Whitman Stories

Penrose Library's new Edwards Classroom is a perfect tribute to the Whitman College history professor and his wife.

Eguia, a biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology (BBMB) major at Whitman and biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, spoke with Steve Inskeep and Michaeleen Doucleff of NPR's Morning Edition about the likely end game for COVID-19.

Art created at the Walla Walla Foundry, one of the largest contemporary fine-art foundries in the world, has been exhibited, collected, and installed around the globe, from MoMA and Central Park to the Palace of Versailles. The next exhibition, opening Nov. 4, is dedicated to late founder Mark Anderson '78 and “his relationships with many of the artists he served at the Walla Walla Foundry" and will feature work by Jim Dine, Deborah Butterfield, Nancy Graves, Keiko Hara, Manuel Neri, Lynda Benglis and more drawn from Mark and Patty Anderson’s permanent collection.

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.