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Many plays and musical performances take place at Whitman's outdoor amphitheatre. It's also a wonderful place for studying or quiet reflection.
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Anderson Hall houses first-year students. Anderson features a large central lounge with floor-to-ceiling windows, a fireplace, and a big backyard complete with a sand volleyball court.
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Ankeny Field is a gathering place for students. It's used as a sporting field and a place to study and hang out with friends.
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The Athletics Fields are located about three blocks north of Whitman's campus, next to DeSales High School and at the end of Penrose Street.
Baker Center is home to the Alumni Relations and Annual Giving offices. Dining services are offered during the academic year to faculty and staff members and their guests.
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- Alumni Relations
- Annual Giving
- Baker Center Dining
The Baker Ferguson Fitness Center is a 38,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility which is open to Whitman students, faculty and staff members, and alumni.
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The Beta Theta Pi chapter at Whitman College was founded in 1913. The chapter house was built in 1938 and houses approximately 24 students.
The OP Bike Shop is located directly behind Boyer Print House, just off the small parking lot on the corner of Boyer Ave and Marcus St. Stop by and use our tools to do your own fixes, or drop your bike off and we can do the work! We sell a small assortment of retail merchandise including bike tubes, lights, locks and bags. Our service rates are very reasonable and our bike mechanics are friendly and knowledgeable. Stop by and say hi!
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Borleske Stadium is home to Whitman College's baseball team. The stadium was named for legendary athlete and coach Raymond V. Borleske '10.
The Bracher Observatory, which is 9 miles north of town on Erickson Farm, has a 16-inch Newtonian telescope.
The staff members of Whitman's Office of Communications work in Boyer House. Mailing Services is located on the ground floor.
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- Office of Communications
- Printing Services
- Mailing Services
The Bratton Tennis Center, named in honor of former Whitman College president Walter A. Bratton, has four indoor tennis courts.
Cleveland Commons is a 500-seat dining facility that serves the entire campus community. It features a variety of dining stations, including pizza, sushi, noodles, comfort food, global cuisine, a deli, soup and salad bar, and more.
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On the south side of the Sherwood Athletic Center you’ll find the Whitman College Climbing Center. The custom-designed main wall is over 100 feet long and 32 feet high. There is a bouldering area with overhangs and more. The facility is fully enclosed and was designed by the same company that built REI’s Pinnacle Climbing Wall in Seattle. You can find students of all skill levels using the climbing wall. There are open climb hours and beginning climbing classes. Many students hone their skills on the wall, and then participate in climbing trips and become climbing instructors themselves.
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College House is a residence hall available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It houses approximately 35 students.
The Chinese House (华文苑) was originally named the Asian Studies House (ASH) and was established in 1986. The house has five bedrooms that can comfortably host an average of six to seven residents, one Resident Assistant, and a language assistant. The language assistant is a resident from China who spends the full academic year working through the Chinese department to promote and assist students in learning the Chinese language. This house focuses on Chinese traditional events; activities that take place here include Mahjong and the Chinese New Year celebration.
The Chinese House collaborates with the Chinese department and is assigned an adviser from the department. At least once a semester, the house adviser is invited over for dinner to discuss the programs that the Chinese House residents are planning for the semester. Residents of the Chinese House are responsible for completing weekly chores, having active involvement within the house and the Interest House Community, and promoting house-sponsored events and activities.
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The Community Service Interest House focuses on promoting community service to Whitman students. The house has five bedrooms and houses an average of seven residents and one resident assistant.
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A beautiful, park-like location along College Creek near Penrose House. It is often referred to as "Narnia."
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Cordiner Hall is the main auditorium for the Whitman campus. The building is used for ceremonies, speeches, and performances.
The Dance Studio serves as both a classroom and a performance space for Whitman's dance program.
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Das Deutsche Haus (The German House) has five bedrooms and comfortably houses an average of seven residents, one Resident Assistant, and a language assistant. This house focuses on German culture-oriented interests.
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Douglas Hall, named for Supreme Court justice and Whitman alumnus William O. Douglas, is a residence hall for upperclass students. There are 10 single rooms available in the hall, and nine suites which house eight students each. Each suite has two bathrooms, a kitchenette, lounge, and laundry facilities.
