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May 7, 2024

Whitman College Students Head for Mayo Clinic Summer Research Fellowships

Whitman College students will perform potentially life-changing research in Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science facilities through the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.
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Rendering of the newly dedicated Stenger Hall in the Junior-Senior Housing Building Project
May 6, 2024

Upward Together Hits Record-Breaking Milestone—Thanks to $5M Gift for Stegner Hall

A $5 million gift recognized by the naming of Stegner Hall lifted the Upward Together campaign to a total of $169 million—a record level of philanthropic support for a Whitman College campaign.
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Collage of vintage photographs.
May 3, 2024

Research Project Leads to Groundbreaking Photo Archives

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Sarah Hurlburt ’91 and student researcher Madeline Senter ’25 digitize and catalog nearly 2,000 photographers of Métis (“mixed race” in French) people of French and Indigenous descent taken in the mid-1800s through the mid-1900s.
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Group photo of the 2024 Hosakowa journalism awards presented by Whitman College.
May 3, 2024

Whitman Celebrates Student Journalists and Embraces Storytelling from Below at 2024 Hosokawa Awards

Following the presentation of awards to seven student journalists for their work on The Whitman Wire, Vann R. Newkirk II, senior editor at The Atlantic, delivered the 2024 Hosokawa Journalism Lecture.
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Photo of Katherine Swisher against a background of trees.
May 1, 2024

Katherine Swisher ’20 Awarded Princeton in Latin America Fellowship

Katherine Swisher ’20 has been selected for the Princeton in Latin America Fellowship. She will travel to the Domincan Republic and spend a year with early childhood Montessori teachers developing curriculum and hosting professional development opportunities.
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Kaleo Toguchi-Tani ’25 and Eliza Daigle ’25
April 29, 2024

Whitman Juniors Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Kaleo Toguchi-Tani ’25 and Eliza Daigle ’25 are the 14th and 15th Whitties to be awarded the Goldwater Scholarship since 1992. They will continue their research in the areas of astrophyics and epidemiology, respectively. The Goldwater Scholarship supports college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue careers in the natural sciences, math and engineering.
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President of Whitman College, Sarah Bolton.
April 26, 2024

Whitman Emphasizes Commitment to Preparing Engaged Citizens

In response to the urgent challenges currently facing American higher education and democracy, Sarah Bolton is taking action at both a campus-specific and a collective level to cultivate a more vibrant and diverse society marked by civil discourse and critical inquiry.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron sits in a chair and speaks animatedly to someone off camera.
April 23, 2024

Venerable Thubten Chodron Will Deliver Baccalaureate Keynote

Venerable Thubten Chodron, an American Buddhist teacher and monastic leader, will deliver the keynote address at the multi-faith Baccalaureate Ceremony as part of Whitman College's 2024 Commencement activities.
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Pavel Blogav
April 19, 2024

Professor Pavel Blagov Nurtures Student Research in Whitman’s Personality Lab

Pavel Blagov, Professor of Psychology and Director of Whitman’s Personality Lab, mentors students as they make connections between memory and personality while making meaningful connections in the Whitman and Walla Walla communities.
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Sueli Gwiazdowski ’24 sitting in Hunter.
April 17, 2024

Sueli Gwiazdowski ’24 Named First Gaither Junior Fellow from Whitman College

Whitman College senior Sueli Gwiazdowski ’24 has been selected as a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Headshot of Talia Lorincz
April 15, 2024

Whitman Student Wins British Columbia Medal of Good Citizenship for Her Service to Ukrainian Refugees

Whitman College sophomore Talia Lorincz ’26 received the British Columbia Medal of Good Citizenship, the second highest award offered in the Canadian province, for her service to Ukrainian refugees. She started a free store in her basement to provide clothing and household items.
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Sockeye Salmon in the water
April 11, 2024

Inaugural Salmon Film Festival: A Cultural Celebration

With a combination of film screenings, tribal speakers, cultural performances, traditional salmon bake, and ceremonies, the Salmon Film Festival is designed to educate, inspire and celebrate the heritage of regional Indigenous communities. All festival events, taking place April 12 and 13, on Whitman’s campus, are free and open to the public.
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