At 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, Whitman students will gather outside of Memorial Hall to protest changes to the major declaration process in light of the Financial Sustainability Review (FSR).
Under the...
President Kathy Murray announced in a community-wide email Monday morning her plans to retire from Whitman in June 2022.
Murray had planned to use the final years of her contract — through the 2024-2025...
In December, the stone monument to Narcissa Whitman next to Prentiss Hall was digitally archived, removed sans public announcement and met with little notice.
Before removal, a digital archive entry...
The Financial Sustainability Review shared by President Kathy Murray on Tuesday, Feb. 2 sent ripples of concern throughout the Whitman community. Liberal arts colleges across the nation face a threatening...
As students return to in-person classes, Whitman’s new COVID-19 surveillance testing system faces its first big trial.
Whitman had identified seven (six students and one employee) positive COVID-19...
Whitman has strayed from its standardized budgeting process to undergo a Financial Sustainability Review for the first time in recent history, according to Chief Financial Officer Peter Harvey. The administration...
Walla Walla residents can no longer recycle plastic. On Oct. 14, 2020, the Walla Walla City Council decided to pause plastic recycling, starting in 2021. The suspension will be reevaluated in 2023 if the...
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the Whitman community received an urgent email from Peter Harvey, Chair of the Coronavirus Task Force: Anderson Hall had been put under quarantine after they detected nine positive...
Three more students in Anderson tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, in addition to the nine positive cases detected Wednesday.
Representatives from Whitman’s health center, Dean of Students...
At 4:56 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, students received an alert that Anderson Hall is now under quarantine after 9 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected today.
The Everbridge alert reads as follows:...
The Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) will hold two informational sessions this week regarding the recent Financial Sustainability Review recommendations.
The sessions will be led by ASWC's...
Whitman College has administered nearly 3,000 COVID-19 tests to faculty, staff and students in the past two weeks as community members return to in-person and hybrid learning.
They first tested all...
