Whitman Stories
August 26, 2019
Student Researchers Help Advance Economics Projects
Along with more than two dozen research projects from departments across campus, this summer economics Assistant Professor Rosie Mueller worked with two Whitman College students on research projects supported by the Faculty-Student Summer Research Awards program.
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August 22, 2019
Jerry Hillis '61 Happy to Support College that Supported Him
Jerry Hillis '61 knows the difference that scholarships can make for students. One made a difference for him. "I came from a very poor family," said Hillis. "I thought the only way I could go to college was on an athletics scholarship."
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August 21, 2019
Summer Internship at Voz Shows Senior Different Paths to Activism
As a first-year at Whitman, Mayrangela Cervantes '20 knew she wanted to be a lawyer. Her ambition for legal defense led her to join Whitman's Borders as Methods (BAM) Club, a group that advocates for immigration reform and immigrant rights.
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August 19, 2019
Summer Research Project Examines Feminism and Email Plug-In
Buyaki Nyatichi '20 and Associate Professor Janet Davis, chair of computer science, spent summer 2019 looking at the Gmail plug-in "Just Not Sorry." By studying the extension that aims to help women express confidence and feminist and linguistic literature, their studying how the tool relates to contemporary feminist values.
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August 15, 2019
Whitman Featured in Princeton Review's Best 385 Colleges
The education services company recognized Whitman as being among "Best Western Colleges," "Colleges That Pay You Back" and "Green Colleges."
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August 15, 2019
Whitman Named to Kiplinger "Best Value" Colleges
Kiplinger editors identified top schools using factors such as SAT or ACT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratio and graduation rate, as well as cost and financial aid.
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August 15, 2019
Whitman Among Top 25 Schools in the West
Whitman joins colleges and universities such as Stanford, Caltech and Pomona in the publication's 2019 rankings.
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August 5, 2019
Lazaro Carrion '07 Finds Calling at Intersection of Technology and Education
Latin American studies and sociology major Lazaro Carrion '07 is a project director at Cyborg Mobile, a technology and management consultancy in the Seattle area.
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August 1, 2019
VIDEO: Internship Grant Makes Watershed Experience Possible for Tivon Sadowsky '20
Geology and environmental studies major Tivon Sadowsky '20 is spending the summer interning at the nonprofit group Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council in Milton Freewater, Oregon. His internship was made possible by the Student Engagement Center's Whitman Internship Grant.
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August 1, 2019
Three New Trustees Join Whitman College Board
Whitman College has appointed three new members to its board of trustees: Peter T. Lewis '81, Nathaniel R. (Nate) Miles, the father of NaShuntae Pleasant-Miles '03, and Dana M. Reid '89.
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July 31, 2019
Hal Hunt '55 Believes in Sharing the Gift of Whitman
Hal Hunt ’55 believes strongly in the quality of the education he received at Whitman and the positive influence he’s seen it have on so many other students — and his own family.
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July 30, 2019
Chemistry Majors Dive into Quantum Particles through Summer Research Grant
This summer, three Whitman chemistry majors are gaining hands-on laboratory experience researching quantum dot nanocrystals — particles that can emit and absorb light based on quantum mechanics — with Assistant Professor Mark Hendricks.
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