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Plateau Long Tent Coming to Whitman CollegeApril 11, 2022 Whitman College is partnering with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to bring this important element of Plateau culture and architecture to Ankeny Field.
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Associate Professor of Sociology Alissa Cordner on Unintended Consequences of Discovery
April 11, 2022 In this overview of lab accidents that changed the world, including the invention of Scotchgard, Associate Professor of Sociology and Garrett Fellow Alissa Cordner explains how products with hormone-disrupting PFAS are “pretty much everywhere you look.”
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Simple Homes CEO Jeff Hopfenbeck '11 Reimagines Housing Construction
April 5, 2022 At the factory, each piece of wood is printed with assembly instructions and moved to one of three assembly lines, where a team of framers nails together a frame. The process is powered by detailed digital plans and customized computer software, and has drawn new focus during the recent labor crunch and housing shortage.
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Devon Player ’23 Named Newman Civic FellowMarch 21, 2022 Whitman College junior sociology major Devon Player from Snoqualmie, Washington, has received a Newman Civic Fellowship from Campus Compact.
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$2 Million Gift Endows Kathleen M. Murray Chair in Computer ScienceMarch 18, 2022 A gift from Christina and Peter Dawson, parents of Adam Dawson ’16, will enable the college to expand the department toward providing students with increasingly critical digital skills.
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Whitman's Early Financial Aid Guarantee Provides Transparency, Clarity
March 18, 2022 According to The New York Times' "Your Money" columnist, Ron Lieber, Whitman College is "in the vanguard of a movement toward transparency about the price of college and the process for lowering it."
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Stephen Hammond ’79 Named 2022 Commencement SpeakerMarch 15, 2022 Emeritus Scientist at the United States Geological Survey Stephen Hammond ’79 will take the podium this spring as Whitman College’s 2022 Commencement Speaker.
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Tommy Lloyd ’98 named Pac-12 Coach of the Year
March 14, 2022 Tommy Lloyd ’98 wins Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the tournament title in his debut season as head coach at the University of Arizona.
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A Look Back at Power & Privilege 2022March 11, 2022 This year’s symposium covered issues including diversity in sports at Whitman, religious inclusion, abortion access, entrepreneurship in BIPOC communities and barriers for first-generation college students.
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Whitman Women’s Basketball Team Bound for NCAA TournamentMarch 1, 2022 The Northwest Conference champs take on Whittier College on Friday, March 4, 2022.
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Exploring the History of BelongingAnthropologist Eunice Blavascunas’ research and teaching are rooted in culture, place and justice.
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Three-Point PlayMakana Stone ’20 plays pro basketball in England—and the sport’s ambassador off the court.
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Going ‘Beyond the Bare Minimum’February 17, 2022 When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, there’s always more work to be done, say 2022 Power & Privilege Symposium organizers.
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Professor Michelle Janning Shares Insights on Cultural Values and Romance
February 14, 2022 Janning, a professor of sociology and author of Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age, explains how couples control the presentation of their love story to others, and how for celebrity couples, relationships and breakups "are happening in a marketplace where their image as people who abide by romantic values is a lot more scrutinized, and therefore probably a lot more controlled because their livelihoods depend on it.”
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Professor Eunice Blavascunas Sheds Light on Poland-Belarus Border Region
February 14, 2022 The Polish government has begun construction of a massive wall across its eastern border to block migrants traveling through neighboring Belarus. Human rights groups and conservationists warn it will damage fragile ecosystems, including Białowieża Forest, which Blavascunas wrote about in her book Foresters, Borders, and Bark Beetles: The Future of Europe's Last Primeval Forest.
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Whitties Support US Team on the Slopes at Beijing OlympicsFebruary 10, 2022 Torey Anderson ’12 and John Rumpeltes, who attended Whitman from 1974-76, are in Beijing as part of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s physical therapy team.
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Young Twins Agree: Whitman Is the Best All-AroundWhen Las Vegas natives and twin sisters first visited Whitman College, they didn't think they'd commit to a Division III school. The now juniors thought their basketball career would bring them elsewhere. Whitman continues to reinforce why becoming Blues was the right choice.
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Professor Jim Russo on History and Vaccine Hesitancy
February 6, 2022 In a Spokesman-Review opinion piece, Jim Russo, associate professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB), says dissension over masks and vaccines distract from our common microbial enemy.
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Band of WhittiesFebruary 1, 2022 Whitman College student band Wind-Up Birds is something to crow about.
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From One Great Leader to Another
January 16, 2022 Chair of the Whitman College Board of Trustees Joe Davis and Chair of the Presidential Search Committee Danielle Garbe Reser '97 welcome Sarah Bolton and express appreciation for Kathleen Murray ahead of the presidential transition this summer.
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