The Environmental House, more commonly known as the “Outhouse,” has six bedrooms and houses an average of eight residents and one Resident Assistant. The Outhouse focuses on environmental and ecological issues and spearheads the campus’ recycling program.
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The Fine Arts House (FAH) has four bedrooms and houses an average of six to eight residents and one Resident Assistant. The residents of the Fine Arts House work to promote programs emphasizing studio art, theatre, and music.
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The Fouts Center for the Visual Arts is a 38,000-square-foot facility that provides space for the college's visual arts program. Fouts has studio space for different disciplines, a digital arts lab, student studio spaces, and a gallery where student work is often exhibited.
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The Glover Alston Center provides a safe space for meaningful conversation and interaction to facilitate Whitman’s commitment to sustaining a diverse community. Many programs that are sponsored by the Intercultural Center and various student groups take place at the GAC.
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The Hall of Music features Chism Recital Hall, a 300-seat performance space, as well as a listening center, an electronic music studio, 14 teaching studios, and 25 practice rooms.
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The Hall of Science houses the departments of astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology and physics. Facilities include a roof-top garden, a greenhouse, Brattain Auditorium, an astronomy observation lab, and state-of-the art science equipment such as a scanning electron microscope and confocal microscope.
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The Harper Joy Theatre has two performance spaces, the 310-seat Alexander Stage and the Freimann Studio Theatre. HJT also has an acting studio which serves as its primary acting classroom, a scene shop, a design classroom and computer lab, and a costume shop.
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La Maison Française (The French House) has seven bedrooms and comfortably houses an average of eight to nine residents, one Resident Assistant, and a native speaker.
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Lakum Duckum is a pond located between Maxey Hall and Mem which is heated by a nearby geothermal spring. Stone benches provide a peaceful place to relax or study.
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The Lavender Interest House will be focused on providing programming, community building, and learning opportunities for students across campus in regards to LGBTQIA2S+ communities, identities, and experiences, at Whitman and more broadly. This house will comfortably house 8-10 residents including a Resident Assistant (RA) in a mix of single and double rooms.
This residential community is for students who are committed to gender inclusion and centers trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, agender, gender queer, gender questioning and students with gender expansive identities and experiences. Residents of the Lavender House are responsible for being actively involved within the house and the Interest House Community, promoting Lavender House-sponsored events and activities, and caring for the space within the house, for example by completing weekly house chores. Living in this house is not limited to any particular identities a student may hold.
Lyman House is also a first-year residence hall with two-room suites. Lyman houses 89 students.
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Established in 1977, the Multicultural House (MC) has four bedrooms and comfortably houses an average of four residents and one Resident Assistant (RA). This house focuses on raising diversity awareness on Whitman’s campus by celebrating and promoting different cultures. For example, some traditional events that take place here include cultural event celebration, international potlucks, global current events forums, and activities related to different cultures.
The Multicultural House is affiliated with the Glover Alston Intercultural Center and is assigned an adviser from this office. At least once in the semester, the house adviser is invited over for dinner to discuss the programs that the residents are planning for the semester.
Residents of the Multicultural House are responsible for completing weekly chores, having house activities and the Interest House Community, and promoting Multicultural House-sponsored events and activities.
If you would like to eat dinner at the Multicultural House or have any questions about house activities, please contact the current RA.
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Maxey Hall houses the social sciences, a natural history and anthropology museum, and a 350-seat auditorium.
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Whitman College's main administrative building, also known as "Mem," is the oldest building on campus. Mem serves as the administrative hub for the college.
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- Academic Resource Center – no longer situated in Mem
- Business Office
- Campus Security – no longer situated in Mem
- Dean of Students
- Financial Aid
- Giving
- Human Resources
- Off-Campus Studies – International Students and Scholar Services now also situated with OCS in Mem
- Office of Native American Outreach now situated in Mem
- President's Office
- Registrar
- Residence Life
Nestled into a historic, residential neighborhood on the northern edge of campus, North Hall may house first-year, transfer and returning students.
