Gillian Frew has a B.A. in English from Whitman. She has written for The Huffington Post, Thought Catalog, The Oregonian, Seattle Metropolitan and other publications, and has taught ESL in Spain.
Email: frewga@whitman.edu
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Fourth annual Power & Privilege Symposium promotes open dialogue on campusFebruary 26, 2016 Forty-five social justice-themed workshops, panels and presentations were hosted on campus as part of the 2016 Power & Privilege Symposium.
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Whitman Ethics Bowl team wins coveted award at national championshipFebruary 23, 2016 Last weekend, seven Whitman students competed in the National Championship in Reston, Virginia, where they earned an award for spirit.
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Taking FlightAt Lincoln High School, many teens have experienced times without clean clothes, with no food or in the shadow of substance abuse. For Whitman alumni and students working with them, those odds are personal.
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I Dig Your 'Do
Janet Scott Stephens '80, a self-styled "hair archaeologist," has received national attention for her hobby of researching and recreating ancient hairdos.
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LGBT Filmmaker Pam Walton '66 Inspires Whitman StudentsFilmmaker Pam Walton '66 reflects on her time at Whitman in her workshop with students involved in Whitman Teaches the Movement.
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Whitman Team Places First in Northwest Regional Ethics BowlSix Whitman students have won top honors after competing for the first time in the Northwest Regional Ethics Bowl, an annual competition which is intended to give students the opportunity to defend pressing moral arguments on some of the most complex ethical issues of the day.
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Student Engagement Center Launches Interview SuiteThe SEC's new interview suite is the latest in a growing list of resources the SEC offers to students seeking career development support.
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The Startup King
Rick Turoczy '93, cofounder of the Portland Incubator Experiment, talks to Whitman Magazine about technology, Portland's startup culture, and how the liberal arts prepares people for a career in startups.
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Seeing StoriesSheehan Gallery illustrates the power of graphic narrative with an exhibition, public events and workshops by some of the genre's most successful artists.
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French students learn l’art de la bande dessinée with graphic novel exhibition
February 17, 2016 Prof. Sarah Hurlburt's students studied a French Canadian comic series displayed in the "Seeing Stories" exhibition
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Whitman physics professor part of project that detected gravitational wavesFebruary 12, 2016 For the past 10 years, Assistant Professor of Physics Greg Ogin has been involved with the LIGO project, which recently announced a breakthrough discovery.
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Haiti expert and human rights lawyer Brian Concannon leads timely seminar at WhitmanFebruary 8, 2016 His one-credit course was called "Human Rights Advocacy: How and Why."
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Emily Hanscam ’12 reunites Whitman alumni amongst Roman ruinsJanuary 27, 2016 A Ph.D. student in archaeology at Durham University in the U.K., she is also the site manager at Halmyris, an active archeological dig since 1981.
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Whitman team places first in Northwest Regional Ethics BowlNovember 23, 2015 Six Whitman students have won top honors after competing for the first time in the Northwest Regional Ethics Bowl at Seattle Pacific University.
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Gay rights activist and filmmaker Pam Walton '66 reflects on early days at WhitmanNovember 20, 2015 In a Q&A, Pam Walton '66 recounts her life as a filmmaker, reception to her 1992 documentary "Gay Youth," and what it was like attending Whitman as a gay student in the early 1960s.
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“Seeing Stories” exhibition explores graphic narrative through interdisciplinary lensNovember 17, 2015 The Sheehan Gallery display embraces a full spectrum of styles, from classic superhero comics to the work of contemporary graphic artists such as Joe Sacco and Alison Bechdel, both of whom have presented on campus as part of the series.
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Portland startup guru Rick Turoczy '93 talks tech and the liberal artsNovember 13, 2015 Turoczy is the cofounder and general manager of PIE, or the Portland Incubator Experiment, backed by local advertising giant Wieden-Kennedy, and author of the popular Portland tech blog Silicon Florist, which has been featured on Mashable.
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Student Engagement Center expands resources with new interview suite
November 6, 2015 The SEC debuted its new interview suite during Family Weekend in late October.
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Composer Morten Lauridsen ’65 receives honorary degreeConsidered one of the country’s greatest living choral composers, Lauridsen has also established himself as one of the nation’s most-performed composers.
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Whitman recognizes acclaimed composer Morten Lauridsen ’65 with honorary degreeJune 5, 2013 Considered one of the country’s greatest living choral composers, Morten Lauridsen's works have been recorded on more than 200 CDs, several of which received Grammy nominations.