UPDATE – Nov. 23, 2025. 2:12p.m. – Multiple corrections have been made to this article. They will be demarcated with double asterisks (**) to prevent confusion with pseudonyms.
(1.) Gina Zandy Ohnstead...
“Frustrated, angry, tired.” These three words, professors say, describe the feelings of non-tenure track faculty as Whitman College’s budget cuts become a reality. Cuts have already led to the...
Catherine Gallo, Science & Environment Writer
• September 19, 2024
Students across campus awoke on the morning of Sept. 3, 2024, as the Memorial Hall bell tower rang out– two minutes before the hour mark, of course. To many groggy students returning from a restful (or...
When institutions adopt affirmative action policies, they pledge to undertake a set of practices and policies that advocate for the inclusion and representation of minority groups in spaces where they...
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Whitman to halt in-person classes last spring, professors scrambled to transition. This semester, their online classes will benefit from a summer of preparation.
Mary...
A letter began circulating among faculty in January to show solidarity with the adjunct faculty members who will lose their jobs with the termination of the Encounters program. As of Tuesday, Feb. 18,...
Sheehan Gallery now hosts a rare opportunity to experience art by all of the Whitman studio art department faculty in one space. This Whitman Studio Art Department Faculty Exhibition opened on January...
In an effort to increase transparency and community participation, President Murray has taken to updating the campus on the content of meetings with the Board of Trustees. The most recent meeting marked...
Shampa Biswas, Paul Garrett Professor of Politics
• November 9, 2017
In his Op-Ed titled “Letter to the Faculty” on October 26, 2017, News Editor Chris Hankin asked the question: Why are faculty members reluctant to make on-the-record comments to The Wire on arguably...
Dana Burgess, Classics Department Chair and Charles E. and Margery B. Anderson Endowed Professor of Humanities
• October 31, 2017
The Whitman faculty under the current administration is somewhat like the Republican Senate under Trump; neither can openly say what they think for fear of damaging progress toward their goals.
Josh Jensen splits his week between the Boyer and Penrose houses. Two days at the former, three at the latter. His movement across campus is the most visible change since the merger of the Communications...
Whitman professors put on a political activism workshop in Olin Auditorium on Monday.
Yann Dardonville, a first year Whitman student involved with Divest Whitman, said before the workshop that, “I...