Olin Hall is where most mathematics and humanities classes take place. Olin Hall is also home to the Sheehan Art Gallery and an auditorium.
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- Art History Department
- Center for Writing and Speaking
- Chinese Department
- Classics & Classical Studies Department
- Computer Science Department
- English Department
- French & Francophone Studies Department
- German Studies Department
- Mathematics Department
- Philosophy Department
- Religion Department
- Rhetoric, Writing & Public Discourse Department
- Sheehan Gallery
- Hispanic Studies Department
Whitman's organic garden was created in 1997 by four students. The garden is a space dedicated to spiritual renewal, meaningful labor, community vitality, and sharing healthy practices of cultivating the land. An ASWC sponsored club maintains the garden and organizes events to open the space up to everyone.
The outdoor tennis courts are located between the Memorial Building and Maxey Hall.
The Pacific Northwest Regional Observatory located at Braden Farm near Wallula Gap provides astronomy students the opportunity to use a 30-inch Cassegrain telescope.
Penrose House is home to the Admission office. All campus tours start here.
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Penrose Library serves as a bridge between the Whitman College community—students, faculty, administration, and staff—and the information resources that promote teaching, research and learning.
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Whitman's Phi Delta Theta Chapter was established in 1914. The chapter house has a dining room, a study room and a recreation hall with a pool table and ping pong table.
The Physical Plant Services Department is located on Penrose Avenue north of Isaacs. The department is responsible for keeping Whitman working efficiently - from cutting the grass to fixing the heating system, painting the walls to vacuuming the residence halls, and repairing vehicles.
Prentiss is an all-women's residence hall that features an attractive arrangement of inner and outer rooms for all doubles, many study rooms, and an AV seminar room. About 145 women live here including sorority members and new students.
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Whitman College's Campus Center is one of the hubs of campus life. It has a cafe, an espresso cart, a tv lounge, and more. The Bookstore, Outdoor Program Rental Shop, Stevens Art Gallery, radio station and Campus Post Office are all located in Reid, as are several administrative offices and student offices.
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- Take a Video Tour
- Café '66 – now called Reid Market
- Whitman Book Store
- Outdoor Program and Rental Shop
- KWCW
- Campus Post Office
- Career and Community Engagement Center
- Reid Campus Center
- Sorority & Fraternity Life
- Whitman Debate and Forensics
- Stevens Gallery
- LGBTQIA+ Student Services and Queer Resource Center
- ASWC (Associated Students of Whitman College)
- Whitlife (Student Clubs & Organizations)
- Whitman Events Board (WEB)
- Conference Rooms and Meeting Spaces
The Sherwood Athletic Center features a main gym, a multipurpose use space, racquetball courts, and more. The 71,000-square-foot center also has a state-of-the-art indoor climbing wall, team locker room space for varsity programs, and modern athletic training room facilities.
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Sherwood House was built in 1922. The house was acquired by Whitman College, and became the residence of the President of Whitman College in 1995.
The Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Chi was formally installed as a chapter of Sigma Chi at Whitman in 1923.
The Spirituality House is for student residents and is a 3-bedroom house that will house an average of 4 students. Students living here can live out the fullness of their religious, cultural, spiritual, moral and philosophical traditions/explorations in relationships with others.
Stanton Hall opened in fall 2018. The sophomore residence hall includes rooms for 150 students, as well as study rooms, a large lounge and shared kitchen spaces.
The Alpha Theta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon was founded at Whitman College in 1930.
Tekisuijuku (Japanese House) has five bedrooms and comfortably houses an average of five residents, one Resident Assistant and a native speaker. This house focuses on Japanese-oriented interests.
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The Wellness House has four bedrooms and houses an average of five residents and one Resident Assistant. Residents of the Wellness House focus on raising campus awareness about world issues such as hunger, population, and human rights.
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The Writing House provides a strong creative atmosphere for students to live together and improve their writing abilities. The house has four bedrooms with space for an average of six residents and one Resident Assistant.
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The Whitman Technology Services Building is home to the college's Technology Services and Environmental Health and Safety departments.
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