Whitman Stories

Politics major Kaitlynne Jensen ’23 of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, has received the prestigious Newman Civic Fellowship from Campus Compact.

Whitman College proudly recognizes Kynde Kiefel, co-director of the Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, with the Pete and Hedda Reid Service Award as part of the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Higher Education Community Service Award. The 2020 Annual Community Awards banquet, hosted by the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce, was held virtually this year throughout the month of February.

Message from the President

Biology professor Ginger Withers envisions the STEM Hub as a place of study, support and opportunity.

For more than a century, Ankeny Field has been at the center of campus life at Whitman. Take a peek at field photos from yesteryear.

First-year student and poet Tejashree Jadhav connects and competes from a world away.

Whitman alum Laura Krantz explores the weird side of history and science in her hit podcast “Wild Thing.”

From Gallery Walls to Hallways to Classrooms, Whitman’s Art Collection Expands Its Diversity in Beautiful and Meaningful Ways

Professor Álvaro Santana-Acuña explores the creation and power of the literary classic “Love in the Time of Cholera.”

Al-Rahim Merali ’13 uses all he learned at Whitman in a job he didn’t know existed at the time.

World Series winner Blake Treinen mentors Blues athletes and throws himself into life in Walla Walla.

Whitman lends deep freezer to local vaccination efforts.