandemic, but a shortage of poll workers. Power the Polls worked with nonprofits and businesses to encourage people to be poll workers. Over 700,000 people stepped up to meet that challenge. One of those thousands was Whitman alum and actor Kaliswa Brewster ’05. Her experience as a poll worker would prove just how essential and powerful poll workers are on election day.
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Whitman College Commits to Being ‘All In’ on Climate ActionJanuary 20, 2021 Whitman College President Kathleen Murray has signed the America Is All In statement, assuring Whitman’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change and pledging to partner with the Biden-Harris administration to tackle the climate crisis.
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