Whitman Stories
March 1, 2022
Whitman Women’s Basketball Team Bound for NCAA Tournament
The Northwest Conference champs take on Whittier College on Friday, March 4, 2022.
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February 17, 2022
Going ‘Beyond the Bare Minimum’
When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, there’s always more work to be done, say 2022 Power & Privilege Symposium organizers.
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February 14, 2022
Professor Michelle Janning Shares Insights on Cultural Values and Romance
Janning, a professor of sociology and author of Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age, explains how couples control the presentation of their love story to others, and how for celebrity couples, relationships and breakups “are happening in a marketplace where their image as people who abide by romantic values is a lot more scrutinized, and therefore probably a lot more controlled because their livelihoods depend on it.”
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February 14, 2022
Professor Eunice Blavascunas Sheds Light on Poland-Belarus Border Region
The Polish government has begun construction of a massive wall across its eastern border to block migrants traveling through neighboring Belarus. Human rights groups and conservationists warn it will damage fragile ecosystems, including Białowieża Forest, which Blavascunas wrote about in her book “Foresters, Borders, and Bark Beetles: The Future of Europe’s Last Primeval Forest.”
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February 10, 2022
Whitties Support US Team on the Slopes at Beijing Olympics
Torey Anderson ’12 and John Rumpeltes, who attended Whitman from 1974-76, are in Beijing as part of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s physical therapy team.
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February 8, 2022
Young Twins Agree: Whitman Is the Best All-Around
When Las Vegas natives and twin sisters first visited Whitman College, they didn't think they'd commit to a Division III school. The now juniors thought their basketball career would bring them elsewhere. Whitman continues to reinforce why becoming Blues was the right choice.
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February 6, 2022
Professor Jim Russo on History and Vaccine Hesitancy
In a Spokesman-Review opinion piece, Jim Russo, associate professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB), says dissension over masks and vaccines distract from our common microbial enemy.
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February 1, 2022
Band of Whitties
Whitman College student band Wind-Up Birds is something to crow about.
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January 16, 2022
From One Great Leader to Another
Chair of the Whitman College Board of Trustees Joe Davis and Chair of the Presidential Search Committee Danielle Garbe Reser ’97 welcome Sarah Bolton and express appreciation for Kathleen Murray ahead of the presidential transition this summer.
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January 11, 2022
Whitman College Announces Dr. Sarah Bolton as 15th President
Bolton, a physicist and the current president of The College of Wooster in Ohio, will assume the role in July 2022.
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January 7, 2022
Whitman Again Lauded for Early Financial Aid Guarantee
Ron Lieber once again singled out Whitman for praise in his popular “Your Money” column, citing the school’s unique program for “counseling individual families that want an early read on what kind of merit aid their applications might get.”
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December 16, 2021
Whitties Helping Whitties: A Great Return on Investment
Connecting at a Whitman College event paid off for Michelle Mathieu ’92 and Sam Geschickter ’20.
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