2016
September 14, 2016
Whitman ranked best liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest
In its annual “Best Colleges” rankings release, “U.S. News and World Report” awarded Whitman College an overall ranking of 41 among the nation’s liberal arts colleges.
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September 8, 2016
First-year class examines empathy with Summer Read author Leslie Jamison
The Empathy Exams was chosen from a list of more than 40 suggestions compiled for the 2016 Summer Read.
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September 7, 2016
Olivia Molden '11 earns Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award
Molden will be studying water security in Kathmandu
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September 6, 2016
Interest House Community rocks out with annual block party
The event is open to the entire community and has been a campus tradition for at least 20 years.
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August 30, 2016
Whitman featured in Princeton Review annual college rankings
Whitman College made eight top 20 lists.
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August 29, 2016
Exhibition by artist Margaret Jamison ’74 expands on empathy theme
Local artist Margaret Jamison ’74 is staging an exhibition through Sept. 16 in Whitman’s Stevens Gallery titled Body of Work: The Process Paintings of Margaret Jamison, which traces the timeline of her battle with breast cancer.
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August 29, 2016
Josh Karp '05 goes from Moses to Macklemore
As a religion major at Whitman, he was Josh Karp ’05. Now, he’s known as Budo—a successful musician and producer for artists including Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
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August 26, 2016
Riley Clubb ’09 brings world’s first virtual reality theatre to Walla Walla
Maskerade Walla Walla remains the only theatre of its kind to offer a shared viewing environment—usually, virtual reality is experienced solo.
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August 26, 2016
Whitman welcomes Class of 2020, celebrates 135th convocation
In high school, this academically talented cohort achieved a median GPA above 3.8, and a median SAT score above 1950.
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August 25, 2016
Whitman's Class of 2020 arrives on campus
This year's batch includes 427 new first year and transfer students from around the country and across the world.
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August 25, 2016
Katy Coba '84 appointed CEO and director of Oregon's Department of Administrative Services
Coba intends to focus on outreach and recruiting new, diverse employees to state agencies to replace the state's retiring workforce.
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August 24, 2016
Penrose Library welcomes new Jacob Hashimoto art installation
Starting this fall semester, a new permanent installation by artist Jacob Hashimoto will find a home in the atrium of Penrose Library.
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