Whitman Stories
June 23, 2025
Whitman Grads Go Global With New Fellowship
Thanks to a generous bequest from Mary Grace Bassett ’47, the new Bassett Traveling Fellowship will provide support for graduating seniors to pursue international research projects. Allegria Iteka ’25 and Terence Mahlatini ’25 are the first recipients.
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June 12, 2025
Finn Leahy ’25 Selected for U.S. Teaching Assistantship in Austria
German Studies-Politics double major and recent Whitman College graduate Finn Leahy ’25 has been awarded a U.S. Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Austrian secondary schools.
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April 14, 2025
Sunita Nepali ’27 & Sol Tran ’27 Receive Projects for Peace Grant
Two Whitman College students have been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to increase computer access and literacy for students at a school in Nepal.
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April 9, 2025
Whitman Students Selected for Mayo Clinic Summer Fellowship
As recipients of the Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Whitman College students Shahin Hamzeh ’27 and MinhThu Tran ’26 will conduct cutting-edge biomedical research at a Mayo Clinic site in Jacksonville, Florida, this summer.
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April 4, 2025
Whitman College Senior Kenzie Bay ’25 Named 2025 Watson Fellow
Pre-health student Kenzie Bay ’25 has secured a fully funded, yearlong research fellowship that will take her around the world to explore how patients in underserved communities access emergency medical care. She credits her supportive Whitman community for helping her land this rare and highly honored opportunity.
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March 24, 2025
Meet the Intern: Growing as a Teacher & Inspiring Young Eaters
Through a summer internship with the Walla Walla Valley Farm to School program, Anna Gustafson ’25 turned gardens into classrooms, where kids discovered the joy of growing food, caring for the environment and building community.
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March 19, 2025
Whitman Student-Faculty Team Stages ‘Illuminating’ Play in Peru
In the summer of 2024, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Carlos Vargas-Salgado and two student researchers staged the theater production “Camasca” in the heart of Peru’s most Indigenous region, interviewing cast, crew and audience members about its political impact on the Hispanic world.
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March 14, 2025
Inspiring the Next Generation of Watson Fellows
Annie Means ’22, Katie Jose ’23, and Cameron Connor ’20 returned to campus in March to talk with current students about the life-changing experience of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
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December 20, 2024
Checking in With Newman Civic Fellow Adam Simon ’26
Whitman College junior Adam Simon was awarded the 2024–2025 Newman Civic Fellowship for his work with the Buddy Program, which connects Whitman students with community members who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. He discusses his journey exploring social work and making change in his community.
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August 28, 2024
Future MBA & Whitman Grad Leads With His Heart & Head
Matthias Argenyi ’18 is using his Economics degree to find creative solutions for issues around affordable housing and homelessness. His passion for others, nurtured at Whitman, has remained steadfast through his rise in the world of finance.
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June 20, 2024
Whitman Students Head West for Summer Research Programs
This summer, four Whitman students will travel to Washington’s coast to participate in two respected summer research programs: one focused on marine biology and one on cancer research.
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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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