Whitman Stories
October 13, 2022
Dean of Students Kazi Joshua Named to Governor’s Clemency and Pardons Board
Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kazi Joshua has been appointed to a four-year term on the Washington State Clemency and Pardons Board.
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October 12, 2022
Latinx Alums Work to Better Their Communities
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are honored to spotlight a small number of the many alumni whose Hispanic heritage has contributed to their success and to stronger and more inclusive communities. Read the advice these alums are sharing and learn about their success.
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October 6, 2022
Sociology Professor Michelle Janning Mulls Emotional Infidelity in Modern Relationships
“Partners want clarity and parameters, but they want to decide these for themselves, more than ever before,” she explains.
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October 5, 2022
Assistant Professor of Politics Andrea Sempértegui Explores Ecuador’s Historic Strike
The essay looks at how an Indigenous-led general strike wove together anti-neoliberal and anti-extractive demands, and articulated a broad grassroots coalition of Indigenous, rural and urban movements. It also offers a brief history of Ecuador’s Indigenous movement and its political leadership.
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October 4, 2022
Whitman Debate Team Celebrates Historic Victory at Rice University
The Whitman College Debate and Forensics team took the top three places in the Rice University Classic in Houston, Texas in September 2022. All three Whitman parliamentary pairs teams advanced to the quarterfinals and finished in the top three positions, making it a triple close-out, a first in Whitman debate history.
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September 28, 2022
Hip Hop Scholars Visit Whitman For Third Space Series
Thanks to support from the Johnston-Fix Foundation, Whitman has brought in scholars, artists, writers and thought leaders whose work helps advance inclusive excellence and where values of cultural humility, cultural wealth and cultural pluralism are embraced.
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September 25, 2022
President Bolton Introduces Herself to Walla Walla
In this special guest column for the local newspaper, President Sarah Bolton reflects on her arrival at Whitman and the college’s many enduring connections to the Walla Walla community.
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September 22, 2022
Camila Thorndike ’10 Speaks on the Fight for Climate Justice
National climate policy advocate Camila Thorndike ’10 returned to Whitman College to speak to a room of student activists urging them to act in the face of the climate crisis and offering the audience ways to get involved in the fight for climate justice.
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September 19, 2022
New Dimensions In Computer Science
Whitman College computer science professor William Bares inspires students to imagine, create and play digitally in his Immersive Stories Lab.
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September 13, 2022
Whitman College Garners Top U.S. News & World Report Rankings
In its 2022-2023 Best Colleges rankings released in September 2022, U.S. News & World Report recognized Whitman College in three of its top national lists, including best National Liberal Arts Schools and Best Value Schools.
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September 8, 2022
Heart of a Champion: Tanner Filion ’23
National champ Tanner Filion ’23 says his teammates and coaches make him stronger, faster ... and happier. Filion is a senior on the Whitman College Swim Team, coached by Jennifer Blomme.
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September 8, 2022
Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach Georgia Cloepfil Pens Ode to Saabs
“If a vehicle is meant to be only a dependable means for transportation, the Saab has failed me more than once. But I like to think of my car as endangered and animate, precious not for its convenience or use-value but for the history that it carries.”
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