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New Mayo Clinic Partnership Guarantees Research Spots for Whitman Students
October 16, 2019 This summer, Whitman College students have new access to biomedical research opportunities with the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Under a new Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) partnership, Mayo will hold two spots for current Whitman students to participate in research at one of three research centers in Arizona, Florida or Minnesota.
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Donation Expands College's Collection of Handcrafted Artists' BooksOctober 15, 2019 Peter Newland ’67 and Robyn Johnson have shared their love of artists’ books for nearly 25 years. Now, they are sharing that love — as well as their collection of dozens of the handcrafted works of art — with the Whitman College community.
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Andrea Chin '15 Hones Research Skills at OHSU LaboratoryOctober 14, 2019 Andrea Chin ‘15 hasn’t been one to stray from her goals and the path that leads her to them. While at Whitman, Chin was a biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology (BBMB) major. She had her sight set on Whitman from the moment she was accepted to the college’s Visit Scholarship Program, which provides a free trip to campus for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
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Cameron Conner '20 Helps Launch Neighborhood Engagement Program
October 13, 2019 Conner says, "I agreed to take on this project because I believe the relationships we share around us make or break our well being."
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Whitman Signs Statement in Support of DACA as Supreme Court Considers Case
October 11, 2019 Whitman College has joined 164 other colleges and universities across the nation in signing an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) as the case heads to the Supreme Court.
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Whitman Names New Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
October 7, 2019 Whitman College President Kathleen Murray announced the appointment of Steve Setchell as the college's new vice president for development and alumni relations.
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Whitman Herpetologist Kate Jackson Debunks Snake-Filled Border Moat Idea
October 3, 2019 After an article appeared earlier this week in The New York Times suggesting the president demanded a snake-filled moat to protect the southern border, Jackson, an associate professor of biology, explained that people who think they fear snakes "are actually afraid of the unknown."
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Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History David Schmitz on Origins of "I Am an American Day"
October 1, 2019 Not everyone knows that Constitution Day shares the bill with Citizenship Day, an observance dating back to 1938. Whitman Professor David Schmitz, who specializes in 20th century American history and foreign policy, explains that a Polish refugee organized the first "I Am An American Day" celebration in New York, featuring patriotic speeches, songs, prayers and a parade from Walt Whitman's birthplace on Long Island.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Pavel Blagov Explores Link Between Personality and Music Taste
October 1, 2019 His research team surveyed 379 Americans ages 18-65 on their musical preferences, movie interests, personality traits, and psychopathic tendencies.
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Video: Students Reflect on Orientation Programs
September 30, 2019 First-year students at Whitman College have the opportunity to meet fellow incoming students
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Biology Major Eli Fournier '20 Studies Sockeye Salmon Life Cycle in Alaska
September 27, 2019 He conducted field work with Daniel Schindler, an aquatic ecologist at the University of Washington researching how the millions of fish that hatch in the freshwater lakes and streams along Alaska's Bristol Bay head out to sea and then return to their birthplace to spawn and die. A section of their anatomy called the otolith, a bit of calcium carbonate that sits within the salmon's inner ear and acts like an internal GPS, provides clues about their movements.
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Life After Whitman: Kelly Katon '01 Finds Calling in Event ManagementSeptember 26, 2019 Sociology and geology major Kelly Katon '01 is the manager of events at Pokemon Company International in Bellevue. Katon found her passion for event planning the first day she stepped foot on Holland America Line cruise ship as crew staff and there was a sail-away party happening on deck.
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Recruiter Email Leads Jake Harwood '14 to Career in Project ManagementSeptember 26, 2019 The art of the 30-minute conversation is a skill Jake Harwood '14 mastered while working as an Admission intern during his senior year at Whitman. As part of his internship, Harwood interviewed prospective students trying to get to the core of the student's persona during a brief 30-minute window.
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BBMB Professor Brit Moss and Hannah Klaeser '17 Advance Research in Plant Biology
September 18, 2019 The pair co-authored a new peer-reviewed science publication in the journal Plant Direct.
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VIDEO: Meet the Class of 2023
September 6, 2019 The incoming class of 2023 is the most diverse in Whitman College history. Check out some of what makes this class special in this video.
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Gender, Power, Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth Come Together for 'Cultivating the Queen'September 5, 2019 On Saturday, Sept. 7, the Walla Walla community gets a chance to see the theatrical results of a Whitman College faculty-student summer research project.
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Experience as Tour Guide Launched Economics Major into Technology CareerSeptember 3, 2019 Applying to colleges wasn’t Brian Choe’s ’14 last experience with college admission processes. Today, it’s his full-time career. Choe is a program manager for Technolutions, a company that helps colleges manage student recruitment and enrollment.
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Meet Our Whitties: Alexa Lim '22September 3, 2019 Meet Our Whitties is an occasional feature produced by the Office of Communications. It features a Q&A with students from across Whitman College.
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Whitman College Welcomes Most Diverse Incoming Class for 2019-2020 YearAugust 29, 2019 Whitman College welcomes its most diverse incoming class for 2019-2020 year.
