Whitman Stories

The program, run out of the Career and Community Engagement Center, has had three cohorts, running as pilot projects. That work has to date involved 34 mentors and 45 mentees, all of whom are provided a handbook with resources, activity suggestions, a calendar of professional development events and expectations of the roles of participants.

The Student Engagement Center’s New Name Reflects an Ongoing Mission.

Nancy and Greg Serrurier, parents to Ben Serrurier ’11, have established the Serrurier Life After Whitman Endowment to transform the way Whitman students prepare for callings and careers, beginning with the Class of 2025 pilot program.

After more than two decades of teaching other subjects, Walla Walla High School pottery teacher Genie Huntemann has found her dream job.

The rare discovery of a sword dating to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean Sea has experts from around the world weighing in on its provenance. Cotts shed light on the time period during which the weapon was lost: the Third Crusade, when Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I tried and failed to retake Jerusalem from Saladin, who had conquered the city in 1187.

The rare discovery of a sword dating to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean Sea has experts from around the world weighing in on its provenance. Cotts shed light on the tumultuous time period during which the weapon was lost: the Third Crusade (1189–1192), when Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, exhorted by Pope Gregory VIII, tried and failed to retake Jerusalem from Saladin, who ruled an area covering modern Egypt, Syria and Iraq and had captured the city in 1187.

The chair of Whitman’s politics department talks about Race, Violence and Health in Inside Higher Education.

The Sept. 24, 2021 William O. Douglas Centennial Conference reflects on the Supreme Court Justice’s environmental and civil rights legacies.

In its annual rankings released earlier today, U.S. News & World Report recognized Whitman as No. 38 on its list of National Liberal Arts Colleges, up from No. 47 last year.

Among the lists Whitman appears on are: Most Loved Colleges; Great Quality of Life; Great Classroom Experience;Great Professors; Great Professor Accessibility; Great College Library; Great Health Services; Great Intramural Sports

A virtual ceremony ushered in Whitman College’s 140th academic year.

Campus was abuzz this week as more than 500 new Whitties arrived for move-in and orientation activities.